Category: Sudan
President Trump wins Eritrea will Witness Peaceful Transitions Soon
Khartoum (HAN) October 28, 2020. Diplomacy and Regional Security updates. Eritrean rebel leader Isaias Afewerki’s divisive rule over the Eritrean people and its land is as strong as ever, over fifty years since taking power in 1975 as a rebel-EPLF. Eritrean leader Awerki surprised the statement last week from the leaders of America, Sudan and…
Eritrea: Israel Expected to deport 20,000 Eritrean asylums
Establishment of ties is expected to change policy, despite international refugee convention mandating that asylum applications be examined on case-by-case basis The planned normalization of relations with Sudan will facilitate the repatriation of asylum seekers back to that northeast African country, sources in Israel say. While Israel has in the past cited the principle of…
Egypt: Sisi Plan 2037 $55 Billion to Overcome Water Poverty
Khartoum (HAN) October 24, 2020 – Public Diplomacy and International Security regarding the Egyptian Dam issues. Egypt accepted a U.S. proposal over the project for a giant hydropower dam on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile that is causing an escalating spat between Ethiopia and Egypt. The last year (2019) high level meeting of foreign ministers of Egypt,…
Sudan: Israel emerges again as key requirement before any Deal
October 22, 2020 (KHARTOUM) – Normalization with Israel has surfaced again as a part of the White House’s requirements for Sudan’s removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism after reports about a second meeting in Khartoum to finalize the process. The establishment of diplomatic relations between Sudan and Israel pell-mell emerged during the…
Sudan: Umma party rejects normalization with Israel
October 22, 2020 (KHARTOUM) -The leader of the National Umma Party (NUP) Sadiq al-Mahdi Thursday rejected any normalization of relations with Israel and threatened to withdraw his support to the transitional government. Al-Mahdi’s statement came after reports that a Sudanese, American and Israeli meeting in Khartoum on Wednesday had finalized the details of a deal…
UN envoy lauds improved relations between Sudan & S. Sudan
October 22, 2020 (NEW YORK) – The United Nations Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga has lauded the strengthening relations between Sudan and neighboring South Sudan. While briefing the Security Council on Thursday after visiting Sudan, Onanga-Anyanga said the relationship between Sudan and South Sudan continues to strengthen, adding that both countries…
Ethiopia violence fuelled by fighters trained in Sudan
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Monday that fighters involved in recent attacks on civilians in the west of the country were receiving training and shelter in neighbouring Sudan and that Khartoum’s assistance was needed to stabilize the area. Abiy’s government had previously said little about what was driving the violence in the Benishangul-Gumuz region,…
Eritrea Supported Delisting of State Sponsors of Terrorism
Asmara (HAN) 20 October, 2020. Regional Security and Stability Initiatives for the Horn of Africa. Eritrean leader president Isaias Afwerki and his delegation Supported Delisting of State Sponsors of Terrorism for the Sudanese people and its leadership. The Eritrean delegation led by Afwerki met Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok as well as Vice-President Mohamed Hamdan Dugglo.…
WHY SUDAN SUPPORTS ERITREAN STRONGMAN AFWERKI REGIME?
Khartoum (HAN) 20 October, 2020. Regional Security and Public Diplomacy. Sudanese generally like people who are forceful and aggressive and convey strength and for better or for worse, Isaias Afwerki does convey those things,” said Prof. Nur Kafi, the IGAD regional security and governance expert. The Sudanese President Al-Burhan thanked Eritrea leader Afwerki for its…
Sudan: REVOLUTION AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN POST-OIL
This is the second in a series of three analysis features covering unrest in Sudan, and the repercussions of this unrest for the wider region. Sudan is grappling with the legacies of decades of violence and quasi-military rule under the deposed President Omar al-Bashir, which has disproportionately affected marginalized areas of the country. The first…
