Sudan
Arab dictators stick with Sudan’s Bashir, fearing ‘they will be next’
Arab dictators stick with Sudan’s Bashir, fearing ‘they will be next’ Arab dictators stick with Sudan’s Bashir, fearing ‘they will be next’ [ More … ]
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Sudan
Bashir calls on Sudanese police to use ‘less force’ against demonstrators
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday called on police to abstain from using excessive force against anti-government demonstrators – as the UN called for a probe into deaths during the violent protests. At least 19 [ More … ]
Sudan
Is this the beginning of a new Arab Spring in Sudan?
Sudan, the beautiful country of Africa where the Blue Nile and White Nile merges and surrounds it like a necklace, is going through hard days. The street movements which started in the Western parts of [ More … ]
Analysis
Sudanese opposition leaders arrested as protests continue
Fourteen detained according to spokesman for opposition grouping, as anti-government protests driven by economic crisis enter a fourth day Sudanese authorities detained 14 leaders of an opposition coalition on Saturday, a spokesman for the grouping [ More … ]
Analysis
Sudan Protests Over Rising Prices Continue for Fourth Day
Ten Protests have been killed in clashes with armed police in northern and eastern Sudan. At least 10 people have been killed in protests that have swept across Sudan this week amid rising public anger over soaring [ More … ]
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Opposition Activist Abducted In Egypt and Forcibly Returned to Sudan
Sudanese opposition activist Mohamed Boshi, who had been living in Egypt, was abducted and returned to Sudan in an operation coordinated by the security services of both countries. A Sudanese opposition activist who had been [ More … ]
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Turkish Defense Minister’s visits to Libya, Sudan, and Somalia
By: Yasin Aktay At the beginning of the last week, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar visited Libya, Sudan, and Somalia on a four day trip. He was joined by Chief of General Staff Yaşar Güler, Libya special [ More … ]
Egypt Latest News
Water Wars on the Nile: Foreign Affairs
How Water Scarcity and Middle Eastern Influence Are Reshaping Northeast Africa – a Foreign Affairs report In Ethiopia, Africa’s largest-ever dam and hydroelectric power plant is inching closer to completion. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [ More … ]
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Egypt’s Sisi and Sudan’s Bashir team up to preserve power
Activists fear Egypt and Sudan’s leaders are collaborating to quash dissent after opposition figurehead Sadiq al-Mahdi barred from Egypt, according to a Middle East Eye report. Sudanese activists in exile in Egypt say they are [ More … ]
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Recent Negotiations Didn’t Resolve Key Differences Over the Renaissance Dam
While the recent round of negotiations on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam ended with a new document aimed at entrenching cooperation between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, it did not resolve the key differences over the water filling [ More … ]
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No Tangible Agreement Reached in Ethiopia Dam Talks
Technical talks between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over a disputed dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile river failed to make a breakthrough, Egypt’s foreign minister said on Monday, amid pressure for a deal before [ More … ]
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Ethiopia’s Prime Minster Visits Sudan Prior to the Tripartite Technical Committees Meeting
Prior to the technical committees meeting between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on May 4, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, arrived to the Sudanese Capital Khartoum on Wednesday, according to Xinhua. Al-Bashir and the Ethiopian leader will discuss [ More … ]
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Sudan’s Bashir Sacks Foreign Minister After He Says Money Has Run Out!!
Ghandour complained that Khartoum was unable to pay rent for several diplomatic missions amid government cash shortfall Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir on Thursday fired his foreign minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, state media reported, after he said [ More … ]
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Egypt Faces Disaster After Nile Talks Failed with Ethiopia
The foreign ministers of Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia have failed to reach an agreement in the lingering dispute over Ethiopia’s massive dam on the Blue Nile, ministers said on Friday. Egypt is concerned that the [ More … ]
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Will This Visit Succeed in Bridging the Gap Between Egypt and Sudan?
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will arrive in Cairo on Monday for an official visit to Egypt, according to the Egyptian Presidency. Talks between President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and al-Bashir will tackle “brotherly relations in all fields [ More … ]