Sudan’s army-backed government has detained “hundreds” in a new phase of its crackdown on anti-war activists, a leading opposition figure has told The National.
Khalid Omer Yousif, a former minister and leading figure in the sidelined main civilian bloc, the Forces for Freedom and Change, said there has been a wave of arrests since the signing last week of a declaration in Nairobi outlining a political road map to end the war in the country.
Many of those caught up in the crackdown are facing the death penalty and torture, Mr Yousif said.
Sudan's war started in April 2023 when a power struggle between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces spilled out into open fighting, with widespread
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