The Sudanese Teachers Committee (STC) decided to continue with the comprehensive strike and closure of schools for a period of three weeks, from January 8 until January 28. In a press statement on Friday, the Teachers Strike Committee also stated they met with Jibril Ibrahim*, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, to discuss their demands the day before ..read more

The 15-year-old daughter a leading member of Sudan’s suspended Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC)*, was abducted and gang-raped by as yet unidentified assailants on Friday ..read more

A large joint force of paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, army soldiers, and other Sudanese security forces has been deployed along the border with the Central African Republic (CAR). Brig Gen Abshar Jibril Balayil, Commander of the joint force, told Sudan News Agency (SUNA) from Um Dukhun in Central Darfur on Wednesday that the force was formed to secure the border strip between Sudan and CAR ..read more

The use of violence against protesters continues “as in former years”, retired Police Lt Col El Tayeb Osman El Samani told Radio Dabanga and explained that “the police are still controlled by beliefs and behaviour inherited from the former regime,” posing a challenge to meaningful reforms ..read more

A preparatory workshop on governance issues in eastern Sudan, organised by the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), concluded with several recommendations and discussed a "social reconciliation process". The issue of eastern Sudan is one of the five outstanding 'thorny' issues that still require negotiations for the Final Agreement between an alliance of civilian forces and Sudan's military junta ..read more

The parties and groups that signed the Framework Agreement with the military junta in Khartoum on December 5 say they reject the Egyptian initiative for an inter-Sudanese dialogue platform to be held in Cairo. “The dialogue process was agreed upon in advance and cannot be changed at the last moment,” a spokesperson said ..read more

The recent increases in service fees are illegal because they are not based on a law and have not been approved by a legislative body, says lawyer El Moez Hazrat. Former rebel leader Yassir Arman also denounced the increases. Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim denied being responsible for raises of fees and taxes in the states. “Fees may not be imposed unless approved by the Legislative Council or the Joint Council made up of members of the Sovereignty Council and the Council of Ministers,” he told Radio Dabanga on Thursday ..read more

Students from the University of Khartoum closed El Jami’a Street (University Street) on Monday, to protest the refusal of the university administration and the Ministry of Higher Education to back down from the tuition fee increase ..read more

Sudanese anti-drug activists and civil society organisations denounced comments made by the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, where he accused “certain parties of distributing narcotics to young people, under the guise of spreading democracy ..read more

Sudan’s Forces for Freedom and Change-Democratic Block (FFC-DB) faction has announced its support for the Egyptian initiative to open a platform for a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue in Cairo. However, the mainstream Forces for Freedom and Change Central Council (FFC-CC) reject the idea ..read more