Eva Nudd

human rights activist, lawyer, world traveler

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

Allowing medical treatment for Bashir abroad when most Sudanese dont have access to medical care at home is not a good look. In fact, it is pretty insulting and doesn't suggest any signs of SAF evolution.

[Sudan Tribune @SudanTribune_EN]

Sudan demands UN action against foreign backers of the paramilitary RSF and condemns Washington for denying General al-Burhan an entry visa to the UN General Assembly. Foreign Minister Mohieddin Salim warned against widening the arms embargo to the whole country.
https://t.co/PZe7bCCQif

#Sudan #UNGA #UAE #RSF #Darfur

[TOKO @GodwinTOKO]

You guys won't believe what @NinyeTabz and @Lord_Mutuzo took to @AloikinOpoloje when they visited her at Luzira Prison today morning! 😂😂
#TheCabbageCaseUg
#FreePraiseAloikin

[Eved HaAm @NoPartialRights]

🚨 TANZANIA AT THE EDGE OF CONSTITUTIONAL COLLAPSE:

WHEN POLITICAL POWER OVERRIDES THE RULE OF LAW, SECURITY INSTITUTIONS SERVE THE RULING PARTY, AND CITIZENS ARE LEFT WITHOUT PROTECTION

Let us remind ourselves, when President Samia Suluhu Hassan assumed office in March 2021 following the death of the late dictator John Pombe Magufuli, she presented a political philosophy built around Reconciliation, Resilience, Reforms and Rebuilding, the so called 4Rs.

We witnessed Political exiles were invited to return, restrictions on political gatherings were partially relaxed, and there was genuine hope that Tanzania could recover the civic and political space that had narrowed dramatically after 2015.

I believed, as many Tanzanians did, that this could mark the beginning of a new political chapter. Instead, the years that followed have raised increasingly serious questions about whether the promised reforms were ever intended to fundamentally change the architecture of political power.

By the time of the 29 October 2025 general election, Tanzania had witnessed the arrest and prolonged detention of CHADEMA Chairman @TunduALissu on treason charges, the exclusion of CHADEMA from the electoral contest, restrictions on opposition activities, allegations of abductions and enforced disappearances, pressure on journalists and independent voices, and an increasingly aggressive use of State security institutions against political dissent.

The election subsequently produced an official result of approximately 98 percent for the incumbent after the country’s principal opposition party had been prevented from participating.

What began as a promise of reconciliation increasingly came to resemble a system in which political competition itself was being treated as a threat to national security.

The question I now ask is simple: what happened to the Tanzania of reconciliation, tolerance and peaceful political competition that was promised in 2021 by President @SuluhuSamia?

The disappearance of Humphrey Polepole is one of the most disturbing examples of how far Tanzania’s political environment has deteriorated. Polepole was not an unknown activist operating on the margins of society. He was a senior Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) politician who served as the party’s Ideology, Publicity and Training Secretary, served as a Member of Parliament, and later became Tanzania’s Ambassador to Malawi and Cuba.

Polepole was therefore a man who had spent years within the very political establishment that governs Tanzania. His later withdrawal from diplomatic service, his increasingly critical public positions, and the circumstances surrounding his disappearance have generated profound questions that remain unanswered.

Humphrey Polepole family reported that his home had been broken into and that he could no longer be found, with indications of a violent struggle. His whereabouts remain unresolved. And this is precisely where the issue becomes larger than Humphrey Polepole himself.

If a former senior CCM ideologue, Member of Parliament and ambassador can disappear and the State cannot provide a clear and credible account of what happened to him, then who is safe?

What protection does ordinary opposition politicians like @HecheJohn @jjmnyika @TheRealJongwe or activists like @MariaSTsehai @Chahali @TitoMagoti have?

What protection does a journalist like @ThatBoyKhalifax have? What protection does a whistle-blower have? What protection does an ordinary citizen have who happens to criticise those in power?

[TOKO @GodwinTOKO]

There is a MAJOR PLOT TWIST in #TheCabbageCaseUg, seems like the police have now decided to charge @AloikinOpoloje with the offence of using a simcard registered in another person's name. That other person is HER MOTHER!

