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Sudan's military arrest protest leaders after meeting with Ethiopia PM
Jun 08, 2019 07:46Sudanese military forces have detained leading opposition members after they met with visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was in the capital Khartoum to help end the ongoing political impasse in the country.
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UN proposes to dispatch rights monitors to violence-hit Sudan
Jun 08, 2019 01:17The United Nations (UN) has expressed “grave” concern about the human rights situation in Sudan following a military crackdown on a protest camp in Khartoum that killed dozens of people.
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Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt behind Sudan's bloody crackdown: Expert
Jun 07, 2019 02:57A Sudanese military expert says a recent brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in capital Khartoum that killed scores of people was part of a Saudi-Emirati plan and launched at Riyadh’s bidding.
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UN removing some staff from Sudan as tensions soar
Jun 06, 2019 06:51The United Nations (UN) says it is temporarily removing a number of its civilian staff from Sudan because of the deterioration of the security situation in the African country, two days after security forces killed dozens of people during a crackdown against a sit-in in the capital, Khartoum.
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Death toll from Sudan army raid on sit-in nearly doubles
Jun 05, 2019 03:47The death toll from a crackdown by the Sudanese army on a sit-in in the capital, Khartoum, has nearly doubled, medics say.
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Iran voices concern over violence in Sudan, urges swift transfer of power to civilians
Jun 04, 2019 08:24Iran has expressed concern about the ongoing political tensions in Sudan, calling for a swift transfer of power to civilians in the North African country a day after a sit-in protest in Khartoum against the ruling junta turned deadly.
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Sudan’s junta scraps agreements with protesters as tensions reemerge
Jun 04, 2019 02:41Sudan’s ruling military council has scrapped all agreements with protest leaders and called for snap elections, following a spike in tensions and a deadly crackdown against a sit-in outside the army headquarters in Khartoum.
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Khartoum protest turns bloody as Sudanese forces storm sit-in
Jun 03, 2019 10:02At least nine people have been killed as Sudanese forces launch a fresh raid on the site of a sit-in protest outside the army headquarters in central Khartoum and use force to break up the gathering there.
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General strike starts in Sudan
May 28, 2019 13:18Sudanese people have launched a two-day nationwide strike to step up pressure on a ruling military council to transfer power to a civilian authority.
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Sudan military wants to hand over power quickly: General
May 23, 2019 04:18Sudan’s military says it wants to cede power to a democratically-elected government as soon as possible.