Category: Sudan
Sudan: Zain to buy Etisalat’s stake in Sudan’s Canar
DUBAI (HAN) May 2. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By Matt Smith. Kuwaiti telecom firm Zain has agreed to buy Abu Dhabi-listed Etisalat’s 92.3 percent stake in Sudanese fixed line operator Canar for 349.6 million dirhams ($95.2 million). The deal would strengthen Zain’s grip on Sudan’s telecom sector where it is already the top…
S.Sudan: Coffee sector Gets a boost of $3M From USAID
JUBA (HAN) May 2. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News .The U.S. aid arm (USAID) has earmarked $3.18 million over the next three years to train smallholder farmers in the coffee sector within South Sudan. The funding, officials say, is part of a public-private partnership with Swiss coffee maker Nespresso and international development consultancy TechnoServe.…
S.Sudan: Reconstruction, Economic Recovery Should be Top Priority
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 1. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The African Union (AU) said post-conflict reconstruction and economic recovery should be top priority in South Sudan as it welcomed the formation of the unity government in the world’s youngest nation. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the AU Commission, has welcomed the appointment, by…
Over 97 pct of voters in Sudan’s Darfur vote for five-state option
KHARTOUM, April. 23, 2016 (Xinhua) — Photo taken on April 23 shows the view of a press conference of Sudan’s National Commission for the Administrative Referendum in Darfur in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, on April 23, 2016. About 97.72 percent of voters in Sudan’s Darfur referendum have chosen to keep the region’s five-state status quo,…
S.Sudan: 32 kidnapped Ethiopian children recovered
JUBA (HAN) May 1. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By JASON PATINKIN. Authorities in South Sudan said they have recovered 32 of the 125 Ethiopian children who the Ethiopian government said were abducted from its Gambela region two weeks ago during a deadly cattle raid blamed on a South Sudanese militia. Ogato Chan,…
S. Sudan lauds global community response to unity government
JUBA (HAN) May 1. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The South Sudanese government on Saturday commended what it described as a positive response from members of the international community after formation of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU). “We welcome with open heart and mind as the government the support of the international…
Will Juba salvage Kenya’s pipeline dream?
JUBA (HAN) May 1. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. South Sudan is yet to make a decision on its preferred route for transporting its oil, as it awaits the outcome of talks with Sudan over transfer costs. Juba was Kenya’s last hope for a partner on the oil pipeline, following Uganda’s recent decision to take its…
Atlantis II Project Being Discused by Oil Ministers
Khartoum (HAN) May 1. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. .Saudi Arabia Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, is expected to pay a short visit to Khartoum on Wednesday, to discuss joint collaboration on minerals. Al-Naimi and his delegation will discuss with his Sudanese counterpart ways to utilize the mineral resources…
US Threatens Sanctions, Arms Embargo if S.Sudan Sacktracks
WASHINGTON (HAN) April 30. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The United States is prepared to consider imposing sanctions or an arms embargo on South Sudan’s leaders if they fail to cooperate in a proposed unity government to end conflict in the country, a senior US official said on Wednesday. “We have everything at the…
Sudan military plane crashes in North Kordofan
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 30. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News.A Sudanese military plane crashed on Saturday in the state of North Kordofan, killing all five crew members on board, the army said. The Soviet-era Antonov 26, usually used in operations against rebels, crashed while landing at the airport of El Obied, the capital of…
