Tag: Sudans
Basketball: New organizer miss during the Olympics: Played Sudan’s national anthem when South Sudan made its basketball debut
See and hear the confusion surrounding the national anthem in the clip above The nation of South Sudan was formed as recently as 2011, when they broke away from Sudan.…
Glez’s take on Sudan’s forgotten war
DRAWING The civil war has ravaged the country for a year: five million people in a situation of near-starvation, 8.5 million displaced, thousands dead. The UN is calling it the…
UN: Credible evidence of 13 mass graves in Western Sudan’s Darfur – mostly Masalites
According to the UN Secretary General’s special representative, at least 5,000 people have died in the conflict in Sudan, but the real number is feared to be significantly higher. The…
Sudan’s leaders want to throw out the UN envoy
In a letter to Secretary-General António Guterres, he threatens to expel Perthes. The reason, according to the letter, is that the envoy brings misinformation and fuels violence in the country.…
Lies and slander weapons in Sudan’s cyber war
Published: Just now fullscreen The warring parties in Sudan when they were friends. General Mohamed Hamdan Dalago (second from left) and General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan (center) as the two announced…
Lies and slander weapons in Sudan’s cyber war
Sudan’s two top generals are fighting for power with all the weapons at their disposal: tanks, airplanes, grenade launchers – and the Internet. On one side is army chief Abdel…
Denis in Sudan’s capital: “A lot of shooting right now”
Since Saturday, violent fighting has been going on in Sudan between government forces and the paramilitary group RSF, which is trying to seize power. Denis Semakula from Uganda is the…
Over 100,000 affected by Sudan’s floods
Published: Just now fullscreen Floods in northern Sudan. The picture is from the extensive floods that hit the country last year. Archive image. Photo: Sam Mednick/AP/TT At least 77 people…
Sudan’s military junta states steps back
Published: Just now FULL SCREEN For five days, people have been on strike in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, against the military junta. Stock Photography. Photo: Marwan Ali / AP /…
Sudan’s “Spiderman”, a figure of protest, speaks
Since last October and General Al-Burhane’s coup d’etat, he has taken part in demonstrations in the streets of Khartoum dressed in his red superhero costume, facing tear gas canisters and…