Transition period can be as short as one month if managed ‘without chaos’: Sudan military council
Sudan’s ruling military council expects a transition period it announced on Thursday to be two years at most, and said it can be as short as one month if it is managed “without chaos”, said the head of the council’s political committee.
Ex-ruling party will be allowed to compete in elections: Sudan military council
The former ruling National Congress Party of Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir will be allowed to compete in planned elections, the head of Sudan’s transitional military council’s political committee said on Friday.
U.N. rights office urges Sudan to cooperate with ICC on Bashir case
The United Nations human rights office called on Sudan on Friday to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which issued an arrest warrant for deposed President Omar al-Bashir for alleged war crimes nearly 15 years ago.
Sudan’s military not greedy for power: political committee head
The solution to Sudan’s crisis will come from protesters not the military, the head of the political committee of the transitional military council that overthrew Omar al-Bashir said on Friday.
Sudan military council to start dialogue with political groups
Sudan’s transitional military council “will not force anything on the people” and wants to create an atmosphere for peaceful dialogue, the head of the council’s political committee said.
Gunmen abduct two Cuban doctors in Kenya: official
Gunmen abducted two Cuban doctors near Kenya’s border with Somalia as they were going to work, a county government official said on Friday, and local media reported a police officer guarding them was shot dead.
Disease outbreaks feared in Libya, as supplies stretched: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it feared outbreaks of infectious diseases due to dirty water and people fleeing fighting nearing Tripoli, where it has about two weeks of emergency supplies for hospitals and health facilities.
Noise of fighting echoes through Tripoli as thousands flee homes
Gunfire and blasts echoed through downtown Tripoli in the small hours of Friday as the eastern Libyan LNA force pushed against the forces of the internationally recognized government around the disused international airport and the Ain Zara district.
From trash to totes: Thai designer makes politics fashionable
Thai designer Panupong Chansopa saw a business opportunity in millions of vinyl campaign posters destined to become trash after last month’s general election, and salvaged hundreds to turn them into colorful tote bags with a message.
Pakistan vegetable market bomb kills 16, half of them minority Hazaras
A bomb hidden between bags of potatoes at an outdoor Pakistani market killed at least 16 people on Friday, half of them ethnic Hazaras, officials said, in an attack apparently aimed at minority Shi’ite Muslims.
