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Sudan reportedly rejected an Iranian offer to build a naval base in its coasts in exchange for a helicopter carrier, media reports said. Sudan rejected the offer for fear of Western retribution at a time Iran-backed Houthis wreak havoc to international trade on the Red sea, The Wall Street Journal reported. In seeking a permanent […]
Senior leaders from Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly met three times in January for unannounced talks in Bahrain, the first such contact between the two warring sides in nine months of conflict, just as the United Nations has warned that the number of people uprooted by the war is almost […]
Morocco’s largest mining company Managem plans to increase its revenue by 50% from 9 billion dirhams currently, as it plans to increase gold and copper production starting from 2025, the company CEO Imad Toumi said. The company has resumed gold production in Sudan which represents 15% of its revenue, Toumi told Medias24. He said the […]
Sudan’s army-aligned government has announced it won’t attend an extraordinary summit scheduled for 18 January and organized by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), saying its had suspended with the East African, accusing it of “violating” the country’s sovereignty by inviting a rival paramilitary chief to the high-level meeting. This announcement comes as Sudan entered […]
The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has visited Ethiopia and Uganda on his first trip abroad since war broke out with Sudan’s army in April, as regional diplomats scramble to broker a face-to-face meeting between both warring sides. The RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo Thursday (28 December) met with Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime […]
Sudan Sunday December 17 ordered three Chadian diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours after the central African country on Saturday also expelled four Sudanese diplomatic officials Saturday over baseless accusation of interference in the internal armed conflict that has crippled the country. The Sudanese foreign ministry, according to the Sudanese state-run news agency, […]
A grouping of eight East African countries, IGAD, has said both Sudan’s warring generals agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting as part of efforts to implement a cease-fire and initiate political dialogue to end the country’s devastating war. In a meeting of the leaders of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) held in Djibouti, the […]
The United Nations has warned of soaring rights violations in Darfur region in western Sudan amid escalating fighting between the army and paramilitaries, with a senior UN official describing the violence against civilians as “verging on pure evil”. At least half of Sudan’s population is dire need of humanitarian aid after nearly seven months of […]
After days of talks in Jeddah, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to commit to facilitating humanitarian aid and implement trust-building measures, but a ceasefire is yet to be agreed upon. A joint statement by Saudi Arabia, the United States, and the regional African bloc Intergovernmental Authority […]
As the conflict between two warring factions in Sudan has already left thousands dead and millions have been forced to flee, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) will resume another round of talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday (26 October), aiming to secure access for humanitarian aid to […]