The spokesman for the Sudanese Foreign Ministry has been fired after allegedly making unauthorized remarks, indicating that there were contacts with Israel regarding the normalization of ties. The development on Wednesday comes after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel announced last week that they would establish diplomatic ties, a …
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Protestants in Sudan have returned to the streets over the slow pace of change a year after a power-sharing agreement was signed between the country’s generals and a pro-democracy movement. Draped in Sudanese flags and singing slogans calling for more reform, protesters gathered outside the capital’s cabinet in Khartoum on …
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Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have agreed to present proposals on the management of the gigantic and controversial Addis Ababa Nile hydroelectric dam within two days, the Sudanese water ministry said. “After lengthy talks, the attendees decided on Tuesday to resume negotiations … to work on unifying the texts of the …
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The Prime Minister of Sudan and Egypt have expressed optimism after talks in the Sudanese capital that halted negotiations with Ethiopia over the construction of a controversial giant dam on the Blue Nile would bear fruit. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, built about 15 km (9 miles) from Ethiopia’s border …
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said talks on the Nile Dam in Ethiopia “would drag on” but expressed hope for a negotiated settlement to the dispute. El-Sisi’s comments, in a speech on Tuesday, came amid intense tensions between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the great dam of the Ethiopian Great …
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