Basically, the Ugandan State under Museveni sent elite soldiers, the best we have - SFC - on an entire day's mission that got them so busy they didn't even eat lunch, the mission was to abduct an unarmed 25-year-old girl, they then kept her incommunicado over the weekend, and now want her in jail for using a sim card registered in her mother's name!
#FreePraiseAloikin

[Agora Discourse @AgoraCFR]

NARRATION OF PRAISE ALOIKIN’S ABDUCTION by Louis, who was with her at the time of the abduction.

Louis is a friend and classmate of Aloikin, and yesterday, 26/09/2026, visited her at home in Namungoona. Earlier in the day, Aloikin had picked up her house carpet, which she had left at a washing bay that also washes such laundry. While at home, the man who had washed the carpet called, saying she had taken the wrong carpet, and that there was another woman who had left a similar carpet. Praise insisted the carpet she picked was hers and that the man also knew that to be true since he was the one who washed it and also gave it to her.

The said woman would later call, insisting that she was a housemaid and the boss wanted the carpet. Praise asked the woman what the colour of the carpet was, and the woman gave a different description, to which Praise said it wasn’t the one and also took pictures that he shared with them to prove that her carpet was of a different description.

Louise notes that these photos were never opened on WhatsApp since the app was showing a single tick.

They insisted and said they would escalate the issue by taking the matter to the police, to which Praise said it was okay; she would come to the police with the said carpet as exhibit.
They would later receive a call from the area police station summoning them over the same.

Louise moved with Praise to Namungoona police station. They found a police officer in uniform who, upon inquiry about the issue, said they weren’t aware of such a case but asked them to move to the next room. They entered the next room, where they found officers who weren’t in Uniform. These asked them to sit. One of them started speaking. They said CMI had been tracking Praise and that the CDF wanted her.

At that point, Praise started taking pictures of the officers. They then started grabbing her while telling her to stop taking pictures. Immediately, they called officers from outside, some of whom were in military Uniform. These were called by a man, Louise believes, who was the head of the operation; they drove the drone close and carried her. At this point, Praise was still trying to martial her way out. Louise tried to intervene to save her, but the men pointed guns at her and told him, “Young man, sit down.” At that point, Praise was put in a drone and whisked away. The drone number was UA875AC, as read by Louise.

After Praise was taken, Louise asked the police officer who had been at the reception where Praise was being taken, and they responded, “They are taking her to Entebbe police station where people like her are disciplined.” That was how the ordeal happened.

Important to note is that Praise was not taken to Entebbe police station; official inquiries have been made, and the police at Entebbe deny any knowledge of her whereabouts. As of now, information regarding her whereabouts and whether she is still alive remains unknown.

#FreePraiseAloikin

[This Is Africa @ThisIsAfricaTIA]

Young Ugandan activist Aloikin Praise Opoloje was reportedly abducted after recording and sharing a video.

Abductions must not become normalised. Speaking out should never put someone’s life and freedom at risk.

Her words must have looked like a gun to General Muhoozi and other leaders.

#FreePraiseAloikin #ThisIsAfrica

[Joey Shea @joey_shea]

Zara Larsson recently cancelled her upcoming performance in Abu Dhabi... but why?

One reason may be the UAE's role in the war in Sudan. UAE support to the RSF has fuelled abuses & UAE's allies are still failing to call out the country's devastating role.

[Sudan Tribune @SudanTribune_EN]

More than 2,300 newly displaced people, mostly women and children, have arrived in North Darfur's Tawila since early September, aid monitors say, driven by intensifying conflict and worsening famine conditions.
https://t.co/25LHBDb7EB

#Sudan #Darfur #NorthDarfur #Tawila #HumanitarianCrisis #SudanWar

[Bernard Duhaime - UN Special Rapporteur @BernardDuhaime]

Revisionism is on the rise, threatening truth, justice and guarantees of non-recurrence. In my new report to the @UN_HRC, I call for stronger efforts to preserve memory, protect victims’ rights and counter the glorification of perpetrators.https://t.co/jbvQ4MOEOF

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Eighty two people are now known to have died after a gold mine collapsed in southern Sudan. 50 others were injured.
Survivors said the collapse happened at the al-Zara mine in Nuhud, a town in West Kordofan province, which is controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

[Tito Magoti @TitoMagoti]

Well deserved, ndugu yangu. Congrats 🥂

[Sudan Tribune @SudanTribune_EN]

