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Sudan’s central Darfur declares state of emergency after mediators attacked

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A state of emergency has been declared in Sudan’s Central Darfur state after gunmen opened fire on members of a reconciliation committee tasked with settling an inter-communal dispute, killing 24 people. Central Darfur Governor Saad Adam Babiker on Sunday (13 November) issued an order declaring a state of emergency in all parts of Central Darfur […]
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Sudan: at least 150 killed in renewed interethnic violence

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At least 150 people including children have been killed in two days of fighting in the latest ethnic clashes between members of the Hausa people and rival groups over land disputes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state. The fighting is some of the worst in recent months, and crowds took to the streets the state’s […]
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Egypt ready for regional confrontation as Ethiopia resumes filling of Renaissance dam

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The Egyptian military says it is ready to face regional challenges as Ethiopia resumes filling the Renaissance dam considered a threat by the Arab Republic. “It is not wise, in light of our capabilities and high deterrence power, to test the reaction of the Egyptian Armed Forces,” Gharib Abdel Hafez, a spokesman of the army […]
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Sudan signs peace agreement with Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan after a 17-year war

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Sudan and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), a coalition of rebel groups from the western region of Darfur and the southern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, signed a peace deal on Monday to end 17 years of conflict. The peace agreement was signed Monday in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, which has […]
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Egypt-Libya: Sisi welcomes abducted Ethiopians at Cairo airport

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Egyptian President al-Sisi welcomed at the Cairo International Airport on Thursday 27 Ethiopians who had been abducted in Libya and who were freed thanks to Egypt’s intervention. Egypt helped rescue the Ethiopians at the request of Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom. The execution of around 30 Ethiopian Christians by ISIS in Libya last April triggered […]
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Egypt still disputes the Renaissance Dam, Egyptian official

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Egypt’s head of Nile Water Resources Division at the ministry, Ahmed Bahaa El-Din, has told state-owned news agency MENA that the signing of the Declaration of principles in Khartoum earlier this week does not mean that Egypt recognizes the legitimacy of the Renaissance Dam being built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile or its specifications. […]