Communist Party of Swaziland to launch campaign for release of its member Mvuselelo Mkhabela and other political prisoners
21-year-old Mvuselelo Mkhabela, a Central Committee member of the banned Communist Party of Swaziland, who had continued organizing anti-monarchist resistance underground after escaping police custody with a bullet wound, was arrested in April and tortured again
Violations mar Sudan’s soon-to-expire ceasefire, paramilitary RSF occupies Communist Party’s office
“The occupation of our party office is a part of the ongoing attempts by the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces to silence the voice of the democratic forces that opposed this catastrophic war,” SCP spokesperson Fathi Elfadl told Peoples Dispatch
Welcoming ceasefire, Sudanese left calls for involvement of civil society and regional institutions
The Sudanese Communist Party has welcomed the ceasefire between the army and the Rapid Support Forces but has warned against monopolization of the peace process by US and Saudi Arabia. It has called for the involvement of Sudanese civil society and African Union peacekeepers
Over 800 civilians killed as fighting between Sudan’s army and paramilitary RSF enters second month
The so-called Jeddah Declaration, in which the warring parties committed to protecting civilians on May 12, has only remained on paper as fighting intensifies in the states of Khartoum and West Darfur, claiming hundreds of more lives
Fighting between Sudanese army and RSF has disastrous impact in Darfur as hundreds of thousands are displaced
While the national capital Khartoum has seen the most intense battles between the army and the paramilitary RSF, most of the internal displacements are occurring in Darfur due to escalating armed conflict between militias. The region already has most of Sudan’s 3.7 million Internally Displaced Persons
Tras años atacando a manifestantes, el ejército sudanés y los paramilitares de las FAR se enfrentan entre sí
Los enfrentamientos son los últimos de una serie de convulsiones políticas desde que las masivas protestas prodemocráticas derrocaron al dictador Omar al-Bashir en abril de 2019.
After years of attacking protesters, Sudan’s army and paramilitary RSF turn on each other
The fighting is the latest in a series of political convulsions since massive pro-democracy protests overthrew long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir in April 2019
With fighting expected to intensify between Sudan’s military rulers, civilians brace for the worst. Pro-democracy forces lead relief work
While its military rulers continue armed infighting, driving Sudan toward a humanitarian catastrophe, the radical grassroots organizations that were leading the pro-democracy mass protests against military rule have stepped up to the rescue of civilians