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President Donald Trump on Friday received Morocco’s highest award for his work in advancing a normalization deal between Israel and Morocco, a senior administration official told Reuters. In a private Oval Office ceremony, Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, who is Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, gave Trump the Order of Muhammad, an award given only […]
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok Monday condemned the investments in the private sector by the army top brass and said that the companies they own should be turned public. “All the world’s armies are involved in investments … in military manufacturing,” he said. “But for the military to invest in the productive sector, and to […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the draft agreement between his country and Sudan for the establishment of a Russian naval base on the shores of the African country. The draft deal was announced last week and waited for the Russian leader’s stamp. The base will be Russia’s first ever full military presence in Africa […]
Egypt and Sudan Tuesday agreed to build a railway network connecting both countries, Arab Finance reports citing statement from the Egyptian side. The cooperation agreement was signed by the two countries’ transport ministries, the statement said, adding that the network will link the southern Egyptian city of Aswan and the Sudanese border city of […]
The Sudanese government and a coalition of armed groups called the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SFR), active in various parts of the country, signed a landmark peace agreement on Saturday, October 3, in Juba, southern Sudan, putting an end to 17 years of deadly war. This historic agreement is the formal continuation of the progress […]
The US State Department is reportedly pushing for Sudan’s removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Mike Pompeo is asking senators to remove Khartoum from this list, which would simplify the economic situation of the country in crisis. Mike Pompeo calls on senators to “seize this opportunity,” according to a letter from him […]
The United States has conditioned the removal of Sudan from its list of states sponsors of terrorism on its normalization of diplomatic ties with Israel, the Sudanese top diplomat Omer Ismail told media on Sunday. “US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo combined, during his visit to Khartoum in late August, the two files of the […]
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 […]
Sudan and Ethiopia said they are determined to reach a deal over the giant hydropower Renaissance dam, which started to be filled by Addis Ababa. The dam has been at the heart of a rife disagreement between Addis Ababa, Khartum and Cairo as downstream countries fear the dam will cut water levels at a time […]
The joint UN-African Union Mission in Darfur, UNAMID, has deplored the recent spike in violent attacks perpetrated in the province, pointing out that the recurrence of such incidents at this moment of Sudan’s history can only aggravate division and discord amongst communities. UNAMID called on the Sudanese Government to arrest those responsible for the recent […]