Alarmed that movements of rival military factions in Sudan could bring bloodshed, a group of mediators pushed for last-ditch talks between Army Chief, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and paramilitary Commande.
At least 20,000 people have taken refuge in eastern Chad since clashes erupted in neighboring Sudan some two weeks ago, according to International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Anadolu News Agency.
A Karu Upper Area Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Ola Ibrahim to five months imprisonment for alleged stealing of his neighbour’s
Ola Ibrahim, a feminist activist and member of Khartoum resistance committees, and Namaa Faisal AL Mahdi, a London-based Sudanese activist, spoke to Ruth Cashman A twenty year old woman has been sentenced to death by stoning on in Sudan. Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab, was arrested and tried in a Sharia court. Maryam - who had returned to her family home after separating from her husband - claims to have been interrogated by police and forced to give an illegal confession. She will appeal at the High Court. Ola Ibrahim reports from Khartoum: