SUDAN NEWS ALERT: The National UAE - Hamdok warns more people could die from 'starvation than bullets' in Sudan

26/6/2024: The National - Hamdok warns more people could die from 'starvation than bullets' in Sudan, by Mina Al-Oraibi

The National (UAE) report that former Sudan prime minister Abdalla Hamdok dismissed reports about the UAE having a nefarious role in Sudan, amid allegations of its support for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

 Responding to a question about the UAE’s role, he said “the UAE has always been supportive of Sudan, and there is a lot of links and ties in the history”. 

Hamdok spoke at length of how the Sudanese community has grown in the UAE and sees the country as a “force for good in Sudan”.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - UAE suspends ‘emergency’ residence permits for Sudan refugees

26/6/2024: Radio Dabanga - UAE suspends ‘emergency’ residence permits for Sudan refugees

Radio Dabanga report that the United Arab Emirates’ Federal Authority For Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP) announced the suspension of the ‘emergency’ residence permits, which grants residence to those fleeing the ongoing war for Sudanese refugees who possess any type of visit permit.

The UAE had previously included Sudan on the list of countries eligible for emergency accommodation following the outbreak of war on 15 April 2024. Sudanese refugees could obtain this permit by paying 1,200 Dirhams annually.

Initially, five of the seven emirates offered the residence permits to Sudanese nationals, but three had ceased issuing them recently. Two that still accept applications have a rejection rate of about 90%.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Renewed RSF shelling in North Darfur

26/6/2024: Radio Dabanga - Renewed RSF shelling in North Darfur

Radio Dabanga report that Al-Fashir witnessed renewed artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The RSF bombardment targeted key areas including the Grand Market and the police chief’s office.

The attack targeted various neighbourhoods and displacement camps, resulting in six fatalities and 14 injuries, including children and women. Additionally, one person was killed and another injured when shells fired by the RSF struck the Iqraa Hospital.

SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan: Dynamics of change and resistance of political parties to change

26/6/2020: Sudan Tribune - Sudan: Dynamics of change and resistance of political parties to change, by Hussein Arko Menawi

 Calling for state capabilities to be directed towards crisis management and addressing key issues, Hussein Arko Menawi warns that Sudan’s transitional period is at risk due to the ongoing marginalisation of Sudan’s peripheries by Khartoum political parties who “still see politics within conflict over their vested interests.”

 Citing the Forces of Freedom and Change’s intensified “competition over narrow privileges” and resistance to peace,  Menawi argues that “feverish political competition over power privilege and social class interests” has left Sudanese parties “stuck” in the uprisings of 1964 and 1985*, whereby “political elites were unable to address the roots of the Sudanese crisis.”

 Thus, Menawi concludes that Sudanese politics remains “static” and “stuck on old practices…failing to respond to changes while continuing to revolve within the orbit of the same old ideas.”

 *Both uprisings heralded brief democratic rule before the military restored power.  

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP - Opposition leader: Ethiopia, AU join forces in Sudan efforts

26/6/19: AP - Opposition leader: Ethiopia, AU join forces in Sudan efforts, by Hussein Malla and Samy Magdy

 AP reports that “leading opposition figure” Sadiq Al Mahdi of the Umma Party, said the African Union and Ethiopia will present a new and joint proposal for a solution to the crisis in Sudan, as they renew efforts to bring the ruling generals and protest leaders back to the negotiating table.

 The joint proposal would tackle the main points behind the current impasse, he said. These include the setup of a temporary legislative body. The Declaration of Freedom and Change has asked for a majority of seats.

 “Some have complained that the 67 percent (of seats) for the DFC means excluding us,” al-Mahdi said. “The mediation will review the shares.”

 Al-Mahdi also criticized the protesters over calls for mass demonstrations next week to pressure the military council to hand over power.