Strategic Thinking on East Africa

KHARTOUM, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — Sudan on Tuesday announced a new partnership with China to enter into new oil exploration projects and natural gas production at fields in eastern, central and western Sudan, official SUNA news agency reported. “China has agreed to enter into new oil exploration projects and expand its oil operations in the […]

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From The Sudan Tribune September 7, 2015 (KHARTOUM) -The Sudanese government has announced that the foreign minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, will head its delegation to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings late this month in New York. United Nations Headquarters (UN Photo) Last Month, Sudan’s deputy UN ambassador Hassan Hamid Hassan affirmed that president Omer […]

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From the Council on Foreign relations by John Campbell Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir arrives for the extraordinary session of the African Union’s Assembly of Heads of State and Government on the case of African Relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, October 12, 2013. (Tiksa Negeri/Courtesy Reuters) Share Omar al-Bashir is […]

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From The Sudan Tribune August 30, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - At the end of a five-day visit to Khartoum, the United States Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, Donald E. Booth, has expressed regret for not being able to visit Darfur, saying he hopes to visit the restive region soon. Sudan’s FM Ibrahim Ghandour (R- […]

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From The Council on Foreign Relations by John Campbell August 25, 2015 Outgoing International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo (R) of Argentina leaves after the swearing-in ceremony to install Fatou Bensouda of Gambia as his successor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands June 15, 2012. (Courtesy Reuters/Bas Czerwinski/Pool) In early August, […]

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From The Sudan Tribune August 23, 2015 (JUBA) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has urged his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Kiir to sign the internationally-backed regional mediated peace deal aimed at ending the 20-month old conflict in the world’s youngest nation. Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir speaks to the press in Khartoum on […]

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Addis Ababa, 21 August, 2015 (WIC) - Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir on Thursday said he is ready to declare a two-month ceasefire in Blue Nile, South Kordofan states and Darfur region and renewed his offer of amnesty for the rebel who are willing to join the national dialogue. Al-Bashir who chairs the national dialogue committee […]

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By Magnus Taylor Posted on August 13, 2015 by AfricanArgumentsEditor MagnusIn early July, Sudan’s President Omar el-Bashir announced that the National Dialogue (ND) would restart “after Ramadan”. On August 5th President Bashir went further, stating that the ND would recommence on October 10th. Just two days earlier vice president Bakri Hasan Salih had said that […]

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Sudan: What Next? Magnus Taylor, African Arguments | In early July, Sudan’s President Omar el-Bashir announced that the National Dialogue (ND) would restart “after Ramadan”. On August 5th President Bashir went further, stating that the ND would recommence on October 10th. Just two days earlier vice president Bakri Hasan Salih had said that the government […]

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Addis Ababa 04August , 2015 (WIC)- Sudan’s first vice-president, Bakri Hassan Salih, vowed that the government would provide the necessary guarantees to secure the participation of the rebel umbrella, Sudan Revolutionary Forces (SRF) leaders in the national dialogue inside Sudan. He said in a press conference on Monday that president Omar al-Bashir has offered religious and […]

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