Africa
Protest train arrives in Khartoum to join demonstration
Hundreds of protesters packed in a train arrived in Khartoum Tuesday from a central Sudanese town to join a sit-in outside the army headquarters demanding military rulers step down. Many protesters perched on the roof of the train, waving Sudanese flags as it chugged through north Khartoum's Bahari railway station before winding its way to the p ...
Africa
Protest train rolls into Khartoum as US urges civilian handover
Hundreds of protesters arrived on a packed train in Khartoum Tuesday to join a weeks-long sit-in outside army headquarters, as a top US official reiterated Washington's backing for demands the country's military council hand power to a civilian government. But African leaders meeting in Cairo insisted on the need for more time for a transition ...
Africa
UN Backs Weakened Resolution On Sexual Violence In Conflicts
Nobel Peace Prize laureates Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege called Tuesday for justice for victims of sexual violence in conflict zones, as the UN Security Council approved a watered-down resolution largely stripped of substance by the United States and Russia. The vote on the German-drafted resolution was held after intense last minute negot ...
Africa
It was time for Bashir to go, residents of home village say
Residents of deposed Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir's home village are still coming to terms with his ouster, but most agree that the time had come for him to go. I'm from his village and I did not benefit from his rule, said Mohamedali Abdel Hamid, a farmer from Hosh Bannaga dressed in a traditional Sudanese robe. The village, on the Ni ...
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