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Members of the Sudanese military sit atop a gun-mounted vehicle as they guard the building housing the defence ministry in the capital Khartoum on Friday. — AFP
Sudan new military rulers offer dialogue as protests rage
KHARTOUM — Sudan’s new military rulers vowed on Friday to open a dialogue with all political groups on forming a civilian government as protesters railed against their seizure of power after ousting President Omar Bashir.But the military council warned it would tolerate no breaches of security after protesters defied a nighttime curfew to keep up a sit-in demanding immediate civilian rule.The head of the council’s political committee, Lieutenant General Omar Zain El-Abdin, confirmed that Bashir, who had ruled the country for 30 years and was one of Africa’s longest serving leaders, remained in custody.But he said the council would never extradite him, or any other Sudanese, despite a longstanding arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Bashir on...
April 12, 2019

Sudan new military rulers offer dialogue as protests rage

Sudanese President Omar Bashir gestures during a peace ceremony at John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, in this Oct. 31, 2018 file photo. — AFP
Bashir brought down by people he ruled with iron fist
KHARTOUM — Sudanese leader Omar Bashir was finally brought down in a popular uprising by the very people he ruled with an iron fist for 30 years.One of Africa’s longest-serving presidents, the 75-year-old had remained defiant in the face of months-long protests that left dozens of demonstrators dead in clashes with security forces.But his fate was sealed when the army bowed to the demands on the street and intervened on Thursday to oust Bashir, who swept to power in a coup in 1989.In what was clearly a last ditch effort to quell the protests, Bashir had imposed a state of emergency on Feb. 22 after an initial crackdown failed to rein in the demonstrators.At first the emergency rule curbed the scale and intensity of the protests, but before long demonstrators staged a massive rally...
April 11, 2019

Bashir brought down by people he ruled with iron fist

Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans along the streets after Sudan’s Defense Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf said that President Omar Bashir had been detained “in a safe place” and that a military council would run the country for a two-year transitional period in Khartoum, Sudan, on Thursday. — Reuters
Sudan army topples veteran leader Bashir
KHARTOUM — Sudanese President Omar Bashir was ousted by the army on Thursday, brought down by months of anti-government protests against his three decades of iron-fisted rule.“I announce as minister of defense the toppling of the regime and detaining its chief in a secure place,” Defense Minister Awad Ibnouf said in a somber televised address to the nation.A transitional military council would replace Bashir for two years, he said, adding that the country’s borders and airspace would be shut until further notice.The veteran leader, who swept to power in a 1989 coup, was one of Africa’s longest serving presidents. He is wanted on charges of genocide and war crimes by the International Criminal Court.Since early morning huge crowds of jubilant Sudanese had begun thronging squares...
April 11, 2019

Sudan army topples veteran leader Bashir

Bashir forced to step down as Sudan president: Report
KHARTOUM — Sudanese President Omar Bashir was forced to step down by the military on Thursday after three decades of autocratic power, and moves were under way to form a transitional council to run the country, Sudanese sources said.Government sources and the minister of production and economic resources in North Darfur, Adel Mahjoub Hussein, told Dubai-based al-Hadath TV that Bashir had stepped down and consultations were taking place to form a ruling military council.Sudanese sources said Bashir, 75, was deposed by the army and was at the presidential residence under “heavy guard”.The military will make an announcement soon, state television said as troops deployed around the defense ministry and on major roads and bridges in the capital.Soldiers stormed the headquarters of...
April 11, 2019

Bashir forced to step down as Sudan president: Report

A Sudanese woman reacts as protesters rally in front of the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum. — AFP
Protests in Sudan continue
Khartoum — Thousands of Sudanese protesters were camped outside army headquarters for a fifth day on Wednesday demanding President Omar Al-Bashir step down, after the police ordered their forces not to intervene.In what has become the biggest challenge yet to Bashir’s three decades of rule, crowds of demonstrators thronged the sprawling complex through the night, singing and dancing to the tunes of revolutionary songs, witnesses said.Hundreds of mobile phones were held aloft, shining a sea of lights on the tide of people massed outside the buildings.“The night passed peacefully without any incident,” said one protester who spent the entire night at the complex.“We believe that the support from the soldiers on the ground and now the police is definitely growing.”However, Bashir...
April 10, 2019

