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Taarifa kutoka nchini humo zinaeleza kuwa zaidi ya 129 wameuawa wakati jeshi likidhibiti maandamano dhidi ya Serikali, wakati huo huo taarifa zisizo rasmi zinadai watu 500 wameuawa
Watu zaidi ya 700 wamejeruhiwa katika ghasia zinazoendelea nchini humo huku waliobakwa ni takribani watu 70
Maelfu ya watu wanadaiwa kutoweka huku wengi wao wakidaiwa Kukamatwa na vyombo vya ulinzi na usalama
Taifa hilo linaongozwa na jeshi baada ya aliyekuwa Rais Omar al Bashir kuondolewa kwa shinikizo la maandamano ya Wananchi
Kwa sasa wananchi wanalitaka jeshi kuitisha uchaguzi ili kurudisha madaraka kwa raia
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US sends envoy to Sudan to defuse crisis amid reports of rapes during military crackdown
US sends envoy to Sudan to defuse crisis amid reports of rapes during military crackdown
The U.S. said on Wednesday that a new special envoy for Sudan has been named to lead diplomatic efforts to resolve a political crisis in that country, two months after its repressive leader was forced from power by mass protests.
The increased U.S. involvement comes after a major crackdown on protest camps in the capital Khartoum last week, during which militias with ties to the ruling military authorities raped at least 70 people, according to a doctors' group affiliated with the protest movement.
The State Department announced it had appointed Donald Booth, who served as U.S. special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan under the Obama administration, to be special envoy again. A former ambassador to Liberia, Zambia, and Ethiopia, Booth was dispatched Wednesday to Khartoum with the top U.S. diplomat for Africa, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy.
In this June 3, 2019, file photo, a protester flashes the victory sign in front of burning tires and debris near Khartoum's army headquarters, in Khartoum, Sudan.
The two met with opposition leaders and authorities from the Transitional Military Council, which assumed power after President Omar al Bashir was forced out in April. The TMC, as the military authority is known, has promised to lead a transition to elections, but in recent weeks has overseen a violent crackdown on protesters who are demanding civilian rule.
The U.S. diplomats were sent to "call for a cessation of attacks against civilians and urge parties to work toward" resuming talks, the State Department said Monday.
That call came after violence erupted last week, with militias known as the Rapid Support Forces and tied to the military, attacking protesters' camps. At least 70 people reportedly were raped, according to accounts compiled from hospitals by the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors.
U.S. special envoy to South Sudan Donald Booth speaks during a media conference over the peace negotiations, in Juba, South Sudan, July 31, 2015.
The total number may end up being even "higher than what have been already documented," according to Madani Abbas Madani, a leader of the opposition alliance called the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces.
The death toll from those attacks is now at least 129 people, with over 700 injured, Madani told ABC News.
