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Egypt and Sudan criticise Ethiopia at start of new Nile dam talks
Sudan and Egypt both fear the $4 billion hydroelectric dam could lead to water shortages in their own countries. The Blue Nile is a tributary of the Nile, from...
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Fresh killings in Darfur as Sudan prepares to send troops
Attackers targeted members of the local Masalit community, looting and burning houses and part of the local market, a statement said.
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Gunmen kill at least 20 farmers in Sudan's Darfur - tribal chief
Twenty people were also wounded in the attack in Aboudos, some 90 kilometres south of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur province, tribal chief Ibrahim Ahmad told AFP by telephone.
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Sudan finds bodies of 1990 coup plotters in mass grave
It is the second mass grave discovered since Omar al-Bashir, who ruled the African country for three decades and ruthlessly crushed dissent, was overthrown by the army during street protests last year.
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Sudan's Bashir and allies on trial for leading 1989 coup
State TV broadcast the judge opening the trial without showing footage of Bashir, who has been jailed in Khartoum since he was toppled in April last year following mass protests against his 30-year rule.
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Sudan 'urgently' needs $283 million to fight virus - UN
The UN's Sudan humanitarian coordinator said the pandemic had worsened an economic crisis, hitting purchasing power, while movement restrictions had restricted people's access to food, health care and basic services.
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Sudan says Ethiopia denies filling the Renaissance dam reservoir
Earlier this week talks between the three nations (Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia) to regulate the flow of water from the dam failed to reach agreement.
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Sudan declares emergency in North Darfur state after violence
Protesters demanded on Sunday better security and a civilian state government, a resident said. State governor positions are held in Sudan by military officers despite the toppling of autocrat Omar al-Bashir in April.
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Protesters hit Sudan streets to demand reforms, justice
The protests in several cities and the capital Khartoum went ahead with security forces deployed in force and despite a tight curfew since April designed to curb the spread of coronavirus.
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Western donors pledge some $900 million for Sudan's transition
The European Union donated 312 million euros ($349.94 million), the United States $356.2 million, Germany 150 million euros and France 100 million euros for various projects in Sudan, officials told the online event.
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Sudan pins hopes on Berlin donor meeting as economy nears collapse
New financing, however, has been held up by the need to settle decades of arrears to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Sudan’s listing, while under Bashir’s rule, by the United States as a state sponsor of terrorism.
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Joy, tears in Darfur as ICC arrests war crimes suspect
Ali Kushayb, also known as Ali Muhammad Abdelrahman, was wanted on more than 50 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the western region.
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Sudan committee seizes Bashir's bank account, closes FX bureaus
The Empowerment Removal Committee has been charged by the attorney general with dismantling the system built by President Omar al-Bashir after his ouster in April last year.
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks on Blue Nile dam
The three countries have been at odds over the filling and operation of the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), under construction near Ethiopia’s border with Sudan on the Blue Nile, which flows into the Nile River.
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UN creates political mission in Sudan to support transition
The resolution on the new United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) was drafted by Britain and Germany.
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Sudan's PM promises justice on anniversary of sit-in killings
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, an economist and former senior United Nations official, leads a transitional government and named a commission in October to investigate the raid.
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Sudan protesters rally one year after bloody crackdown
The popular mass movement had already brought down long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir but was still on the streets demanding further reforms when it was attacked by men in military fatigues on 3 June 2019.
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Sudan says 3 jailed members of ousted Bashir regime have coronavirus
The Arab African country, which has reported 4,146 coronavirus cases and 184 deaths, released more than 4,000 prisoners in March as a precaution against the spread of the disease in jails.
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Women hail victory as Sudan moves to ban genital cutting
The practice has long been viewed, especially in rural communities, as a 'rite of passage' for girls and a way to preserve their chastity.
