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Protests over Egyptian fishermen’s detention in Sudan
Egypt
June 16, 2015
Protests over Egyptian fishermen’s detention in Sudan
Families of the Egyptian fishermen who have been detained in Sudan for the past 69 days staged a demonstration outside…
Committee on Ethiopian dam to meet consultants June 10
Egypt
May 26, 2015
Committee on Ethiopian dam to meet consultants June 10
The tripartite committee on the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam will meet on June 10 with international consultants who will be…
Sudan confiscates 9 daily newspapers
Middle East
May 25, 2015
Sudan confiscates 9 daily newspapers
Sudan’s security services confiscated nine printed dailies without clarifying their reasons for doing so on Monday. Othman Marghany, chief editor of…
US$60 million in traded goods through Egypt-Sudan landport in 7 months
Business
May 13, 2015
US$60 million in traded goods through Egypt-Sudan landport in 7 months
Imported and exported goods moving through a newly-inaugurated crossing on the Egyptian-Sudanese borders over the past seven months were worth…
Kuwaiti paper: Dropped Israeli drone in Sudan targeted Hamas weapon store
Egypt
May 8, 2015
Kuwaiti paper: Dropped Israeli drone in Sudan targeted Hamas weapon store
The Israeli reconnaissance drone, which Sudan announced it had downed Wednesday over its territory, was targeting a store for weapons…
Sudan says anti-air defences engaged target, deny attack
Middle East
May 6, 2015
Sudan says anti-air defences engaged target, deny attack
Sudan's anti-aircraft defences shot at an unidentified object that crossed the sky near Khartoum late on Tuesday, the army said,…
Minister: Qastal border crossing officially inaugurated on Thursday
Egypt
April 30, 2015
Minister: Qastal border crossing officially inaugurated on Thursday
The Qastal-Ashkit border crossing between Egypt and Sudan was inagurated on Thursday, "to increase trade and facilitate the flow of…
Sudan maintains balancing act with Saudi, Iran
Middle East
April 30, 2015
Sudan maintains balancing act with Saudi, Iran
The war in Yemen has given Omar Hassan al-Bashir, a skilled political operator who has ruled Sudan for a quarter-century,…
Election organizers: Sudanese President Bashir wins 94.5 percent of vote
Middle East
April 27, 2015
Election organizers: Sudanese President Bashir wins 94.5 percent of vote
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir extended his quarter-century in power with a landslide 94.5 percent victory in presidential elections, organizers…
Sudan ‘won’t allow’ French, US, British envoys access to Darfur
Middle East
April 22, 2015
Sudan ‘won’t allow’ French, US, British envoys access to Darfur
Khartoum has so far declined to issue visas for senior French, British and US diplomats hoping to conduct a fact-finding…