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African Union: The African Union condemned the coup, saying the move is not the appropriate response to the challenges facing Sudan and the aspirations of its people. [67] European Union: The EU stated that it is monitoring the situation in Sudan and calls on all parties to refrain from violence and find a way to ensure a peaceful transition. [68]
The Sudanese revolution (Arabic: الثورة السودانية, romanized: al-Thawrah al-Sūdānīyah) was a major shift of political power in Sudan that started with street protests throughout Sudan on 19 December 2018 [27] [28] and continued with sustained civil disobedience for about eight months, during which the 2019 Sudanese coup d ...
A civil war between two major rival factions of the military government of Sudan began during Ramadan on 15 April 2023. The two opponent factions consist of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies (collectively the Janjaweed coalition) under the Janjaweed leader Hemedti. [24]
The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan has said U.S.-mediated cease-fire talks between warring Sudanese parties are set to go ahead this week, despite pending confirmation of participation from the ...
War-wrecked Sudan 's humanitarian crisis is at “a catastrophic breaking point” amid fighting and devastating flooding, the U.N. migration agency said Monday, ahead of peace talks planned for ...
Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has witnessed a protracted series of coups d'état, totalling 20 coup attempts, of which 7 were successful, [1] [note 1] which places Sudan as the African nation with the most coup attempts [2] and it ranks second globally, just behind Bolivia, which has recorded 23 coup attempts since 1950. [3]
Khartoum City. The Khartoum massacre occurred on 3 June 2019, when the armed forces of the Sudanese Transitional Military Council, headed by the Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan of the Sudan Armed Forces and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the immediate successor organisation to the Janjaweed militia, [6] used heavy gunfire and tear gas to ...
The 2019–2022 Sudanese protests were street protests in Sudan which began in mid-September 2019, during Sudan's transition to democracy, about issues which included the nomination of a new Chief Justice and Attorney General, [6] the killing of civilians by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), [1] [2] the toxic effects of cyanide and mercury from gold mining in Northern state and South Kordofan ...