Omdurman - The African Mirror

Mar

2024

Sudan’s army claims control of national broadcast building

SUDAN'S army said it had taken control of the state broadcast headquarters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in what would be its most significant advance against its paramilitary rival in nearly 11 months of war. The broadcast building lies in Omdurman, a city across the River Nile from Khartoum that forms part of Sudan's wider capital and has seen heavy fighting around military bases, bridges and supply routes. Battles have continued despite a call by the United Nations Security Council for a truce to allow desperately needed humanitarian aid into Sudan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began on…

Jul

2023

By The African Mirror

Airstrike on Sudan’s Omdurman kills 22, health ministry says

NEWS

AT least 22 people were killed and scores injured in an air strike by Sudan's army on western Omdurman, the Khartoum state health ministry said, as the war between the country's military factions entered its 12th week. While the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) quickly dominated the capital Khartoum and its sister cities Omdurman and Bahri after fighting broke out on April 15, the army launched air and artillery strikes. The fighting, for which no mediation efforts have succeeded thus far, threatens to drag the country into a wider civil war, drawing in other internal and external actors in the…

Jul

2023

By The African Mirror

Fighting rages in Sudan’s capital as army tries to cut off supply routes

NEWS

FIERCE battles broke out across Omdurman, the western part of Sudan's wider capital, as the army tried to cut off supply routes used by its paramilitary rivals to bring reinforcements into the city. The army launched air strikes and heavy artillery, and there were ground battles in several parts of Omdurman, witnesses said. The RSF said it had shot down a fighter jet, and residents posted footage that appeared to show pilots ejecting from a plane. There was no immediate comment from the army. The conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted on April 15,…

Jul

2023

By The African Mirror

Sudan clashes intensify with no mediation in sight

NEWS

CLASHES between Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensified, as the war in the country's capital and western regions entered its 12th week with no attempts in sight to bring a peaceful end to the conflict. Air and artillery strikes as well as small arms fire could be heard, particularly in the city of Omdurman, as well as in the capital Khartoum, as the conflict deepens a humanitarian crisis and threatens to draw in other regional interests. The RSF said it brought down an army warplane and a drone in Bahri, in statements to which the army did not immediately…

Nov

2020

By The African Mirror

Thousands attend funeral of Sudan’s last democratically elected PM

COVID-19

THOUSANDS of Sudanese packed into the city of Omdurman for the funeral of Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan's last democratically elected prime minister, who died from the coronavirus at the age of 84. Mourners in traditional white garments, mostly wearing masks, wept and waved national flags ahead of prayers for the two-time prime minister, who was a central figure in Sudan's political and spiritual life for more than half a century. "Today the icon of tolerance in Sudan has passed away, a symbol of civilian jihad in Sudan, a warrior knight," one mourner, Abd al-Rahman al-Zein, told Sudanese TV through tears. Stewards…