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Sudan’s former national intelligence chief wanted for crime and human rights abuse and accused by protestors of thwarting the revolution has allegedly found refuge in Egypt. Salah Gosh, according to media reports, had been in Egypt for days after police tried to arrest him last week in vain. Prosecutors last week ordered Gosh’s arrest but […]
Morocco’s mining company Managem said it has resolved the obstruction that has affected one of its gold shipments in Sudan and that the cargo is now cleared for export. On May 8, Sudanese authorities seized a Managem gold shipment causing an obstruction to the company’s gold exports in Sudan despite “ having completed all the […]
Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi has asked the Sudanese Transitional Military Council (TMC) to distance itself from Islamists who formed the bacon of support for former ruler Omar al Bachir. This came during the meeting TMC leader Abdelfattah Burhan held in Cairo Sunday with President al-Sisi as talks for the formation of a Sudanese transition council […]
The head of Sudan’s ruling military council, Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the weekend, a day after he visited neighboring Egypt. Al-Burhan on Sunday met Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, who expressed the UAE’s support for Sudan as it navigates a transition after the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, […]
In Sudan, military leaders have announced an agreement with the opposition alliance for a three-year transition period to a civilian administration. The military junta that deposed Omar al-Bashir said the alliance would have two thirds of the seats on a legislative council. The move follows weeks of back and forth over post-Bashir Sudan. At a […]
The Alliance for Freedom and Change (AFC), the group in the ongoing Sudan political talks in the uprising indicated Monday that the Transitional Military Council (TMC), running the country following Omar Beshir’s overthrow, has agreed to form with civilians a sovereign council to replace the junta. The Arab country has been embroiled in a political […]
Deposed Sudanese President Omar Bashir will be questioned by the country’s prosecution for alleged terrorism financing and money laundering. Prosecutor General Al-Waleed Sayyed Ahmed ordered Bashir’s questioning in connection with terrorism financing and money laundering suspicions, state-run news agency SUNA reported on Thursday. Bashir has been held in prison for one month since the army […]
The Sudanese Transitional Military Council (TMC) Thursday said it will retain “sovereign authority only”, while civilians will hold the post of Prime Minister and all other ministerial portfolios. The announcement was made by TMC’s spokesman Shams El Din Kabbashi as the military council, the uprising leading group, Sudan Professional Association (SPA) and the opposition are […]
Three military figures in Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) have resigned following protesters’ calls for their exclusion over their links with deposed leader Omar Bashir. The TMC late Wednesday announced the resignations of Lieutenant-General Omar Zain al-Abideen, Lieutenant-General Jalal al-Deen al-Sheikh and Lieutenant-General Al-Tayeb Babakr Ali Fadeel, according to local media reports. The resignations are […]
African leaders meeting in Cairo Tuesday have agreed to give Sudan’s ruling military council three months to hand over power to a civilian transitional government and stressed that this delay should not be prolonged, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. The agreement extends the 15-day deadline set by the African Union last week for […]