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Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down after nearly four months of protests against his rule and consultations are under way to set up a transitional council to run the country. According to international media reports, the 75-year old former president, who ruled the country for 30 years with an iron fist, is under house […]
The African Union (AU) has appointed Moroccan national Mohamed Belaich as the Pan-African organization’s Special Representative and Head of the AU Office in Sudan, a statement of the organization said. Ambassador Mohamed Belaich will represent the AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat in Sudan. Belaich served as ambassador of Morocco to Kuwait, Libya and Sudan. […]
Sudan Thursday said it summoned Egypt’s ambassador to protest concessions tenders issued by Egypt in the disputed Halayeb triangle. “The foreign ministry summoned the Egyptian ambassador Hossam Eissa on Thursday to protest against the tenders issued by the Egyptian oil ministry for areas under the sovereignty of Sudan,” Sudan’s foreign ministry said in a statement. […]
Sudanese government has signed deals for loans worth $300 million with regional Arab funds last weekend. The loans would help authorities in Khartoum to cope with the country’s economic crisis and nearly three months of street protests. According to the finance ministry, a $230 million loan deal was signed with the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary […]
German conglomerate Siemens has completed a 400 MW extension to the Toshka substation in Egypt, three months after breaking ground, the company announced. The turnkey substation is located near the Egyptian-Sudanese borders, about 1,300 kilometres away from Cairo. The completion of the project paves the way for the realization of the $60-70 billion Egypt-Sudan interconnection […]
Spanish boat “Open Arms” has rescued 87 African migrants off Libyan coast after their inflatable raft was found floating with a broken motor in the open sea. The NGO ship docked in Thursday in the southern port of Algeciras after Italy refused to take the African migrants nearly all from Sudan. The migrant-rescue boat, which […]
Sudan summoned Egypt’s ambassador in Khatourm to express resentment at a TV series, which portrays Egyptian terrorist finding refuge in the neighboring country. The Sudanese foreign ministry said that the Ramadan series, titled Abu Amr al-Masry, broadcasted by ON TV satellite channel, is “insulting to Egyptians living in Sudan and destroying the confidence and relations […]
A breakthrough has been reached by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia in their long dispute over the distribution of Nile water as Addis Ababa nears completion of its $5 bln Grand Renaissance dam. The three countries agreed to set up a scientific study group to examine the filing of the dam. They also agreed that leaders […]
Ethiopia has rejected the World Bank’s (WB) mediation over the row with Egypt concerning the repercussions of the giant hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building on the Nile River, Cairo deeming the project threatens its water security. The Ethiopian stance was expressed by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Sunday. “Ethiopia will not accept Egypt’s request […]
Tension in relations between Egypt and Sudan has been soaring on the backdrop of the two countries’ diverging foreign policy stands along with an unresolved territorial dispute over the Halaib triangle and disagreements concerning the distribution of the Nile water, in the wake of Ethiopia’s building of a mega dam over the river. The long-brewing […]