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26/10/2020: Radio Dabanga - Sudan: Protestor shot at demo dies in hospital
Radio Dabanga report on the deaths of two protesters shot by security forces during the October 21 Marches of the Millions - Hussein Abdelgader (14) and Mohammed Abdulmajeed “a man in his 20s”, both from Bahri.
Sudanese security forces used live munition to disperse crowds, with several others wounded and taken to hospitals.
26/10/19: Multiple sources: Sudanese Professionals Association condemn Sovereign Council for endorsing militia health campaign
The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) has condemned the participation of members of the Sovereign Council in the launch of a Rapid Support Forces health campaign in some parts of Sudan.
The RSF, in cooperation with Sudan’s Health Ministry dispatched four convoys to Sennar, the Blue Nile state, Kassala and the Red Sea states, to combat diseases such as cholera, dengue, and chikungunya.
However, the SPA asserted that the campaign reflects a “direct interaction between the RSF with the health situation in the concerned states, in the absence of health departments at federal or state level.”
The SPA further demanded that the Sovereign Council appreciate the importance of the principle of the separation of powers, “not the blessing of abuses and policy of filling the vacuum.”
26/10/19: Radio Dabanga - Analyst: ‘Two potential military coups threaten Sudan’
Radio Dabanga reports that prominent Sudanese journalist El Haj Warrag warned that two potential military coups could possibly threaten the Sudan transitional government, although neither are likely to succeed.
Warrag claimed that the first possible coup would be at the hand of the counter-revolutionary forces (Islamists). However, he asserted that it is likely to fail because even the former Al Bashir regime failed despite its control over the entire military force of Sudan.
Warrag asserted that the second possible coup he called “Camp II” without disclosing further details. He said that should such coups occur; it will lead the country to a spiral of civil war.
Warrag also suggested that the military’s interests would fare better in a democratic transition, and that pro-democracy Islamists should be allowed to join the Forces of Freedom and Change.
26/10/19: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese women call to amend gender discriminatory laws
Sudan Tribune reports that Sudanese women representatives across the country have called on the transitional government to review laws violating women’s rights.
65 female delegates from different regions in Sudan held a meeting organised by the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network). The meeting was the Sudan’s ministers of Justice (Nasreldin Abdelbari) and Social Development and Labour (Lena Mahjoub).
SIHA said the participants called for the transitional government to strengthen women’s roles in achieving food security, poverty reduction, and access to health services, education and housing.
SIHA called for a comprehensive transitional justice programme for combating violence in conflict areas.
The meeting also called on the government to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and fulfil all obligations that promote the rights of women in international charters and conventions.