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JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan said on Thursday it had registered its first coronavirus death, according to a statement from the president’s office, although the identity and other details of the victim were not given. As of Thursday the young African country had recorded a total of 231 cases of COVID-19, the disease the virus […]

The former president of Sudan Omar al-Bashir, has appeared in court for the first day of a high-profile corruption trial that could result in the deposed autocratic ruler being jailed for many years. The 75-year-old has been in detention since being forced out of power in April when security forces withdrew their support for his […]

Sudan’s ruling military council  and the opposition Freedom and Change Alliance on Sunday signed an agreement on the constitutional declaration that organizes work of transitional government institutions. Opposition leader Ahmed Rabie and Gen Mohamed Hamdan Daglo signed the deal. The African Union Envoy Mohamed Hacen Lebatt and the Ethiopian Envoy Mahmud Dirir signed on the […]

Opposition leaders in Sudan have said that they have resolved major sticking points in talks with military rulers. This would bring them closer to coming to a deal on forming a new transitional government. The point of contention was that the opposition had asked that members of the sovereign council should not be granted blanket […]

 Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will stand trial soon on corruption charges, while 41 former officials from his government are being investigated for suspected graft, the chief prosecutor said on Saturday. Bashir’s trial will be a test of how serious the country’s transitional military council is about trying to erase the legacy of Bashir, ousted […]

Sudan’s military rulers offered to resume talks with opposition groups on Wednesday, two days after security forces mounted a deadly raid on a protest camp, but the opposition rejected the invitation. Medics linked to the opposition said the death toll from Monday’s operation and subsequent unrest had risen to 108 and that it was expected to increase. […]

The number of protesters killed in Sudan has risen to 60, an opposition doctors’ group says, as paramilitary forces push deeper into Khartoum. The revised death toll came after two days of unrest which began when forces of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) fired on unarmed protesters. Members of a feared paramilitary group have reportedly […]

 Sudan’s ruling military council said on Tuesday it was canceling all agreements with the main opposition coalition and called for elections within nine months, following the worst violence since President Omar al-Bashir was ousted in April. The decision by the Transitional Military Council (TMC) is likely to fuel anger among protest leaders who have demanded […]

– At least three people were killed when Sudanese security forces stormed a protest camp in central Khartoum early on Monday, a medical association affiliated to the protesters said. Talks between protesters and Sudan’s military rulers over who should govern during a transitional period following the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir earlier this year are […]

 Sudan’s public prosecutor has begun investigating ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal grounds, a judicial source said on Saturday.Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdalla The source said that military intelligence had searched Bashir’s home and found suitcases loaded with more […]