Protests in Sudan continue

Sudan police encourage pact for ‘peaceful transition’
Khartoum — The Sudanese police on Tuesday ordered its forces not to intervene against demonstrators and said it wanted to encourage an agreement for "a peaceful transition of power"."We call on God to preserve the security and calm of our country ... and to unite the Sudanese people .. for an agreement which would support the peaceful transition of power," a police spokesman said in a statement. It added it "ordered all its forces" not to "intervene against the citizens or peaceful rallies".The call by the police, following a policy of non-intervention by the military, came as thousands of protesters massed for the fourth straight day outside army headquarters in Khartoum, urging the top brass to back their call on President Omar al-Bashir to...
April 09, 2019

Sudan police encourage pact for ‘peaceful transition’

US tourist Kimberly Sue Endicott poses with her guide, Jean Paul Mirenge in Uganda, on April 7, 2019, in this image taken from social media. — Reuters
Uganda makes arrests in kidnap of American tourist and her guide
KAMPALA — Uganda said on Tuesday some suspects had been arrested in connection with last week’s kidnap of an American tourist and her tour guide in a national park while a minister told a local TV that a ransom had been paid to free them.Tourist Kimberley Sue Endecott, 35, and guide Jean Paul Mirenge-Remezo were ambushed and seized by gunmen as they drove in Queen Elizabeth National Park in the country’s southwest near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo on April 2.It’s one of Uganda’s most visited parks, home to antelopes, lions, elephants, hippos, crocodile and leopards.The kidnappers later demanded a ransom of $500,000. On Sunday Ugandan security officials said they had rescued the pair unharmed near the border.In a statement on Tuesday, police said: “The joint...
April 09, 2019

Uganda makes arrests in kidnap of American tourist and her guide

Identical twins Taiwo Adejare and Kehinde Adejare pose for a picture in Igbo Ora, Oyo State, Nigeria, in this April 4, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Nigeria’s twin town ponders cause of multiple births
IGBO ORA, Nigeria — In a dusty school playground in southwest Nigeria, the rows of children lined up to return to their classrooms are dotted with the faces of identical twins.Sights like this can be seen everywhere in Igbo Ora, where a banner welcomes visitors to the “twins capital of the world”.twins are common in the Yoruba ethnic group that dominates this part of Nigeria. A 1970s study by a British gynecologist found that around 50 sets of twins were born out of every 1,000 births in the southwest - one of the highest rates of twin births in the world.In Yoruba culture twins are so common that they are traditionally given specific names. They are called either Taiwo or Kehinde depending on whether they were born first or second.But even for Yoruba people, Igbo Ora is considered...
April 09, 2019

Nigeria’s twin town ponders cause of multiple births

Sudanese protesters gather for a second day outside the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum on Sunday. — AFP
Sudan army deploys as protesters keep pressure on President Bashir
KHARTOUM — Sudan’s army deployed around its Khartoum headquarters on Monday as thousands of protesters urging the military to back calls for leader Omar Bashir’s resignation defied tear gas to demonstrate for a third day, witnesses said.“When the army is here, we have no fear,” protesters flashing victory signs chanted as military vehicles with soldiers fanned out around the complex, onlookers said.Since protests erupted across Sudan in December agents of the powerful National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and riot police have cracked down on demonstrators, but the army has not intervened.Protesters have since Saturday camped out around the army complex — which also houses Bashir’s residence and the defense ministry — in the biggest anti-government demonstrations...
April 08, 2019

Sudan army deploys as protesters keep pressure on President Bashir

Manuel Chang
S. Africa court says Mozambique ex-minister can be extradited to US
JOHANNESBURG — A South African court ruled on Monday that a Mozambican ex-finance minister held since December on a US arrest warrant can be extradited to either the United States or his home country.Manuel Chang, 63, was arrested at Johannesburg’s main airport on Dec. 29 over alleged involvement in fraudulent loans to Mozambican state firms worth $2 billion (1.76 billion euros).Magistrate William Schutte ruled that “there is evidence that Manuel Chang has committed the crimes he is charged with and that all conditions are met so he can be tried in the United States”.In the US, Change faces charges of conspiracy to commit electronic fraud, financial security violations and money laundering, and could be jailed for up to 45 years if he is found guilty.Schutte also ruled that Chang...
April 08, 2019

S. Africa court says Mozambique ex-minister can be extradited to US

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