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Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:11:47 GMT
Ethiopia Welcomes Juba's Border Mediation Appeal, Urges Neutrality
[Nation] Juba -- Sudan and Ethiopia have welcomed South Sudan's efforts to mediate their border dispute, with Ethiopia asking the Juba team to prioritise neutrality during the talks.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:19:58 GMT
Former Vice President of Sudan's Al Bashir Regime Under Arrest
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Sudanese security forces carried out a campaign of arrests against former leaders of the ousted President Omar Al Bashir's regime on Thursday, as part of a campaign launched by the authorities against those responsible...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:47:18 GMT
Ethiopia Welcomes Juba's Border Mediation Appeal
[East African] Juba -- Sudan and Ethiopia have welcomed South Sudan's efforts to mediate their border dispute, with Addis Ababa asking the Juba team to prioritise neutrality during the talks.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:26:54 GMT
'Ethiopian Aggression an Unacceptable and Regretful Escalation'
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Sudanese government has strongly condemned "the aggression committed by Ethiopia on Sudanese territory" and the "direct violation of its sovereignty and the safety of the Sudanese lands". A statement by the Foreign Min...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:26:47 GMT
Unitams Head's First Meeting With Sudan PM 'Fruitful'
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Sudan and Head of United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), has described his first meeting with Prime Minister Abdall...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:25:57 GMT
Two Die in Darfur Lorry Robbery
[Radio Dabanga] Kabkabiya / Nierteti -- Two people were killed and one wounded when a lorry was robbed by gunmen in North Darfur on Saturday.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:25:49 GMT
Fear of Cholera Outbreak in West Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / El Geneina -- At a press conference in Khartoum yesterday, Ismail El Taj, a leading member of the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), warned of cholera and measles outbreaks in El Geneina's shelters of newly displaced...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:33:44 GMT
UN Security Council Requests Review of Situation in Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] New York -- The UN Security Council has decided to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts tasked with assisting the committee overseeing sanctions concerning Sudan until March 12, 2022.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:08:32 GMT
Weekly Press Columns Digest
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- The most pressing issues of the week that preoccupied the public opinion were the legal case filed by Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, General Burhan, against the Rapporteur of the committee assigned to retrieve money and pr...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:08:28 GMT
Prof. Malik Badri - Departure of Great Psychologist
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Monday 8 February 2021 saw the departure in Kuala Lumpur, Capital City of Malaysia, of outstanding Sudanese psychologist Professor Dr. Malik Badri.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:19:22 GMT
Ray of Hope as New Cabinet is Sworn in
[East African] Sudan's second cabinet since the ouster of president Omar al-Bashir was sworn in on Wednesday as the country transitioned back to civilian rule.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:37:09 GMT
More Violent Protests in Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] ED Daein / El Fasher -- Darfur witnessed more unrests as protests turned violent in the city of Ed Daein, East Darfur, yesterday. A 10-year-old child was killed by stray bullets during clashes between student protesters and the securi...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:36:42 GMT
Who's Who on Sudan's New Cabinet
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Following are some aspects of the Sudan's new cabinet announced on Monday by the Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok:

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:38:04 GMT
Peaceful Bread Protest in Port Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Port Sudan / North Kordofan / Kassala -- Thousands of high school students in Port Sudan, Red Sea state in eastern Sudan, took to the streets yesterday. In a peaceful demonstration they denounced the poor living conditions and shortag...

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:38:00 GMT
Lawyers - 'Govt Fails to Collect Weapons in Darfur'
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- According to the Darfur Bar Association (DBA), the current transitional government has failed to collect weapons in Darfur despite multiple attempts.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 07:46:37 GMT
Violent Protests and Looting in Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] Nayal / El Fasher / Kabkabiya -- A large number of shops in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, have been damaged as a result of violence and looting yesterday. People in Nyala told Radio Dabanga that shop owners expressed their dissatisf...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:44:56 GMT
Prime Minister's New Govt Includes Ministers From Rebel Parties
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok announced the members of the transitional government's new cabinet in a press conference in Khartoum yesterday evening. The new cabinet brings in a total of 25 ministers, many of whom are par...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:33:44 GMT
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Scales Up Its Humanitarian Response to Meet Urgent Needs in Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti
[ICRC] The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is appealing to donors for 20 million Swiss francs to urgently expand its response to the acute humanitarian needs created by the Tigray crisis in Ethiopia, while the International Federation...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:32:44 GMT
5 Ministers Retain Posts as Hamdok Names New Cabinet
[East African] Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok Monday evening announced the formation of the new government, which included 26 ministerial posts.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:46:41 GMT
Secretary Blinken's Call With Sudanese PM Hamdok
[State Department] The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:?

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 05:49:26 GMT
Prime Minister Announces New Cabinet
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday announced his new cabinet lineup, composed of 25 portfolios.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:19:16 GMT
Troublesome Start to the Week in Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] El Fasher / El Geneina / El Obeid / ED Damer -- Widespread violence erupted in the North Darfur capital El Fasher yesterday as multiple buildings were set on fire. In El Geneina, a massive fire broke out at a Ministry of Education bui...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 05:50:23 GMT
EU Special Envoy Meets Sudan PM to Assess Tensions With Ethiopia
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Kassala / El Gedaref -- Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Special Representative of the European Union (EU). Pekka Haavisto, who arrived in Sudan on Saturday for a two-day official visit, today visited camps harbourin...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 05:48:10 GMT
UN-EU Counter-Terrorism Partnership Launched
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / New York -- The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) has announced that the UN-EU Counter-Terrorism Partnership for Sudan was launched today, together with Sudan and through its National Commission for Counter...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:38:32 GMT
West Darfur Sit-in Lifted, Govt Meets Demands of Protestors
[Radio Dabanga] El Geneina -- The sit-in in the West Darfur capital El Geneina was lifted yesterday. A government delegation, led by Transitional Sovereignity Council member Mohamed El Faki, met all the demands of the Arab tribesmen that set up the s...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:24:43 GMT
Violent Robberies in Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] Nierteti / El Fasher / Jebel Marra -- One person was killed and 10 people were injured in three separate violent robberies in Central and North Darfur on Saturday. One attacker was killed as well, several others were wounded.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:23:30 GMT
Writer Ali Alrufa'ee - a Masterly, Little Known Novelist
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Sudanese novelist Ali Alrufa'ee has now opted to live on what he writes preferring to work and write in his home village of Algurair away from the noise of the cities.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:16:11 GMT
Egyptian Taxi Driver Gets His Life's Surprise From Sudanese Passenger
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- As related by an Egyptian writer in Almajara Press website under the title: Sudanese Thief... the Most Surprising Theft in Cairo, wrote the website:

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:16:09 GMT
Weekly Press Columns Digest
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Following is a selected summation of press columns tackling the most pressing events of the week. They are: (1) The possibility of a military coup in Sudan, like what happened in Myanmar, in the light of General Burhan's threats...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:16:04 GMT
Martyr Hassan Mohamed Omar Who Was Killed By a Hired Killer
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Last week saw the disclosure of one of the atrocities of the defunct regime which always flayed us with its claims that it represented Islam and behaved according to the noble religion's tenets.



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