(25 August 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of security in Sudan, specifically in Eastern Sudan where tribal conflicts have left tens dead and dozens injured. ACJPS has documented the tribal conflict in Port Sudan city that has left 33 people …

(6 August 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of security in Sudan, specifically in the Dafur region where several militia attacks and tribal clashes have left hundreds dead and several injured. ACJPS has documented another incident of tribal clash in West …

29 July 2020) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern for the physical safety and well-being of 72 people arbitrarily arrested and detained incommunicado without charge by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Detainees were arrested at the Sudanese border with the Republic of Chad while …

  (16 July 2020) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the Sudan Transitional Government to urgently investigate the killing of 12 peaceful protesters and injury of 14 others that occurred on 13 July 2020 in Fata Borno near Kotoum City in North Darfur state. The Transitional …

44th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council Item 10: Enhanced interactive dialogue on the oral reports of the Government of the Sudan and OHCHR (HRC res. 42/35) 16 July 2020   Madame President,   FIDH [International Federation for Human Rights] and ACJPS [African Center for Justice and Peace …

16 July 2020 The Covid-19 crisis is appearing in many African countries, including Sudan, as a revealing crisis which calls particular attention to the preexisting and worrying situation, mainly in the prison system marred by overcrowding, insufficient and inadequate sanitation and the lack of resources. In Sudan, torture and inhuman …

(14 July 2020) REDRESS and partners welcome the law reforms announced by the Sudanese Ministry of Justice over the weekend, which move Sudan a step closer towards eliminating structural violence against women and minorities, and complying with its human rights obligations. The reforms include the abolition of the crime of apostasy, which until now was punishable with the death penalty in Sudan. Further, the …

15 July 2020 Re: AU Peace and Security Council Session on South Sudan  Your Excellencies, We, South Sudanese, regional and international civil society organizations, write ahead of the 21 July Peace and Security Council (PSC) session scheduled on South Sudan’s implementation of the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of …

 (2 July 2020) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has documented two incidents of attack against civilians by armed militia in Central Darfur state. The attacks left two civilians killed, two officers of Sudanese armed force injured and a young woman raped. One incident occurred on 14 June …

 (15 June 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern with the surge of targeted attacks against civilians in Darfur since late May 2020. ACJPS has documented four incidents involving attacks on civilians in five villages in the states of Central, North and South Darfur that left …