Reports and Investigations
Sudanese law amendments, more talk less action
“They put me in the car and they kept on beating us until we reached the police office, even while we were coming out of the car, I...
Tensions run deep over economic conference recommendations
30 September 2020 “I do not agree!” shouted members of the Resistance Committee amid tensions at the National Economic Conference in...
Sudan’s fickle currency – government efforts to tame the pound
26 September 2020 Massive fluctuations and devaluations of the Sudanese Pound vis-à-vis the dollar have crippled Sudan’s already ail...
Sudan’s major floods meet a meagre response
23 January 2020 “God must be angry with us,” says Khartoum resident Khalaf Shareef half-jokingly as he surveys more streets engulfed...
Authorities arrest artists and film-maker in Khartoum
18 September 2020 A Sudanese court charged five artists with a two-month prison sentence and a fine of 5,000 Sudanese Pounds (roughl...
One step forward, three steps back in Renaissance Dam talks
12 September 2020 Negotiations between Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt over the contentious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) are se...
State Governors denied – challenges in new appointments
7 September 2020 As of last week, life in Kassala, eastern Sudan, appears to slowly return to normal after a curfew was lifted and s...
Prospects and confusion over Sudan and Israel relations
22 August 2020 In October 2012, former president Omar al-Bashir referred to Israel as the “Zionist enemy that will remain the enemy...
The struggle for Sudanese women’s rights: gains at home, losses abroad
Although divorced from a past, abusive husband, Sahar* still felt trapped. Until recently, regulations would prohibit mothers from t...
Sudan’s two-faced approach to press freedom
Although slight in stature, her voice boomed her indignation towards the army’s on-going hold on power in Sudan. A social medi...