Sudan’s army call for unconditional talks with protesters
Sudan's military council is urging protest leaders to resume negotiations on the transition of power, but says talks "should not be preconditioned."
Category Archives: KHARTOUM, Sudan
Sudan protesters urge night rallies amid standoff with army
Sudan's protest leaders are calling for nighttime demonstrations and marches in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country, amid a tense standoff with the ruling military.
US wants ‘credible’ probe into Sudan crackdown
The top United States diplomat to Africa says there needs to be an "independent and credible" investigation into the Sudanese military's violent dispersal of a protest camp in Khartoum last week.
Sudan military acknowledges violations in sit-in dispersal
Sudan's ruling military has acknowledged that security forces committed violations when they moved in to disperse a protest sit-in camp outside the military headquarters in Khartoum last week.
AU envoy mediates Sudan crisis as protesters slam military
An African Union envoy is in Sudan to mediate the crisis as leaders of the country's protest movement accuse the ruling military of pursuing a brutal crackdown on protesters.
UN experts urge probe of violations against Sudan protesters
U.N. experts are concerned that Sudan is sliding into a "human rights abyss" in the aftermath of the Sudanese security forces' deadly break-up of the main protest sit-in in the capital, Khartoum.
Sudan’s military blames protest leaders for escalation
Sudan's ruling military blames the protest movement for an escalation as the second day of the opposition's general strike kicks in.
Sudan’s protesters launch general strike after crackdown
Shops are closed and streets are empty across Sudan's capital on the first day of a general strike called for by protest leaders demanding the resignation of the ruling military council.
Sudan protesters call for civil disobedience to push army
Sudan's protest leaders are calling on Sudanese to take part in acts of civil disobedience in a bid to pressure the military after the deadly break-up of thseir main sit-in.
The Latest: UN health agency concerned over Sudan crackdown
The Latest on developments in Sudan (all times local): 10:25 a.m.
Ethiopian premier visits Sudan, trying to ease deadly crisis
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is in Sudan to mediate between the ruling military and the country's protest leaders amid an army crackdown that has killed over 100 people this week.
The Latest: Russia opposes any foreign intervention in Sudan
The Latest on developments in Sudan (all times local): 10:45 a.m.
Sudan protesters to keep up campaign until military’s ouster
Sudan's pro-democracy leaders are vowing to press their campaign of civil disobedience until the ruling military council is ousted and killers of protesters are brought to justice.
The Latest: Sudanese generals say they want to resume talks
The Latest on developments in Sudan (all times local): 11:15 a.m.
Sudanese protesters: Death toll in military crackdown at 60
Organizers of the pro-democracy protests in Sudan say the death toll across the country since the violent dispersal of their sit-in in Khartoum earlier this week has increased to 60.
The Latest: Sudanese protesters defiant after army crackdown
The Latest on aftermath of Sudanese military crackdown on protest sit-in (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Thousands of Sudanese pro-democracy protesters remain defiant of the country's military rulers, a day after the main sit-in site in the capital was violently emptied by security forces.
UN Security Council to discuss Sudan’s military crackdown
The U.N. Security Council is set to discuss Sudan after its ruling military conducted a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
Sudan protest organizers say the number of people killed in the military’s raid of a sit-in protest camp has risen to 9
Sudan protest organizers say the number of people killed in the military's raid of a sit-in protest camp has risen to 9.
The Latest: US, UK condemn ‘attacks’ on Sudan protesters
The Latest on the Sudanese military's moves against a sit-in protest camp in the capital (all times local) 10:20 a.m.
Gunfire, blasts in Sudan’s capital as protest site raided
Explosions and heavy machine gun fire are being heard across the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and troops are blocking roads leading to a sit-in camp of protesters who have demanded transition to civilian rule.