SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor – Harassments against journalists in Sudan after the military coup

31/3/2022: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor – Harassments against journalists in Sudan after the military coup

Having recorded 55 attacks on journalists by the coup regime from 25 Oct 2021 to 8 March 2022, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor call for investigations into attacks on journalists in Sudan and conformity to international legal frameworks that protect the free press.

Euro-Med Monitor note obstacles to independent journalism in Sudan, including emergency laws and articles of the Penal Code that censor the media and intimidate journalists and activists, with coverage of events that followed the coup and the human rights violations against protesters “considered red lines”.

Security forces violations against journalists and media include breaking into and closing press offices and institutions, harassment and arbitrary detention and physical and psychological attacks.

SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Africa Report – Sudan’s transition to free elections undermined by Hemeti

31/3/2020: Africa Report – Sudan’s transition to free elections undermined by Hemeti, by Jihad Mashamoun

Sudan political analyst Jihad Mashamoun proposes solutions to salvage Sudan’s democratic transition and economy.

 Mashamoun calls for the government to accelerate the transfer of businesses run by the security apparatus to the Ministry of Finance.

 Mashamoun also calls for the government and the Forces of Freedom and Change coalition “to work together in public forums to communicate more clearly” amid the deep state’s disinformation campaign. Finally, Mashamoun calls for the EU and the US to pressure Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE to support the government by warning them that its fall could trigger regional conflict.

 Mashamoun suggests that Himedti’s “intervention” in Sudan’s peace talks “as a means of forming alliances with groups across [Sudan] and controlling the transition to free elections.” Mashmoun also accuses Himedti of worsening Sudan’s economic crisis through his links with al-Fakher company, “which has been buying gold at uneconomic prices thereby pushing down the value of the Sudanese pound.”

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - IGAD leaders agree to establish regional response to fight coronavirus

31/3/2020: Sudan Tribune - IGAD leaders agree to establish regional response to fight coronavirus  

 Sudan Tribune reports that the leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an eight-country trade bloc in East Africa, have agreed to establish a strategy and emergency fund to fight coronavirus.

 Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is also the Chair of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government.

 The IGAD leaders agreed to jointly strengthen national health systems and build local manufacturing capacity for medical equipment and supplies to fight pandemic diseases.

 IGAD leaders called on the international financial institutions to cancel the debts of IGAD countries to free up resources to fight the coronavirus.