Khartoum (Sudan)
Love Songs and Tear Gas in a Tense Sudan Ramadan
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Friday night by the Nile, and a love song wafted on the warm breeze that blew across Tuti Island, a crescent of land at the confluence of the river’s two great branches. Hundreds of people had gathered on the beach for iftar, the sunset meal that breaks the daily fast during the […]
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‘They Keep Killing Us’: Violence Rages in Sudan’s Darfur Two Decades On
KRINDING, Sudan — A soot-streaked shell is all that remains of Awatif Fadl’s house, destroyed a year ago when gunmen riding camels, horses and motorcycles stormed through Krinding, a remote camp in Darfur, western Sudan, firing their weapons and burning every home in sight. Dozens of people were killed, including nine members of Ms. Fadl’s […]
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Anti-Coup Protesters in Sudan Press Their Demand for Return to Civilian Rule
NAIROBI, Kenya — Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of several cities in Sudan on Saturday, activists and pro-democracy groups said, denouncing the October military coup that imperiled the nation’s fragile steps toward stability and its attempt at a democratic transition after decades of military rule. The protests on Saturday were the 10th major demonstrations […]
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Ousted in Coup, Sudan’s Prime Minister Returns via Military Deal
NAIROBI, Kenya — After four weeks under house arrest, Sudan’s ousted prime minister was reinstated on Sunday after he signed a deal with the military intended to end a bloody standoff that led to dozens of protester deaths and threatened to derail Sudan’s fragile transition to democracy. At a televised ceremony in the presidential palace, […]
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