“They are shooting at us! They are shooting at us!” an unknown protestor is shouting while running for his life along University Street. It’s early morning on 3 June when clouds are still permitted to permeate Khartoum’s normally blistering sky and paramilitary units are firing indiscriminately across the once sleepy scene. Fellow protestors are pulling […]
Himmedti aims to setup puppet government ahead of proposed deal
While Ethiopia-led negotiations take place to set up a civilian-led transitional government, the Transitional Military Council are actively rallying up civilian support to form a technocratic government. Analysts say the Transitional Military Council (TMC) is preparing a civilian-led government relying on former ruling party supporters within the traditional leadership as an alternative to any proposed […]
Janjaweed attack Khartoum neighborhoods
Following the military’s attack on the protestor’s sit-in on 3 June, which killed at least 118 people, along with 784 wounded, the citizens of Khartoum state were subjected to violent attacks in the suburbs of Khartoum. The attack was mainly carried out by the Janjaweed militia of Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, better know as “Himmedti,” which […]
Strike called off as citizens struggle over high prices, RSF attacks
A nationwide civil disobedience strike ended Tuesday afternoon to allow citizens access to markets and international mediation with the country’s military leaders to continue. The opposition umbrella group, the Freedom and Change coalition, originally announced the strike last Sunday in response to the security forces devastating 3 June attack and dismantlement of the movement’s sit-in […]
Khartoum siege continues, military council divided, casualties increase
The Deputy head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and leader of the Rapid Support Force militia, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (“Himmedti”), has claimed responsibility for the deadly Monday attacks against protestors in Khartoum as the number of casualties continues to rise in the capital. Divisions within the Council, however, are emerging as the head […]
Nationwide strikes call for civilian rule
Since the early hours of Tuesday morning, Sudanese citizenry launched a two-day nationwide strike in a bid to apply pressure against the Transitional Military Council to cede power to a civilian government. The participation in the strike has reached unprecedented numbers with numerous state-led companies involved. Pilots and other staff at Khartoum Airport went on […]
Sudan’s Civil Society – Aspirant Revolutionaries Once More
(first published on ke.boell.org and boell.de) Civil society has always played a key role in Sudan’s long ongoing struggle for political reform and the National Congress Party, which has ruthlessly clung to power for nearly 30 years, is cognisant of this. Very few political analysts could have predicted what has transpired in Sudan over the […]
Revolution continues as protesters and military at a standstill
The Sudan Professionals Association suspended talks with the Transitional Military Council this week, accusing the latter of upholding the former regime and ignoring the wishes of the people. A mediation committee between the military and the Association has been set up and the Military Council has made a commitment not to attack the on-going protesters, […]
Sudan’s state-supported smugglers
[published first on Mail & Guardian] Human trade: Sudan’s eastern border town of Kassala in front of the Taka Mountains. Security forces are supposed to have intensified their patrols along the border with Eritrea in a bid to curb migrant smuggling (Ashraf Shazly, AFP) Hussein Salman seemed to live a charmed life. Despite driving around […]
