Egypt has said it received an official notice from Ethiopia that it had started the next phase of filling a controversial huge dam on the Nile River’s main tributary, raising tensions days before an upcoming [ More … ]
Talks held in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, on March 4-5 did not achieve any progress or lead to an agreement on re-launching negotiations on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), [ More … ]
For the first time since the formation of the Sudanese ruling military council, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah El Sisi officially visiting Khartoum on Saturday 06 of March, Presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement on [ More … ]
A heavy Sudanese troop presence helped restore calm Tuesday in the Darfur region, after three days of inter-ethnic violence claimed at least 155 lives and displaced tens of thousands. A heavy Sudanese troop presence helped [ More … ]
A new round of negotiations between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt aimed at resolving a long-running dispute about a giant dam Addis Ababa is building on the Blue Nile has broken down once again. The Grand Ethiopian [ More … ]
Sudan has apparently told the US that it will not normalize relations with Israel until Washington removes the African country from the list of states which “sponsor” terrorism, the New York Times has reported. The [ More … ]
The three African nations say they failed to agree on new approach to resolve dispute over Ethiopia’s mega-dam project Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have once again failed to agree on a new negotiating approach to [ More … ]
Sudan called on Tuesday upon its citizens in Egypt to exercise self-restraint after the murder of a Sudanese child in Giza to the west of Cairo, Anadolu Agency has reported. “We are following up on the murder [ More … ]
The Sudanese Umma Party, led by Sadiq Al-Mahdi, on Thursday threatened the transitional government of his country over the normalization of ties with Israel, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, the Umma Party threatened to [ More … ]
President Donald Trump has said the United States will remove Sudan from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list after the government in Khartoum paid compensation to victims of attacks. Trump, who is seeking re-election next [ More … ]
The United Nations has announced that 650,000 persons have been affected by the floods in Sudan, adding that the situation will get worse in the coming days. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of [ More … ]
Security and Defence Council of Sudan has declared a national state of emergency for three months because of floods that have killed 99 people this year. The council also designated Sudan a natural disaster zone, [ More … ]
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, arrived in Sudan Tuesday on a one-day visit aimed at strengthening relations between the two countries, the official Sudanese News Agency (SUNA) reported. SUNA said Ahmed was received at Khartoum airport by his [ More … ]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Sudan today, Tuesday, as part of a regional tour to urge Arab states to normalize ties with Israel despite widespread opposition. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Sudan on [ More … ]
Chief of Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh announced on Friday his movement’s opposition to Egyptian support for the UAE-Israel normalization deal. Speaking to TRT World, Haniyeh criticized the UAE-Israel deal and reiterated that it came about [ More … ]
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