The killing of 7 revolutionary activists in Sudan on Sunday 17 January has sparked a new wave of defiance across the country, with two days of strikes and civil disobedience on 18 and 19 January. The activists were shot dead by the security forces and army during ongoing protests demanding an immediate transition to civilian…
Download a pdf version of this update here >> [Sudan Update – Jan 2022] Massive demonstrations have continued in Sudan throughout December and early January, with tens of thousands taking to the streets despite increasing repression. The main organisations mobilising and leading the protest movement are the neighbourhoodbased Resistance Committees. The Resistance Committees in Khartoum…
Huge protests are continuing to shake Sudan through the mass movement demanding civilian rule and democracy led by the Resistance Committees. Despite increasing repression and the regular killing of protesters by the security forces, tens of thousands are still joining demonstrations opposing the military coup. Alongside the protests in the streets, important struggles have developed…
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets across Sudan on Sunday 19 December to demand the military leave power following the coup of 25 October. The demonstrations also marked the 3 year anniversary of the start of the revolution which toppled dictator Omar el-Bashir in 2019. Despite heavy repression, protestors converged on the presidential palace…
Over two hundred participants joined this online event co-organised by Sudanese Diaspora Roundtable UK, MENA Solidarity, UCU, NEU, Edinburgh TUC and other trade unions on 6 December. A full report from the conference will be published in due course, but we will be publishing video highlights from the plenary speeches in advance. If you’d like…
Over two hundred participants joined this online event co-organised by Sudanese Diaspora Roundtable UK, MENA Solidarity, UCU, NEU, Edinburgh TUC and other trade unions on 6 December. A full report from the conference will be published in due course, but we will be publishing video highlights from the plenary speeches in advance. If you’d like…
Gawain Little, Chair of the International Committee, National Education Union (NEU)
Bakri Ali, Sudanese-American businessman and social and political activist
Mohamed Nagi al-Asam, Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors
Over two hundred participants joined this online event co-organised by Sudanese Diaspora Roundtable UK, MENA Solidarity, UCU, NEU, Edinburgh TUC and other trade unions on 6 December. A full report from the conference will be published in due course, but we will be publishing video highlights from the plenary speeches in advance. If you’d like…
Over two hundred participants joined this online event co-organised by Sudanese Diaspora Roundtable UK, MENA Solidarity, UCU, NEU, Edinburgh TUC and other trade unions on 6 December. A full report from the conference will be published in due course, but we will be publishing video highlights from the plenary speeches in advance. If you’d like…
Over two hundred participants joined this online event co-organised by Sudanese Diaspora Roundtable UK, MENA Solidarity, UCU, NEU, Edinburgh TUC and other trade unions on 6 December. A full report from the conference will be published in due course, but we will be publishing video highlights from the plenary speeches in advance. If you’d like…
Over two hundred participants joined this online event co-organised by Sudanese Diaspora Roundtable UK, MENA Solidarity, UCU, NEU, Edinburgh TUC and other trade unions on 6 December. A full report from the conference will be published in due course, but we will be publishing video highlights from the plenary speeches in advance. If you’d like…
Join this online emergency solidarity conference to hear from Sudanese activists how you can support their struggle against military rule Sponsoring organisations: Sudanese Diaspora Roundtable UK, National Education Union (NEU), University and College Union (UCU), MENA Solidarity Network, Edinburgh TUC, West Midlands Unison, Redbridge TUC, London Fire Brigade Unison About this event Since 25 October,…
The agreement between deposed Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, and the leaders of the military coup which overthrew his government on 25 October has been angrily rejected by major networks of Resistance Committees, the neighbourhood-based revolutionary organisations which have been leading resistance to the military takeover. “This agreement means nothing, we continue to hold to…
MENA Solidarity Network 