Abu Dhabi: In a significant effort to help Sudan tackle its humanitarian crisis, the UAE has pledged to donate aid $8 million to the WHO. This funding, formalized at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, aims to improve health conditions for Sudanese people facing severe challenges. The agreement, signed by Sultan Al Shamsi from the UAE […]
Abu Dhabi: On January 1, Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam (‘Kidane’), an Eritrean national wanted for migrant smuggling, human trafficking and other related crimes, was arrested in Sudan in a major international police operation led by the United Arab Emirates, based on information shared via INTERPOL. H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime […]
Leaders of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Saturday claimed rocket attacks on two airports in a nearby region and threatened to strike neighbouring Eritrea, raising fears that the escalating conflict could spread. The attacks — and threats of more to come — fuelled concern that a conflict Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed would be […]
At least 30 armed Ethiopian troops and “large numbers” of refugees fleeing the fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have crossed the border into Sudan, the state-run SUNA news agency reported, while one diplomat on Tuesday said hundreds of people have been reported killed on both sides of Ethiopia’s week-long conflict. As the African Union […]
Dr. Yousef Al Othaimeen, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC, has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement to remove Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, describing it as an “important step for the future of Sudan.” Dr. Al Othaimeen stated that the announcement culminates the efforts of the transitional government of […]
President Donald Trump on Monday said Sudan will be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism if it follows through on its pledge to pay $335 million to American terror victims and their families, but some hurt in the attacks weren’t happy with the deal. The move would open the door for […]
Ululations and cheers rang out as one by one, representatives from the transitional government and rebel groups signed the deal, a year after the peace talks began, at a ceremony in the South Sudanese capital Juba. “Today we have reached a peace agreement. We are happy. We have finished the mission,” Tut Gatluak, head of the South Sudanese mediating […]
