First Independent Mena Newspaper
Thousands of Sudanese protesters and opposition groups took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday (13 September) and marched toward the Presidential Palace in Khartoum to press demands for a return to civilian rule following a military coup last year. Marching on Africa Street and the Eldaim area toward downtown, many carrying posters criticizing […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is set to visit Tunisia this Tuesday at the invitation of his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied to discuss the Palestinian cause. Abbas and Saied, according to the Palestinian top diplomat Riyad Al Maliki, will exchange views and discuss developments on the Palestinian cause. Abbas is coming from Algeria where he started […]
Fatou Bensouda met with authorities and representatives of communities affected by the genocide. The Gambian jurist is nearing the end of her term, but she continues to call on the transitional government to hand over suspects charged by the ICC with crimes committed in Darfur. It was an unprecedented visit, but above all a symbolic […]
Libya’s Prime Minister Faiez Serraj Sunday agreed with his host, Sudanese President Omar Beshir, to warm bilateral ties following border dispute between the two Muslim countries. Khartoum had accused the forces of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) of Khalifa Haftar of backing forces opposed to Omar Beshir and using Sudanese mercenaries in the so-called […]
Egypt could soon be entangled in another round of territorial dispute with Sudan over the Halayed Triangle overlooking the Red Sea as Sudan’s Foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour told the parliament that Khartoum has taken “necessary legal and political measures” to preserve its rights and sovereignty. Sudan raised new concerns over the territory after Egypt and […]
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia Tuesday in Khartoum agreed to change one of the two European companies commissioned to study the impacts of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile. At a meeting attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and water resources, the three countries decided to replace Dutch company Deltares by French firm […]
The European Union launched a fund for Africa on Thursday with an initial $2 billion to tackle the spiralling number of migrants flooding its shores. The trust fund was unveiled at the Valletta summit on migration that brought together European and African Heads of State and Government in an effort to strengthen cooperation and address […]
Government forces have once again embarked on airstrikes in Tripoli targeting extremist and paramilitary groups around the surroundings of Tripoli International Airport. The internationally recognized government in Tobruk has already announced in a released statement of Wednesday that it intends “regaining control over Tripoli.” United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has stated that escalated violence […]
Libya has warned that it will break its diplomatic relations with Sudan if it continues to interfere in its internal affairs. Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni made this statement due to Sudan’s continuous denial that its military airplane which landed at Kufra airport, south of Libya, was loaded with ammunitions destined for the Islamist groups in […]
Egypt has signed a military cooperation with Africa’s youngest state, South Sudan. The deal comes at a moment when both countries are experiencing violence from groups challenging the government’s authority. The conclusion of the deal could raise eyebrows in Khartoum which also agreed a bilateral military cooperation in Cairo. Sudan and South Sudan still have […]