On Saturday evening, a delegation of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ,led by Mrs. Karen Bass, Chair of the Sub-Committee for Africa, arrived in El-Fasher, North Darfur. According to the head of the delegation, the purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with the overall situationContinue Reading
The Director General of the United Nations Development Program UNDP, Achim Steiner, confirmed today (Sunday) the commitment of the United Nations system to assist Sudan, especially in the areas of humanitarian and development aid. The visiting UNDP Chief affirmed that his agency is determined to provide capacity-building support toContinue Reading
The Sudanese government and SPLM-N led by Malik Agar signed a framework agreement on Friday, pertaining to South Kordofan and the Blue Nile . The deal which was signed at the presidential palace in the capital of South Sudan, Juba, included principles of security arrangements, land ownership , the rightContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia has lifted a hundred-day temporary ban imposed on the import of all types of live animals from Sudan. The ministry said the decision to lift the ban came after studying and evaluating the epidemiological health status of the disease in Sudan. The Saudi Ministry of Agriculture affirmedContinue Reading
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Gwi-Yeop Son, has denounced the recent attack in Abyei that left 32 people dead, 25 others injured, three children missing and 19 houses burned. “I condemn this attack and call upon all parties and stakeholders to refrain from any acts that can result inContinue Reading
On Thursday, the committee for removing empowerment of former regime, issued a number of decisions, on top of which is the dissolution of the Sudanese Banking Union, and formation of a committee to combat corruption in the electricity sector. The Empowerment Committee announced in a statement Thursday that the formedContinue Reading
An attack by gunmen in Kuloni, Abyei district, has resulted in the death of about 29 people and the injury of 18 others, as well as kidnapping of 15 children. The incident sparked wide reactions inside Sudan, amid accusations that supporters of former Bashir were behind the violent attack, toContinue Reading
The governor of South Darfur State , Major General Hashim Khaled, said the joint government forces have arrested 3 of the perpetrators who committed incident in city of Mershing on Monday evening, in which 6 people were killed and more than 20 others were injured. Following his visit to theContinue Reading
The Trump administration is planning to add seven countries-Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania-to its controversial travel ban list, according to media reports on Tuesday. Some countries will face bans only on some visa categories, the Wall Street Journal reported. The list of countries was not final andContinue Reading
On Tuesday, January 21, 2020 the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan approved the appointment of three State ministers in the government of Hamdouk, the most prominent of whom is Omar Qamar Al-Din. The Transitional Sovereign Council spokesman, Mohamed Al-Faki Suleiman, said in a press statement on Tuesday that PolicyContinue Reading