Tag: Sudan
9 SSUF Generals, 500 troops defect to S. Sudan army
Speaking on behalf of the defectors in the state capital, Bentiu on Saturday, the commanding officer, Major Gen. Nyal Tut Toat, said their defection was in response to the Bentiu Peace Initiative of the state governor, Joseph Monytuil. “Today, we are declaring our allegiance from SSUF under Gen. Paul Malong Awan to SSPDF under the…
Sudan: Sudanese officials travel to UAE, Israeli-Sudanese normalization
Sudan- KHARTOUM (HAN) September 20. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Barely, the Transitional Sovereign Council announced the departure of its head to the United Arab Emirate (UAE) on Sunday, press reports disclosed that his delegation will discuss normalization with Israel. Earlier in Khartoum, it was announced that Abdel Fattah…
Sudan Could Be Off Terror List In October 2020
Sudan – KHARTOUM (HAN) September 19. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. U.S. Secretary of State urged the Senate to endorse legislation to restore Sudan’s sovereign immunities adding that its removal from the terror list could intervene next October after the signing of a claims agreement with the East African country.…
South Sudanese senior officials arrive in Khartoum for talks on Abyei
KHARTOUM (HAN) September 16. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. South Sudanese presidential aide Tut Gatluak arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday to discuss the status of the disputed area of Abyei South Sudanese Presidential Adviser for Security Affairs Gatluak who is also the chief mediator in Sudan peace process arrived…
Sudan: U.S. imposes new sanctions on Sudanese businessman
WASHINGTON (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The U.S. State Department Tuesday imposed economic sanction on a company owned by a Sudanese businessman Ashraf Seed Ahmed Al-Cardinal for its support to persons previously designated for their own corrupt behaviour. AlAlready in October 2019, the Treasury Department imposed…
Sudan: Pompeo calls Hamdok over Sudan’s recent floods
KHARTOUM (HAN) September 13. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News, Monitoring Regional Issues. U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo spoke on Friday with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok to express his condolences for the death of Sudanese who died in the recent floods in Sudan, said the State Department. In a separate tweet…
Sudan: Arab countries send humanitarian support
KHARTOUM (HAN) September 13. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. A number of Arab countries organized popular and governmental solidarity campaigns with the victims of floods that have left 106 people dead in Sudan. Two weeks ago, the Sudanese government declared a state of emergency in the country for a…
Islamist group denies seeking to forge an alliance with Sudan’s military
KHARTOUM (HAN) September 11. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. The acting Secretary-General of the Islamist Popular Congress Party (PCP) in Sudan denied that their recent meeting with the Chairman of the Sovereign Council Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan aimed at forging an alliance with the military to overthrow the transitional government. Bashir Adam Rahma stressed that they…
Eritrea & Sudan Agree to Bolster Bilateral Ties: Boster regional peace
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 8. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. Eritrea and Sudan have agreed to intensify their ongoing joint efforts to bolster regional peace. The Head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Burhan has conducted a one – day working visit to Eritrea on Monday. During his visit, Gen. al-Burhan met and discussed with…
Sudan’s President visited Eritrea: Working visit
ASMARA (HAN) September 7. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. Sudan’s Sovereign Council President, Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, was in Eritrea on Monday for a one day working visit. He arrived in Asmara in the mid-morning hours, according to Eritrea’s Minister for information , Yemane Gebremeskel. Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki greeted Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, and members of…
