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- ↑ al-Khatib, Muhammad Mukhtar (21 June 2012). "The Price of Speaking Out in Khartoum". Al Akhbar (Interview). Interviewed by Jaafar al-Sirr. Archived from the original on 27 June 2012.
- ↑ "Head of Sudan's once-strong communists dead". Agence France-Presse. 22 March 2012 – via ModernGhana.
- ↑ "Sudanese communists condemn arrest of general secretary". Morning Star. May 20, 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ↑ Madaar (May 25, 2022). "Sudanese communists alert to increase in state repression following arrests". People's Dispatch. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ↑ McKenzie, Roger (16 April 2023). "Sudanese communists call for immediate ceasefire as bitter power struggle leaves at least 50 dead". Morning Star. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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