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Sudan protesters urge night rallies amid standoff with army

Sudan's protest leaders on Monday called for nighttime demonstrations and marches in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in ...

Sudan's Bashir appears in public for first time since ouster

Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir appeared in public for the first time since his ouster two months ago, as he was led ...

Sudan military acknowledges violations in sit-in dispersal

Sudan's ruling military acknowledged that security forces committed violations when they moved in to disperse protesters at ...

US urges Sudan's protesters and army to resume talks

Activists called off a general strike and civil disobedience campaign as more businesses reopened and traffic returned to its ...

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Some shops reopen in Sudan's cities despite strike call

Shops and businesses reopened Monday and some traffic returned to the streets of the capital of Khartoum and another major ...

General strike launched in Sudan after security crackdown

Shops were closed and streets were empty across Sudan on Sunday, the first day of a general strike called for the start of ...

Sudan protesters want civil disobedience to pressure army

Pro-democracy protest leaders on Saturday called on Sudanese to take part in acts of civil disobedience in a bid to pressure ...

Ethiopian PM visits Sudan in bid to mediate crisis

Ethiopia's prime minister urged "courage" as he met separately with Sudan's ruling generals and protest leaders on Friday in ...

Sudanese vow to keep up protests after crackdown

Sudan's pro-democracy movement vowed Thursday to press its campaign of civil disobedience until the ruling military council ...

The Latest: Sudan official disputes protesters' death toll

The Latest on developments in Sudan (all times local): 4:45 p.m. A Sudan Health Ministry official says 61 people have been ...

Sudan protesters say 40 bodies pulled from Nile in capital

More than 40 bodies of people slain by Sudanese security forces were pulled from the Nile River in the capital of Khartoum, ...

The Latest: Sudan protesters increase death toll to 108

The latest on developments in Sudan (all times local): 11:25 p.m. Sudanese protest organizers are reporting seven more deaths ...

The Latest: Sudan protesters say 40 killed since dispersal

The Latest on the aftermath of the Sudanese military's crackdown on a sit-in protest camp in the capital (all times local): ...

Sudanese forces clamp down in capital, clash with protesters

Pro-democracy protesters defied Sudan's military rulers Tuesday, carrying out scattered demonstrations around the capital of ...

UN Security Council to discuss Sudan's military crackdown

The U.N. Security Council is set to discuss Sudan after its ruling military conducted a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy ...

35 dead as Sudan troops move against democracy protesters

Sudan's ruling military moved to crush the protest movement opposing its grip on power as security forces overran the main ...

The Latest: Sudan's military says it will call elections

The latest on the Sudanese military's moves against a sit-in protest camp in the capital (all times local): 2:50 a.m.

Protesters in Sudan fear long-term sit-in could be dispersed

Protesters in Sudan on Friday voiced concerns that the ruling transitional military council might disperse the Khartoum ...

Sudan's army, protesters strike some deals in negotiations

Sudan's ruling generals and opposition leaders behind the protests that drove President Omar al-Bashir from power last month ...

Security agents attack Sudanese sit-ins, 5 killed in clashes

Sudanese protesters said Tuesday that security agents loyal to ousted President Omar al-Bashir attacked their sit-ins ...