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Khartoum, Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Sudan national TV reporting that there has been a coup attempt. News agencies reported this morning that Sudan government sources said there has been a failed coup and that measures are being taken to contain it. “Details are murky and given past experiences its …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s foreign ministry on Wednesday said it had summoned the Ethiopian Ambassador to Khartoum as the Sudanese authorities found 29 bodies in a border river. “On Aug. 30, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ambassador of Ethiopia in Khartoum after the Sudanese authorities, during …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan on Monday launched a three-year national action plan to combat human trafficking from 2021 to 2023. The plan was launched by Sudan’s National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking during a ceremony held in Khartoum. When addressing the launching ceremony, Sudanese Justice Minister Nasreddin Abdel Bari …

  Khartoum, Sudan | XINHUA |  Sudan on Friday vowed to support the efforts to achieve peace and stability in Somalia in cooperation with all Somali parties and the regional and international partners. Sudan welcomed the recent agreement reached between the African Union (AU) Commission and the federal government of …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdelbari said Sudan will expand cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ensure trial of those accused of war crimes in the Darfur region, including former President Omar al-Bashir, official SUNA news agency reported on Thursday. Sudan signed six months ago …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan on Saturday welcomed an Algerian initiative calling for holding a direct meeting between leaders of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to reach a solution for the differences over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Saturday met …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan on Monday reiterated its rejection of Ethiopia’s completion of the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “The Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources renews Sudan’s firm position in rejecting neighboring Ethiopia’s unilateral measures, its fait accompli policies and ignoring of the legitimate …

Country says no need for the UN to intervene but welcomes AU mediation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ethiopian Ambassador to Uganda Alemtsehay Meseret said the issue of filling the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was on the agenda of the UN Security Council. This was during a press briefing …

  Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel-Ati on Tuesday accused Ethiopia of shirking its obligations toward the Nile Basin countries. “Ethiopia has no political will to reach any deal about the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),” said Abdel-Ati …

Cairo, Egypt | XINHUA | The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that Egypt has sent a letter to the UN Security Council to reaffirm its “complete rejection” of Ethiopia’s unilateral measures on the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The letter sent on Friday accuses Ethiopia of …