Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday issued a decision relieving Sudanese ambassadors to six countries, the official Sudan TV reported. According to the report, ambassadors to Brussels, Geneva, Washington, Paris, Beijing and Doha were relieved. On Monday, Al-Burhan declared a …
Read More »Sudanese PM returns home under tight security — PM’s office
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has returned home with his wife under tight security, the prime minister’s office said on its Facebook account on Tuesday. Since early Monday, Hamdok and some of his ministers together with civilian members in the Sovereign Council were arrested. Earlier on …
Read More »South Sudan urges Sudanese parties to use dialogue to resolve impasse
Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan on Monday urged members of the neighboring Sudan transitional unity to dialogue in order to defuse tension following the military takeover. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation called on Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, head of the Sudan Sovereign Council and Prime …
Read More »Sudan’s Information Ministry says Hamdok gov’t still legal
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s Information Ministry said on Monday that the civilian government, led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, is still the legal transitional authority in the country and denied the dissolution of the cabinet. The constitutional document grants the right of declaring the state of emergency in the …
Read More »Division in Sudan’s transitional gov’t prompts military intervention: army chief
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan said on Monday that the division among partners in the transitional government prompted the military intervention to prevent the country from chaos. Al-Burhan, also general commander of the Sudanese armed forces, made the remarks in a speech broadcast …
Read More »Sudan’s sovereign council chairman declares state of emergency after PM’s arrest
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Monday declared a state of emergency across the country, and dissolved the transitional sovereign council and the government. The decision was made hours after acting Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, members of the Transitional Sovereignty Council’s civilian …
Read More »Sudan’s sovereign council chairman says army has no intention to seize power
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Wednesday denied any intention for the Sudanese army to seize power, following a foiled coup attempt carried out by armed forces officers on Tuesday. “The (Sudanese) Armed Forces were the ones who foiled the coup attempt. We …
Read More »Sudan arrests leader of foiled coup attempt
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s Security and Defense Council on Tuesday announced the arrest of Major General Abdul-Baqi Hassan Osman, the leader of the foiled coup attempt. The council added that 22 other military officers of different ranks and a number of non-commissioned officers and soldiers were also arrested. The …
Read More »Sudan appeals to AU to play bigger role in Ethiopia’s Nile dam talks
Khartoum, Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Sudan on Monday reiterated its adherence to the necessity of giving the African Union (AU) experts a bigger role in the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Monday met with ministers of foreign …
Read More »Egypt, Sudan voice commitment to binding deal over Ethiopia’s Nile dam
Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and visiting Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday expressed the two countries’ commitment to a binding deal over the filling and operation of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the President’s office said in a statement. …
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