The Sudanese government has condemned and rejected the sanctions imposed on the Chairman of the country’s Sovereign Council, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan by the United States. The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Burhan, accusing him of choosing war over negotiations to bring an end to the conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that under Burhan’s leadership, the army’s war tactics have included indiscriminate bombing of civilian infrastructure, attacks on schools, markets and hospitals, and extrajudicial executions. However, Sudan’s foreign ministry said in a statement that the decision lacked the basic foundations of justice and objectivity, and is based on flimsy pretexts unrelated to reality. It said the sanctions also disregarded the Sudanese people, “who are all behind General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan as a symbol of their...

Portsudan — Headed by Minister of Cabinet Affairs and acting Prime Minister Osman Hussein Osman, The Council of Ministers discussed, in an emergency sitting on Saturday in Port Sudan, developments in internal and external events. The Council praised the victories of the armed forces, the joint forces, other regular forces, the popular resistance and the mobilized individuals, renewing its continued support and assistance to them. The cabinet also offered its condolences to the souls of the martyrs, wishing a speedy recovery to the wounded and injured. The Council of Ministers hailed the Sudanese people’s alignment behind their armed forces and their commandership, denouncing the US Treasury sanctions on His Excellency President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, considering this one of the forms of targeting the victory march, underscoring the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in this regard. The Council of Ministers stressed,...

Report By Elnoor Abdallah — The thousands of people who lost their mudbrick homes in Elgezira Aba in the end of last year, due to flooding of the White Nile, are not the only victims of the high-water level, mainly caused by the lack of operations of the Jebel Aulia dam, south of Khartoum, as farming in White Nile state is also seriously affected. Experts warn for more flooding if the dam is not maintained soon. The more than 16,000 newly displaced are living rough in a makeshift camp outsidethis large island in the White Nile, some 250 kilometres south of Khartoum. The needs are high, and deceases are spreading. Sudanese charity organisations and volunteers are providing basic food aid. Other residents of the island and those who earlier sought refuge there from the violence in their places of origin after war broke out between the army and the RSF...

Portsudan — Government of Sudan has announced its rejection and condemnation of the sanctions imposed by the US Treasury Department on President of the Transitional Sovereignty-Council (TSC), Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel -Fattah Al-Burhan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered, in a statement on Thursday, that the decision lacks the simplest foundations of justice and objectivity, and is based on flimsy pretexts that have no connection to reality. It also includes gross disdain for the Sudanese people, who stand in their entirety behind General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan as a symbol of their sovereignty and armed forces, and a courageous leader of the battle of dignity against the terrorist Janjaweed gangs. The statement said, “It is strange that this suspicious decision came after the US administration concluded that the Rapid Support Forces militia is committing genocide in Sudan. It said, “Therefore, the decision of the US administration, days before the...

Juba — Yesterday, January 16, riots broke out in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, where demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the massacre of South Sudanese in neighboring Sudan. Some criminals took advantage of the chaos to loot shops belonging to Sudanese citizens and attack the Sudanese embassy, where a diplomat was killed. The police fired into the air to disperse the crowd. The news of the massacre of civilians, including South Sudanese citizens, after the capture of Wad Madani by the Sudanese Armed Forces (FAS) has caused unrest. Wad Madani, the capital of Jazira State (Sudan’s main wheat producer), was recaptured by the SAF on 11 January from Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries who had taken it in December 2023. South Sudanese anger has been fuelled by videos circulating on the internet showing atrocities committed by SAF soldiers against South Sudanese and Sudanese from Western Sudan....

Washington, DC — Today, the US imposed sanctions on Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), citing actions including “indiscriminate bombing of civilian infrastructure, attacks on schools, markets, and hospitals, and extrajudicial executions.” The new sanctions designations by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) follow the designation of the leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa (known as “Hemedti”), and an official designation of genocide taking place in Sudan. John Prendergast, co-founder of The Sentry, said: “Having recently sanctioned the leader of the paramilitary RSF, General Hemedti, it was critical that the US also sanction the leader of the Sudanese army, as they have both overseen massive human rights violations and deep-seated corruption.  In the end, when the death tolls are tallied, General Burhan may be responsible for more deaths than anyone in Sudan due to...

Washington D.C. — The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on Abdelfattah El Burhan, the commander-in-chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and chairperson of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council. This move follows the designation of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo to the sanctions list on January 7. In a press release yesterday, the Treasury Department accused the SAF, under Burhan’s leadership, of deadly attacks on civilians, including airstrikes on protected sites such as schools, markets, and hospitals. The SAF has also been charged with deliberately denying humanitarian access and using food as a weapon of war. OFAC’s designation, issued under Executive Order 14098, identifies Burhan as a foreign individual leading an entity that threatens Sudan’s peace, security, and stability. In December 2023, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined that SAF members had committed war crimes. The US government has accused...

January 17, 2025 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has condemned the recent killings of South Sudanese citizens in Sudan’s Al Jazira State, describing the move as an act of terrorism. Kiir, in a State of the Nation address, denounced the gruesome killing calling it an inhumane act. “These inhuman barbaric killings of innocent South Sudanese civilians allegedly committed by the Sudanese armed forces ignite difficult, sad, and emotional memories,” explained Kiir. “These heinous acts are unacceptable and are truly comparable to terrorism in character,” he added. The South Sudanese leader emphasized the importance of protecting Sudanese nationals who are living in South Sudan, but stressed the need to ensure those responsible for the killings face justice. “It is crucial that we do not allow anger and emotions to cloud our judgment and turn against Sudanese brothers and sisters,” he stated. Kiir said it is South Sudan’s responsibility to...

Geneva — Sudan’s conflict is worsening, and the UN Human Rights Office chief Volker Türk says it is becoming even more dangerous for civilians after reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in the southeastern state of Al Jazirah and amid reports of an imminent battle for control of the capital, Khartoum. Added to this is a dire situation regarding the health infrastructure in the country, Africa’s third biggest. “As the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces battle for control at all costs in the senseless war that has raged for close to two years now, direct and ethnically motivated attacks on civilians are becoming increasingly common,” said Türk in a statement. “The situation for civilians in Sudan is already desperate, and there is evidence of the commission of war crimes and other atrocity crimes. I fear the situation is now taking a further, even...

Banjul, the Gambia / Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — A fact-finding mission convened by the African Union (AU) has called on individuals, civil society organisations, national human rights institutions, and other stakeholders, to submit reports of human rights violations in Sudan, “to gather comprehensive documentation to monitor, assess, and address the range of rights violations occurring since the beginning of the hostilities”. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Hybrid Joint Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) with the AU Department of Peace, Security and Political Affairs (DPAPS) in Sudan is seeking urgent reports and contributions regarding human rights violations and abuses arising from the conflict in Sudan, the ACHPR says in a statement this week. “Contributions are essential to the ACHPR’s ability to document, report on, and respond effectively to human rights violations in Sudan,” the appeal says. The mission pledges that all contributors – which should be submitted no later...