More than 20 people have been killed and several others injured after shells hit a market in a suburb of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, a group of lawyers said. The crowded market in Omdurman was hit after an intense exchange of fire between the Sudan army and the paramilitary Rapid Support …
Read More »Three lions shot dead after trying to escape
Three lions were shot dead in Sudan after trying to escape from their enclosure inside a base of Sudan’s feared paramilitary forces, an animal shelter, according reports. Classified as a “vulnerable” species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the lions had recently been sold and moved …
Read More »Sudan: security forces open fire to disperse protesters
Security forces in Sudan opened fire and used tear gas to try to disperse large crowds of protesters calling for an end to military rule in the country, a doctors’ organization linked to the protest movement said. A protester died and several others injured in Omdurman, the second city where …
Read More »Sudan: two shot dead and several injured during protests
At least two protesters have been shot dead as security forces confronted crowds marching in Sudan on Monday demanding the release of prisoners and an end to military rule, Reuters reports. Across the River Nile from Khartoum, soldiers fired teargas to try to disperse people who approached the disused parliament …
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