S. Sudan government wants referendum over boundary disputes
Juba, The South Sudan government wants a referendum to resolve dispute over the number of administrative units that the country should have, placing another hurdle on...
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Sudan to pay 1998 Kenya, Tanzania bomb victims: PM Hamdok
New York, Sudan’s new prime minister has pledged that his country will soon compensate hundreds of Kenyans and Tanzanians who have been awarded nearly $6 billion...
Sudan says it has reduced troop numbers in Yemen to 5,000
Khartoum, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced Sunday that his country has reduced its troop strength in Yemen, where it has bolstered a Saudi-led military...
US to name ambassador to Sudan for the first time in 23 years
Washington, The United States said Wednesday it would name an ambassador to Sudan for the first time in 23 years as it welcomed the country’s new...
Twenty-three killed in ceramics factory fire in Sudan
KHARTOUM, – Twenty-three people were killed and more than 130 injured when a fire broke out after a gas tanker exploded while unloading at a...
Egypt, Ethiopia close ranks in Nile dam talks
Technical teams seeking to end the conflict over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam along the river Nile appeared headed for a major breakthrough as the second...
Sudan cinema flickers back to life after Bashir ouster
Talal Afifi has worked for years to revive Sudanese cinema which has languished through decades of authoritarian rule. With the fall of longtime autocrat Omar...
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks over disputed Nile dam
The irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have met in Cairo for a new round of talks aimed at resolving a dispute over a...
Bashir now faces death over 1989 coup that brought him to power
Deposed Sudan President Omar al Bashir, already on trial over economic crimes during his 30-year reign, faces a possible death sentence over his role in...
Sudan’s PM Hamdok picked to chair Igad
Regional bloc Igad on Friday picked Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok as its chair. The decision, reached by consensus, during the Ordinary Summit in the...
