Sri Lanka added to UK Red List
(UTV | UNITED KINGDOM) – Seven countries including Sri Lanka, Bahrain, and Egypt have been to the red listed after the United Kingdom (UK) updated...
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Sudan to send more troops to Darfur after deadly attacks
UTV | COLOMBO -The Sudanese government is sending more troops to the restive Darfur region, following a spike in violence there. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok...
Sudan scraps apostasy law and alcohol ban for non-Muslims
UTV | COLOMBO – After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms including allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol, and scrapping...
Outrage over ‘starving caged lions in Sudan’
(UTV|Khartoum) – Online calls have grown to help save five “malnourished and sick” lions kept in a park in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, AFP news agency...
Sudan junta and civilians sign power-sharing deal
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Sudan’s ruling military council and opposition leaders have signed a power-sharing accord after all-night talks. It is a “historic moment” for the country, the...
Ousted Sudan leader Bashir makes first appearance since coup
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Sudan’s former-President Omar al-Bashir has appeared in public for the first time since he was overthrown in a coup in April. Mr Bashir was...
Sudan talks to resume soon as opposition halts strikes, says mediator
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Protest and military leaders in Sudan have agreed to resume talks soon, an Ethiopian mediator says. Separately, an opposition alliance agreed to suspend its...
Sudan security forces tear-gas protesters
(UTV|COLOMBO) – protesters setting up barricades in Khartoum. Four people have been killed on the first day of a strike, according to doctors aligned to the...