Category: Sudan
Sudan extradites to Italy suspected people smuggler
PALERMO (HAN) June 8.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By Wladimir Pantaleone. Sudan has extradited to Italy an Eritrean national suspected of being a kingpin in an organised-crime network responsible for bringing thousands of migrants and refugees to Europe, the Palermo, Sicily, court said on Wednesday. Medhanie Yehdego Mered (spelled “Medhane” in court documents), 35, was flown…
EU considering working with Sudan and Eritrea to stem migration
NAIROBI (HAN) June 7.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Europe is currently assessing plans to work with repressive African regimes in an attempt to stem migration flows, according to the draft version of a policy expected to be finalised by European officials on Tuesday. In a bid to stop refugees reaching southern Europe from…
British Troops Land in S. Sudan as part of UN mission
JUBA (HAN) June 6.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. British troops have arrived in South Sudan to take part in the United Nations peacekeeping mission, the Defence Ministry confirmed in a statement. The plan to deploy British troops was announced by the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron at a UN gathering, which took place…
UNHCR and FAO say assisting refugees and South Sudanese families
JUBA (HAN) June 3.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Thursday said they have distributed seeds and agricultural tools to over 200,000 refugees and their host communities across South Sudan to help them become more self-sufficient in a country facing…
South Sudan presidency agrees to review 28 states
JUBA (HAN) June 2.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. In unexpected move which is described as a breakthrough, the South Sudan’s presidency has agreed to review the 28 states and come up with a recommendation on the number of new states within 30 days. The resolution came out after a joint meeting of the President,…
UNHCR urges Sudan to stop deporting Eritreans
NAIROBI (HAN) June 2.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News.The UN refugee agency on Thursday urged Sudan, a key transit route for migrants bound for Europe, to stop “forcibly” deporting hundreds of Eritrean back to their country. Many of those sent back were arrested as they tried to enter Libya from Sudan, with which the…
Sudan Gold Revenue Reaches $903M
KHARTOUM (HAN) June 1.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Sudan’s gold revenue has reached over 900 million dollars in the first quarter of this year, said the Minister of Minerals Ahmed Mohamed Sadiq al-Karouri on Tuesday. Speaking before the Sudanese parliament, Al-Karouri, told the lawmakers that gold production in the first quarter of the…
Sudan: Hundreds Deported to Likely Abuse
Nairobi (HAN) May 31.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The Sudanese authorities deported at least 442 Eritreans, including six registered refugees, to Eritrea in May 2016, Human Rights Watch said today. Sudan denied the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) access to identify those who wanted to claim asylum and also denied the…
UN Security Council discusses renewing sanctions on S.Sudan
NEW YORK (HAN) May 31.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is scheduled to discuss renewing and even adding more sanctions on South Sudan in the wake of none or slow progress in the implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (ARCISS) signed by…
Ugandan troops accused of redeploying back into South Sudan
JUBA (HAN) May 30.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. South Sudan’s armed opposition has accused Ugandan troops of allegedly crossing back into South Sudan and redeploying inside the country this week in violation of the August 2015 peace agreement which demanded their withdrawal from the territories of the world’s youngest and war-ravaged nation. A senior…