The UN Security Council has approved a short-term technical extension of the Darfur sanctions regime and expert panel mandate through Resolution 2828.
The move comes amid sharp divisions, with the U.S. pushing to expand the arms embargo across all of Sudan, while Sudan, Russia, and China warn against broadening restrictions.
https://t.co/ZwzmrprCof

#Sudan #UNSC #DarfurArmsEmbargo

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Over the weekend, the New York Times and Washington Post both reported on a “dossier of evidence” that detailed the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)

https://t.co/R5uItf7nxB

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

States at the UN Human Rights Council condemned foreign actors fueling war in Sudan after hearing a damning report on how companies and militias based in the United Arab Emirates are financing and arming Rapid Support Forces as it commits atrocities. https://t.co/wcWws18bT5

[Ayin Network - شبكة عاين @AyinSudan]

Former Sudanese Security Service chief Salah Gosh has reportedly relocated from Cairo to Asmara, sources tell Ayin, signaling Burhan's deepening ties to Eritrea. One source links the move to a UAE legal case over intercepted arms shipments tied to Gosh. Reports suggest Burhan met Gosh on his last Eritrea visit.
#Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #Eritrea #SalahGosh
To read the full Report:
https://t.co/krygEJc4y3

[Bernard Duhaime - UN Special Rapporteur @BernardDuhaime]

Enforced disappearances continue to devastate families and communities globally. On this International Day, I join UN and regional human rights actors in calling on States to put victims first and act to ensure truth, justice, reparation and non-recurrence https://t.co/YbzJQTFQsw

[Prof Ben Saul - UN SR Human Rights & Counterterror @profbensaul]

I welcome the UN Secretary-General’s clarification that UN special rapporteurs are out of the control of the UN Secretariat - i.e. independent experts - not that we are “out of control”. I look forward to others correcting the record to accurately reflect his views

[DARFUR NETWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS @DNforHR]

In collaboration with HURIDOCS, we have launched a public dashboard providing selected data and insights on documented human rights violations in Sudan. The dashboard offers visualisations and breakdowns by gender and violation type across all 18 of Sudan's states.

This tool supports DNHR's ongoing work of turning evidence into action, strengthening the path from documentation to accountability and justice for victims across Sudan.

Explore the public dashboard: https://t.co/6YSwL6oapj

#KeepEyesOnSudan #HumanRights #Sudan #Justice #Accountability #DataForJustice

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🇺🇳🇸🇩 In a three-hour UN Security Council briefing on Sudan, convened to weigh expanding the arms embargo across the entire country, not a single speaker other than the representative from Sudan itself named the United Arab Emirates as the principal party arming the genocidal Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Speaker after speaker condemned "external actors" fueling the war, then declined to say who:

◽️ Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, said "the sophisticated weapons used continues to point to ongoing external support to both parties."

◽️ Dr. Eva Awad, health protection and peacebuilding adviser, cited "the role of multiple actors in supplying weapons, mercenaries, other forms of military assistance, and diplomatic cover to the RSF on the one hand, and military, logistical, financial assistance to the SAF on the other."

◽️ The U.S. representative said "external financial and military support and even political support to the parties remain a driver of the conflict," and that "numerous external actors are providing a tremendous and increasing amount of military support to both warring parties."

◽️ The United Kingdom's representative said fighting was "fueled by armed supplies from within and beyond the region," naming no one.

◽️ France's representative "calls on all states to cease all military, financial or logistical support to the parties."

◽️ Somalia, speaking for the A3 (also DR Congo and Liberia), said it was "deeply concerned by the growing involvement of external actors" and called on "all external actors to comply fully" with Council resolutions.

◽️ Greece's representative condemned attacks "by all parties" and urged "all regional and international actors to use their influence."

◽️ Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, chairing the meeting, said "the external influence in this war is enabling and prolonging this catastrophe," but named no state.

◽️ Latvia's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs warned that "the flow of weapons, financing and other external support fueling this war must end."

Only Sudan's representative named the UAE directly, saying the RSF was "supported by the United Arab Emirates" and that the sanctions panel "has reached conclusions about the role of the UAE that it is attempting to hide."

Then the UAE took the floor. Its representative, absurdly, called to "end all forms of foreign support to the belligerent parties, without any exception," saying: "Every weapon that enters the Sudan keeps it away from peace and from the protection of civilians." The UAE, despite overwhelming evidence, continues to publicly claim it does not arm or support the RSF.