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Sudanese commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Janjaweed leader Hemedti were among the perpetrators of the genocide in Darfur. [6] In 2013, the United Nations (UN) estimated that up to 300,000 people had been killed during the genocide; in response, the Sudanese government claimed that the number of deaths was "grossly inflated". [7]
Al-Bashir was reelected president in the 2010 Sudanese general election with 68% of the popular vote; [54] while Salva Kiir was elected President of Southern Sudan. These elections were agreed on earlier in the 2005 peace accord. [53] The election was marked by corruption, intimidation, and inequality.
Sudanese lawyer Mutasim Ali told CNN that the US’ determination of genocide in Sudan was “long overdue” and should have happened sooner. Nonetheless, it is “a form of justice because it ...
In 2023, international diplomats insisted that the RSF merge into the Sudanese Army as part of the Sudanese transition to democracy. [26] By April 2023, power struggles developed between Sudan's de facto national leader, army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the leader of the RSF, Hemedti. On 15 April 2023, clashes between RSF and army ...
Sudan's army and RSF have been fighting for almost two years, creating a humanitarian crisis in which U.N. agencies struggle to deliver relief. More than half of Sudan's population faces hunger ...
Ongoing atrocities and worsening famine push the northeast African country to the brink.
This article lists the heads of government of Sudan, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1952 until the present day.. The office of prime minister was abolished after the 1989 coup d'état, [1] and reestablished in 2017 when Bakri Hassan Saleh was appointed prime minister by President Omar al-Bashir.
In October, Genocide Watch issued an alert concerning the situation in Sudan, explicitly characterizing the massacres performed by the Rapid Support Forces against the Masalit people as genocide. [5] This characterization was also shared by US academic Eric Reeves, specialized in Sudan's human rights record, [6] and The Economist. [50]