Sudan opens up gold market in bid to raise revenue
Sudan has begun allowing private traders to export gold, a measure designed to crack down on smuggling and attract foreign currency into the country’s cash-strapped...
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Sudan bans newspapers, TV stations over Bashir ties
Khartoum Sudan banned two newspapers and two television stations on Tuesday, saying they had received funding from the government of former president Omar al-Bashir who was...
Ethiopia, Sudan mull cooperation on port service
The governments of Ethiopia and Sudan have emphasised the crucial significance of cooperation on port service and utilisation as landlocked Ethiopia aspires to enhance its...
Sudan vows to hold those involved in West Darfur tribal clashes accountable
Sudan’s Sovereign Council on Wednesday vowed to hold those involved in tribal clashes in West Darfur State accountable. “The unfortunate events witnessed by El Geneina...
In Darfur, revamped Janjaweed militia still kill, rape with impunity
“I returned to Geneina, Zalinge, Gosile and Doram villages in March 2018. I had been told the situation had changed, but nothing has changed. Women...
Sudan retains basic subsidies despite $1.62bn deficit in budget
Sudan’s post-revolution transitional government is retaining basic subsidies, for now, even as a new budget faced a massive deficit of 73 billion local pounds ($1.62...
Sudan sentences 27 agents to death for killing protester
Omdurman, A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 intelligence agents to death for torturing and killing a protester early this year, an AFP correspondent said. The...
Sudans’ PM vows to bring murder, genocide culprits to justice
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Wednesday vowed to bring those involved in murder and genocide to justice. “Justice will be achieved. The law will...
Families of Sudan protest ‘martyrs’ await justice
Atbara, Sudan has celebrated one year since the start of peaceful protests that ended a dictatorship, but families of the slain “martyrs of the revolution” are...
Sudan to double salaries in move to market economy
Khartoum, Sudan has formed a committee to look into the options of removing subsidies on basic commodities without provoking the price increases that started a successful...
