Super Eagles unbeaten start to the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations continued with a comfortable 3-1 win over Sudan. However, the result ensured that the Super Eagles booked their ticket for the knockout stage of the competition with one game of Group D left. Samuel Chukwueze and Taiwo Awoniyi scored in the first half […]
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Goalkeeper Ali Abou Achrine was Sudan’s hero as he saved a late penalty to keep his team in a 0-0 draw with Guinea Bissau in Garoua on Tuesday. It was a scoreline that capped an unhappy start to the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals for both countries, who are the underdogs in Group […]
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Sudan’s ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is to be reinstated, after being placed under house arrest during a military coup last month. All political detainees will be released as part of a new agreement between the military, civilian leaders and ex-rebel groups, mediators said. On 25 October, Sudan’s military had declared a state of emergency […]
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Four children were among 18 people killed Thursday when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed after takeoff from West Darfur state, an army spokesman said. The plane crashed five minutes after takeoff from an airport in the state capital El Geneina, after delivering aid to the area, which had been hit by recent deadly tribal […]
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Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir was charged with corruption-related offences on Sunday, as he appeared in public for the first time since he was overthrown and detained in April. Looking much the same as prior to his removal by the military, he was driven to the prosecutor’s office in Khartoum. He was charged with illicit possession […]
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The top U.S. diplomat for Africa on Wednesday joined an international effort to press Sudan’s military rulers and the opposition toward a deal on a transition to democracy two months after the overthrow of former President Omar al-Bashir. An Ethiopian envoy has said that the military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on […]
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Millions of dollars, Euros and other currencies have reportedly been found at the residence of former President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan. Recall that Al-Bashir was toppled in a military coup which took place on April 11. He was initially placed under house arrest before being transferred to Kobar prison, where he detained some of his […]
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The leader of the coup that seized power from Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, Awad Ibn Auf, on friday announced his decision to step down in a nationwide broadcast. In the broadcast, he said another military general would be in charge of the country. “I hereby announce my resignation as head of the Transitional Military Council […]
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At least eight persons were killed in protests across Sudan on Thursday as thousands took to the streets against soaring prices, with some calling for the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, officials and witnesses said. Six died in the eastern city of al-Qadarif and two more in northern Nile River state, officials from those areas […]
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Security operatives in Sudan are reported to have arrested a woman suspected of killing a Nigerian Immigration Attaché at the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum. Habibu Almu, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, was found stabbed to death at his home in the Sudanese capital city of Khartoum on Thursday last week. In a very short statement, the […]
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