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Sep
21
2021
By The African Mirror
21 officers, soldiers held for failed Sudan coup

21 officers, soldiers held for failed Sudan coup

NEWS
ALI MIRGHANI and KHALID ABDELAZIZ SUDANESE authorities said they had foiled an attempted coup on Tuesday, accusing plotters loyal to ousted president Omar al-Bashir of a failed bid to derail the revolution that removed him from power in 2019 and ushered in a transition to democracy. Sudan's military said 21 officers and a number of soldiers had been detained in connection to the coup attempt, and a search continued for others involved. All locations affected by the attempt were under army control, it said. The coup attempt points to the difficult path facing a government that has reoriented Sudan since…
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Sep
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Failed Sudan coup attempt contained, situation under control – officials

Failed Sudan coup attempt contained, situation under control – officials

NEWS
SUDANESE authorities have contained a failed coup attempt and the situation has been brought under control, a member of the country's ruling council told have Reuters. Interrogation of suspects involved in the attempted coup on Monday was due to begin and the military would issue a statement shortly, spokesman Mohamed Al Faki Suleiman said. A government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the coup attempt had involved an effort to take control of state radio in Omdurman, across the river Nile from the capital, Khartoum. Measures were being taken to contain a limited number of people involved, the source…
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Sep
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan probes weapons flown in from Ethiopia

Sudan probes weapons flown in from Ethiopia

NEWS
SUDANESE authorities have seized a cargo of 72 boxes of weapons that arrived by air from Ethiopia and that they suspect were destined for use in "crimes against the state", Sudan's state news agency, SUNA, has reported. The shipment is being investigated by a committee tasked with dismantling the government of former President Omar al-Bashir, who was toppled in April 2019 after a popular uprising. The weapons had arrived in Ethiopia from Moscow in May 2019, the committee found. The intended recipient of the weapons was unclear but the committee did not rule out that they were meant for former…
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Jul
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Ex-Sudan ruling party members arrested

Ex-Sudan ruling party members arrested

NEWS
SUDANESE authorities said they arrested scores of members of the former ruling party, accusing them of plotting "acts of destruction", as young people took to the streets in separate pro-democracy protests in the capital. Police detained at least 200 members of the National Congress Party (NCP), officials said, the 32nd anniversary of the coup that brought that party's former leader, ex-President Omar al-Bashir, to power. Bashir was in turn ousted in 2019 and replaced by a shaky military-civilian transitional government that has promised to hold elections and has regularly accused NCP loyalists of trying to undermine its work and disrupt…
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May
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Bashir ally would prefer ICC to Sudan court for Darfur trial

Bashir ally would prefer ICC to Sudan court for Darfur trial

NEWS
ONE of the key people accused of war crimes and genocide in Darfur in the early 2000s said yesterday he would prefer to be tried in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC) rather than what he said were biased Sudanese courts. Ousted President Omar al-Bashir has for years resisted the ICC warrants against him and four close allies over the conflict in Sudan's western region that killed an estimated 300,000 people and drove 2.5 million from their homes. They face charges at The Hague of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed by pro-government forces in…
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Apr
07
2021
By The African Mirror
$1.4-billion in Bashir-era assets returned to govt

$1.4-billion in Bashir-era assets returned to govt

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR THE group set up to claw back assets from ousted President Omar al-Bashir and his associates said it had retrieved hundreds of millions of dollars in property and cash, but it faces resistance and criticism that it applies "selective justice". The committee's progress is seen as a litmus test for the peaceful transition to democratic rule after the 2019 overthrow of Bashir, who dominated Sudanese politics for 30 years before the military forced him out after a popular uprising. The 77-year-old is currently in jail in the capital Khartoum and faces several judicial cases on…
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Feb
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan cracks down on ex-ruling party

Sudan cracks down on ex-ruling party

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ A committee tasked with dismantling the government of toppled former president Omar al-Bashir has issued a wide-ranging order to prosecute members of Sudan's ex-ruling party following days of violent protests across the country. Posted early on Thursday, the decree directed state governors to take action through the public prosecutor against "all leaders of the dissolved National Congress Party, and its active cadres and the leaders of its facades". Military generals ousted hardline Islamist Bashir in April 2019 and now rule in a fragile transitional arrangement with political parties that were part of the uprising against him. Over the…
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Dec
20
2020
By The African Mirror
Thousands protest in Sudan in call for faster reform

Thousands protest in Sudan in call for faster reform

NEWS
THOUSANDS of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of the capital Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman, demanding an acceleration of reforms on the second anniversary of the start of an uprising that ousted Omar al-Bashir. The veteran leader was deposed by the military in April 2019 after months of mass protests against poor economic conditions and Bashir's autocratic, three-decade rule. Many Sudanese are unhappy with what they see as the slow or even negligible pace of change under the transitional government that has struggled to fix an economy in crisis. The government was formed under a three-year power sharing…
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Nov
26
2020
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s former PM Sadiq al-Mahdi dies from coronavirus in UAE

Sudan’s former PM Sadiq al-Mahdi dies from coronavirus in UAE

COVID-19
SUDAN’S last democratically elected prime minister, Sadiq al-Mahdi, who was overthrown in the 1989 military coup that brought Omar al-Bashir to power, has died from a coronavirus infection, his party has announced. Mahdi, aged 84, had been hospitalised in the United Arab Emirates three weeks ago. His moderate Umma Party was one of the largest opposition parties under Bashir, and Mahdi remained an influential figure even after Bashir was toppled in April 2019. Sudan's transitional administration, which governs under a power sharing deal between the military and civilian groups, declared three days of mourning. Last month, Mahdi's family said he…
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Oct
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s premier backs demands for justice as ICC prosecutor visits

Sudan’s premier backs demands for justice as ICC prosecutor visits

NEWS
SUDANESE Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok says his government was committed to achieving justice as an International Criminal Court (ICC) delegation visited for the first time since the overthrow of ex-leader Omar al-Bashir. The ICC issued arrest warrants against Bashir in 2009 and 2010 on charges of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity during his campaign to crush a revolt in Darfur in which an estimated 300,000 people died. Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda The delegation, led by Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, arrived in Sudan late on Saturday to discuss the cases of Bashir and two other former officials wanted by…
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