Tag: Sudan
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U-23 AFCON Qualifiers: Amapakabo picks 18 players for Sudan game
Imama Amapakabo, the Head Coach of Nigeria’s under-23 male football team, has picked 18 players for Thursday’s 2019 Under-23 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) final qualifying round first leg fixture. Ademola Olajire, Head of Communications Department at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), said in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday that the players included team…
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Burna Boy to offer victims of Sudan crisis lifeline
Nigerian Afro-pop star, Burna Boy has offered to help victims of the ongoing crisis in Sudan. The pop-star took to his social media platform to pledge his support for the nation. Burna Boy also declared his willingness to partner with relief organisations in Sudan in providing medical aids to victims. “I stand with Sudan…we can’t…
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BREAKING: African Union suspends Sudan
The African Union (AU) on Thursday suspended Sudan days after the military launched a crackdown on protesters that killed dozens of people. The AU’s Peace and Security Department said in a post on Twitter that Sudan’s participation in all AU activities would be suspended with immediate effect – “until the effective establishment of a civilian-led…
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Sudanese ousted president, Al-Bashir sent to prison, two brothers detained
Sudan’s military rulers have transferred ousted president Omar al-Bashir to prison and also detained two of his five brothers Abdallah Hassan al-Bashir and Al-Abbas Hassan al-Bashir. Following the dramatic end to Bashir’s rule of three decades last week, he was moved late Tuesday to Kober prison in the capital, a family source said without revealing…
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Uganda expresses willingness to offer amnesty to ousted Sudanese president
Uganda is willing to offer asylum to former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir should he apply, a state minister for foreign affairs on Tuesday said. Henry Oryem, Uganda’s minister of state for international affairs, told the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs that the ousted leader is a guarantor to the South Sudan peace process. “If Bashir…
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Sudan’s military council speaks on handing over ousted president al-Bashir to ICC
Sudan’s transitional military council on Friday said that it would not hand over ousted President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for trial. Omer Zainal-Abdin, the Chairman of the Political Committee in Sudan’s Transitional Military Council, said this at a news conference in the capital Khartoum. “We, as a military council, and during…
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Sudan’s Bashir ousted by military, placed under arrest
President Omar al-Bashir, was on Thursday overthrown in a coup by the armed forces which announced a two-year period of military rule to be followed by elections. Bashir ruled Sudan with an iron fist for 30 years. In an address on state television, Defence Minister, Awad Auf said Bashir, 75, was under arrest in a…
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President al-Bashir steps down, government sources say
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down and consultations are under way to form a transitional council to run the country, government sources and a provincial minister said on Thursday. The Minister of Production and Economic Resources in North Darfur, Adel Hussein, told the Dubai-based al-Hadath TV that “there are consultations to form a military…
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Breaking: Former Sudanese President Al-Dahab dies
Former Sudanese President Abdulrahman Al-Dahab has died in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Saudi-owned TV channel, Al Arabiya, reported on Thursday. The channel, however, did not provide any further detail on the death. Al-Dahab, aged 83, was the fifth President of Sudan. The former army officer served as president of Sudan from April 6, 1985, to…
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London police identify Westminster attack suspect as UK citizen from Sudan
The Metropolitan police said Wednesday that they have identified the suspect behind the Westminster car ramming attack as a 29-year-old UK national of Sudanese origin. “A 29-year-old man arrested following the incident in Westminster yesterday, Tuesday, remains in custody at a south London police station. “The man, who is a UK national originally from Sudan,…