News about Abdalla Hamdok

Mother with two toddlers endures 'terrifying' 45-minute taxi ride to Sudan evacuation airfield

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 30, 2023
Safa Yahya (pictured left), 27, of Nottingham, survived a 'terrifying' 45-minute taxi ride to the evacuation airfield while shielding Awowa Abdalla, four, and three-year-old Amany Abdalla. The children were afraid and screaming.' 'We could hear gunshots from being back in Britain,' Safa told The Mail on Sunday. They were one of the last flights out of Khartoum's capital. 'It was such a long and anxious ride to the airport and then to see if we'd be able to board a flight to Cyprus and then the United Kingdom.'

Presidents are deploying missiles against Sudanese capital, prompting a failed coup attempt

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 15, 2023
As the military launched attacks from fighter jets and drones at paramilitary positions in and around Khartoum, armoured tanks were seen rolling into Khartoum. So far, at least three people have been killed and hundreds have been wounded, while the British Embassy in Khartoum has warned nationals to remain indoors. The violent scenes infringe on the country's hopes of a democratic transition and have ignited questions of a new war. The tense clashes in a world where a nation has seen decades of violence, sparked global calls for stability.

In Sudan, three 'thieves' were sentenced to amputation for stealing under stringent Islamic laws

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 14, 2023
The three men were found guilty of stealing 52 gas cylinders in Omdurman, Sudan's most populated city, north of the capital Khartoum. Many around the world are concerned over the sentence's continuing to enforce severe measures under military dictatorship. Sudan Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok was ousted in October 2021, and several ineffective and cruel laws were reinstated. (Pictured: Protesters demonstrate in support of maintaining Islamic Sharia in Sudan)