Political analyst, Magdi El Gizouli, says that the visit to Russia by Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council and commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’, was arranged by the Russian Wagner mercenaries “in order to find a way out for their ally in Sudan, and to ensure his continuation in power so that they can continue to plunder the country’s resources”.
Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/coup-critics-condemn-sudan-deputy-s-visit-to-russia
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Deputy Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council and commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Gen Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo, called on the international community to support the dialogue between Russia and Ukraine. This is the official position of the Sovereignty Council, he said in a statement to the Russian news channel Sputnik yesterday.
Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/hemeti-charts-official-sudan-policy-on-russia-ukraine-conflict
The USA Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Republic of the Sudan Central Reserve Police (CRP) for serious human rights abuse yesterday. The Treasury listed the excessively violent repression of peaceful pro-democracy protests by the security forces as the main reason.
Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/us-treasury-sanctions-sudan-s-central-reserve-police-over-serious-human-rights-abuses
A photojournalist for Ayin Network was seriously wounded by live ammunition in the vicinity of the Republican Palace in central Khartoum during his coverage of yesterday’s Marches of the Millions. Security forces shot him four times after which the journalist required emergency treatment in the hospital, but his condition is now stable.
Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/photojournalist-covering-yesterday-s-marches-of-the-millions-severely-injured-by-sudanese-security-forces
A worsening food crisis is looming in Sudan amid the economic downturn, displacement, and ruined crops, a new report published this week by UN agencies warns. In a joint press statement today, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) caution that the combined effects of conflict, economic crisis, and poor harvests are significantly affecting people’s access to food and will likely double the number of people facing acute hunger in Sudan to more than 18 million people by September 2022.
Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/un-agencies-food-crisis-looming-for-18-million-in-sudan
The US State Department has issued a statement strongly condemning “the recent marked increase in violence in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and the Two Areas (South Kordofan and Blue Nile state)”, and calls for an immediate end to killings, sexual violence, forced displacements, and other human rights abuses.
Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/us-condemns-upsurge-of-violence-in-darfur-and-two-areas
Five citizens were wounded when the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shot at protesters from the Fatah El Naga area in Haya locality, Red Sea state, on Wednesday. The people were protesting the arrival of a gold mining company with support from the RSF on disputed land.
Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/5-injured-as-rsf-shoot-protesters-in-gold-mining-conflict-in-eastern-sudan