Pavan Kulkarni Victims of violence in camps Darfur. Photo: Darfur Network for Monitoring and Documentation Over the past two weeks, over 16,000 people were displaced in a fresh round of violent attacks in Darfur in which the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces allegedly played a key role. Now its head and the second-in-command of Sudan’s junta,…
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Sudan: Hundreds More Injured in Anti-Coup Protests as December Revolution Enters Fifth Year
Pavan Kulkarni Protests in Sudan on the fourth anniversary of the Sudanese Revolution. Photo: Radio Dabanga Attempts by the alliance of foreign powers, domestic right-wing parties and the military junta to consolidate an authoritarian state in Sudan will be defeated by mass-movements, insists the Sudanese Communist Party Country-wide anti-coup demonstrations were underway once again in…
Another Political Framework Signed in Sudan
Abayomi Azikiwe Sudan Leaders Sign New Framework Agreement Agreement has been met with protests and rejection by the Resistance Committees along with some Islamic groupings On December 5 yet another transitional political framework was signed in the Republic of Sudan by the military regime and the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC), the broad-based democracy…
Sudan’s Revolutionary Forces Reject Transition Deal, Vow to Continue Resistance
Tanupriya Singh The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) and Sudan’s military junta have signed an initial framework agreement for a ‘civilian-led’ transition. However, the agreement has been rejected by the country’s revolutionary forces as a betrayal of the December Revolution On Monday, December 5, the Forces of Freedom and Change (FCC) in Sudan, a…
Sudanese Stakeholders Sign Political Framework Agreement
Sudan Tribune The signing of the Political Framework Agreement on December 5, 2022 Sudanese stakeholders from the military component and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) on Monday, signed the Political Framework Agreement which to establish a new transitional period. In accordance with the framework agreement, the signatories agreed to repeal the 2019 constitutional…
Sudan: A Year After Military Coup, Pro-Democracy Protesters Reiterate Call of “No Compromise!”
Pavan Kulkarni Photo: @hlfayatalmlook While right-wing parties negotiate with the army to reach a power-sharing agreement coalesced by the US, the streets show the people’s determination to overthrow the junta, argues the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) On Monday, October 25, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to streets in at least 19 cities and towns…
Sudanese Continue Demonstrations One Year After the Latest Military Coup
Abayomi Azikiwe Sudan march against military rule on Oct. 25, 2022 Tens of thousands take to the streets as the regime seeks to remain in power with the support of the West and its allies It has been one year since the latest military seizure of power in the Republic of Sudan where a committed…
Ethiopian Peace Talks Begin as TPLF Suffers Military Setbacks
Pavan Kulkarni Negotiations between the federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) began in South Africa on October 25, as the latter’s military defeat appears imminent. The civil war in Ethiopia started after the TPLF attacked a federal army base in November 2020 The African Union (AU)-led peace negotiations between the Ethiopian federal…
Sudan: The Military Push for an Agreement that Grants Them Immunity Reduces the Prospects for Peace
The agreement provides for the appointment of a non-military Head of state, and a prime minister chosen by civilians in exchange for immunity from prosecution The chances of ending the political crisis are minimal because negotiations took place between parts of civilian and military components and there are disagreements between armies and military entities While…
Ethiopia and Tigray Cannot Agree on Peace
Viktor Mikhin The Ethiopian government stated it had accepted an invitation from the African Union (AU) to hold peace talks with rebels in the Tigray region after another escalation of fighting in the nearly two-year war in the north. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s National Security Advisor Redwan Hussein wrote on social media that the government…
Sudanese Resistance Committees Agree on Revolutionary Charter for the Establishment of People’s Power
Sudanese demonstrators attend rally to demand the return to civilian rule, in Khartoum, Sudan, October 6, 2022. (AP) More than 50 Sudanese pro-democracy groups have agreed on a new draft constitution, in one of the largest shows of unity from the country’s opposition since the 2019 popular uprising. The document, signed Wednesday evening, is meant…
America’s Neo-Imperialist Pressure on Sudan Exposes its True Intentions Towards Africa
Andrew Korybko The planned Russian naval base in Port Sudan would unprecedentedly deepen military relations between Moscow and Khartoum, thus helping the host state more confidently resist Washington’s pressure in all respects, especially when it comes to being manipulated into a mutually detrimental war with Ethiopia. The “Strategy Towards Sub-Saharan Africa” that the US unveiled…
Sudan: Military Leaders Affirm Commitment to Civilian Government
Al Mayadeen Brigadier General Taher Abu Haja, the media advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces points out that his country’s army will hand over power only to those “chosen by the people.” Brigadier General Taher Abu Haja, the media advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, confirmed Saturday that “the army will…
Sudanese Communist Party Forms a New Alliance Committed to Ending Military Rule
Abayomi Azikiwe Sudanese Communist Party Leader Mohamed Mokhtar Al Khatib Forms New Alliance After withdrawing from the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), the SCP has continued to call for democratic civilian rule Since December of 2018, the Republic of Sudan has undergone general strikes, mass demonstrations, the forced removal of longtime former President Omar…
Blood-Letting in the Blue Nile: ‘Tribal Wars’ Triggered for the Survival of Sudan’s Military Junta
Pavan Kulkarni Displaced from their houses during the violence that was largely in Roseires, many have arrived in Blue Nile’s capital Damazine. (Mohamed Mustafa/Twitter The junta in Sudan is deliberately dragging the country toward civil war by provoking tribal conflicts across the border States, warn communist activists and members of resistance committees Demonstrations were held…
“December Revolution’s Rebirth”: Sit-ins Mark New Stage of Protests against Sudan’s Military Junta
Pavan Kulkarni Photo: Ahmed Elfatih In the aftermath of the violent repression of protesters on June 30, sit-ins have been organized in various parts of Sudan even as the military junta tries to consolidate power Revolutionary slogans and music defying the military junta continue to resonate from at least four sit-in protests in Sudan as…
Sudan: The West’s Hypocrisy
Hussam AbdelKareem The Sudanese revolution continues its valiant victories, for which it has paid in advance with pure blood and precious souls since its inception, to reassure the world that this nation is impervious to submission and defeat, and that this revolution will achieve its noble goals regardless of who approves or disapproves. – Sudan…
Sudan’s Emergency Has Been ‘Lifted’ but Protesters Continue to Face Repression
Pavan Kulkarni Security forces flooded the Burri neighborhood in Khartoum with tear gas on May 31 While international bodies, including the EU and UN, have welcomed the lifting of the state of emergency, little has changed on the ground, according to pro-democracy activists Four days into the lifting of the state of emergency in Sudan on May…