From the monthly archives:

February 2011

Sudanese Youth Protesters Still Under Detention

by Drima on February 13, 2011

Dozens of people, many of them university students, were arrested after participating in the protests that started on 30th January. Since then, I’ve spent some time trying to get more reliable information on the detained protesters, and the protests themselves.

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BREAKING NEWS: The Facebook-Organized Protests Have Begun In Khartoum and Omdurman. Stay Tuned for Updates.

by Drima on February 1, 2011

Thousands of Sudanese youth and university students have recently been joining a Facebook event page calling for mass protests starting today, January 30th. And it looks like the protests have indeed begun, and are underway as indicated by the pictures being uploaded right now on the Facebook protest page .

Here are some of them.

And here is a video on Facebook of chanting protesters that just got uploaded. Sudanese youth in Washington DC are also planning a solidarity protest later today in front of the Sudanese Embassy there to demand change.

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