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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 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 ...
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]
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 ...
Sudan's longtime president, Omar al-Bashir, had been in power since 1989 after a military coup, and his regime was known for its repressive tactics against opposition and civil society groups. Al-Bashir's government was accused of human rights abuses , including torture, extrajudicial killings, and restrictions on freedom of expression and the ...
Over the next two years, the Soviet Union delivered an impressive array of equipment to Sudan, including T-54 and T-55 tanks; and BTR-40 and BTR-152 light armored vehicles. In 1971 Joseph Lagu, who had become the leader of southern forces opposed to Khartoum, proclaimed the creation of the Southern Sudan Liberation Movement (SSLM). Anyanya ...
On 11 December 2021, Perthes briefed the UN-Security Council on the current situation in Sudan after Hamdok had been reinstated. In his report and analysis, he made the following remarks: [70] Sudan’s military and political leaders will primarily have to rebuild trust with their own domestic public, particularly with the young generation.