Tag Archives: Omdurman

Sudan police fire teargas to break up protest: witnesses

March 24, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

(Reuters) – Sudanese police fired teargas and used batons on Saturday to break up a demonstration of opposition party members over the detention of several activists and politicians, witnesses said. About 40 members of the African country’s main opposition parties … read more »

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D-Day for Ethiopian national soccer team, the marauding black lions!

October 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Tension as federal police banned the yellow flag.                                                                By Getahune Bekele On Sunday, October 14, 2012, the Ethiopian national soccer team will do battle in tense Addis Ababa to qualify for South Africa 2013 against the Sudan who won … read more »

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Sudan beats Ethiopia 5-3

September 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Sudan recorded the biggest Afcon qualifying win of the day after beating Ethiopia 5-3 in Khartoum. The hosts took a 3-1 halftime lead at Al Hilal Stadium in Omdurman on Saturday night before Ethiopia gave them a scare with a … read more »

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Yet another case of stoning; Sudan women continue to be caught up in the chaos

August 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Hala Al karib In July 2012, a 23 year old woman Laila Ibrahim Issa Jamool from Dar Hamer, a pastoralist tribe of Sudan Kordofan’s region found herself shackled inside Omdurman women prison holding on to her sick infant who … read more »

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Protest in Sudanese capital

October 12, 2011 by benim

Khartoum – Hundreds of Sudanese took to the streets of central Khartoum on Tuesday to demonstrate against high food prices and to demand better public transport, witnesses said. Protests are rare in Sudan but anger has been building over an … read more »

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Sudan arrests women at aniti-rape demo

March 8, 2011 by benim

Khartoum – Sudanese police on Tuesday arrested 40 women who were protesting against the alleged rape of a female opposition activist last month by members of the security forces. Around 60 women gathered in a street in Omdurman, Khartoum’s twin … read more »

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