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Activists protest ongoing detention of journalist Shaimaa Adel in Sudan
Egypt
July 7, 2012
Activists protest ongoing detention of journalist Shaimaa Adel in Sudan
Journalists and activists have called for a protest at noon on Saturday in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Cairo's…
Sudan police teargas protesters after prayers
World
July 6, 2012
Sudan police teargas protesters after prayers
KHARTOUM — Sudanese police fired volleys of teargas at worshippers trying to leave a mosque to demonstrate after Friday prayers,…
Update: Sudan releases second Egyptian journalist detained in Khartoum
Egypt
July 4, 2012
Update: Sudan releases second Egyptian journalist detained in Khartoum
Correction: Although several Egyptian newspapers cited a Foreign Ministry source as saying Adel had been released in reports published on…
Police fire teargas at protest in Khartoum suburb
World
June 29, 2012
Police fire teargas at protest in Khartoum suburb
KHARTOUM — Sudanese police fired tear gas at scores of protesters at one of the largest mosques in the capital…
Egyptian journalist Salma El-Wardany to be deported after covering Sudan protests
Egypt
June 26, 2012
Egyptian journalist Salma El-Wardany to be deported after covering Sudan protests
Salma El-Wardany, an Egyptian journalist who was arrested in Khartoum last week while covering anti-government protests, will be deported on…
Sudan’s Bashir calls protesters ‘agitators’
World
June 25, 2012
Sudan’s Bashir calls protesters ‘agitators’
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Sunday dismissed anti-government protests over a severe economic crisis as the work of "a…
Anti-regime protests sweep Sudan’s capital
Egypt
June 21, 2012
Anti-regime protests sweep Sudan’s capital
Riot police fired tear gas and civilians armed with machetes and swords attacked protesters during five days of demonstrations sweeping…
Protests erupt as Sudan’s Bashir unveils austerity plan
Egypt
June 19, 2012
Protests erupt as Sudan’s Bashir unveils austerity plan
Sudan's police used tear gas and batons to break up protests in Khartoum on Monday, witnesses said, after President Omar…
Rights groups hit Sudan for woman’s death sentence
World
June 1, 2012
Rights groups hit Sudan for woman’s death sentence
KHARTOUM, Sudan— Nearly 30 Africa-based rights groups have signed a letter condemning Sudan for sentencing a 20-year-old woman to death by stoning over…
Sudan police raid university dorm, arrest hundreds
Egypt
February 17, 2012
Sudan police raid university dorm, arrest hundreds
Sudanese police raided student dormitories at Khartoum's main university on Friday, beating and arresting hundreds of students in the latest…