Sudan
Sudan court orders restoral of internet, but no sign of services returning
CAIRO (Reuters) -A Sudanese court ordered the country's three main telecommunications providers to restore internet access, as the country entered its sixteenth day of an internet blackout following a coup…
Coup puts into question Sudan’s debt cancellation, France says
PARIS (Reuters) -The coup in Sudan puts into doubt the process that would have seen France cancel some $5 billion debt it was owed by the African country, France's foreign…
Sudanese talks make progress, source says, as international pressure grows
CAIRO (Reuters) -Talks between Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the leaders of an Oct. 25 military coup are making progress, a source close to Hamdok said on Thursday as…
U.N.’s top rights body to hold urgent session on Sudan on Friday – statement
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Sudan on Friday at the request of Britain and other countries following last week's military…
Hope for path out of Sudan’s crisis in days, U.N. envoy says
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - National and international mediation efforts working to solve Sudan's political crisis are expected to bear fruit in coming days, the U.N. special envoy…
Analysis-Sudan’s military leaders could face isolation after coup
By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's military leadership could face isolation at home and abroad if it tries to tighten its grip after seizing power in the face of…
Britain seeks urgent session of top UN rights body on Sudan
GENEVA (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday that it had requested that the U.N. Human Rights Council convene an emergency session on Sudan following last week's military coup. The request…
Tribal group lifts blockade of Sudan’s main port one week after coup
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A tribal group announced on Monday it would temporarily lift a six-week blockade on Sudan's main seaport, a week after the military took power in a coup.…
Bashir-era Sudanese ruling party head Ghandour re-arrested – family source
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Ibrahim Ghandour, head of Sudan's disbanded former ruling National Congress Party and a former foreign minister under deposed President Omar al-Bashir, was re-arrested on Monday less than…
Former Sudan ruling party head freed from prison – family source
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Ibrahim Ghandour, head of Sudan's former ruling National Congress Party and a former foreign minister under deposed President Omar al-Bashir, has been released from prison, a family…
U.S. urges Sudan military to refrain from violence against planned protests -official
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday urged Sudan's military coup leaders to refrain from violence against peaceful protesters ahead of planned demonstrations on…
Biden criticizes Sudan’s junta, deaths climb in anti-coup protests
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Doina Chiacu KHARTOUM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and United Nations dialled up the pressure on Sudan's new military junta on Thursday as confrontations between soldiers and…
