Page 146 - Al Bashir News Today

SHARE The UN’s new special envoy to Sudan arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday to begin a role that will include helping the country’s transition to democracy. Volker Perthes will , which will advise authorities on the country’s transition to democracy after dictator Omar Al Bashir was overthrown in 2019. The mission will also rally and co-ordinate international support for Sudan’s efforts to reform its battered economy and boost efforts to bring peace to a country that is home to more th...

February 1 - 2021 DABANGA SUDAN The Juba Peace Agreement is signed while the country is drowning - cartoon by Omar Dafallah (RD) The signing of the Juba Peace Agreement in October was a glimmer of hope for a peaceful future in Sudan, however, there has been little immediate relief to the general public from ongoing economic woes, and chronic shortages of basic commodities such as bread and fuel. This was exacerbated by the second wave of COVID-19 infections. Protests aga...

January 30 - 2021 KHARTOUM / PORT SUDAN Protestors build a road block in Khartoum on January 28 (Social media) Demonstrations demanding that the government drops the policy of removing subsidies on basic goods and services are planned to take place today by North Khartoum Resistance Committees, following separate protests against the steady increase in price of basic commodities due to increased transport tariffs. North Khartoum Resistance Committees will march to the R...

January 29 - 2021 SHENDI / DELLING Residents line up for drinking water on January 28 in Delling (Social media) In clashes between the Resistance Committees and supporters of the former regime, a member of the Resistance Committees was wounded in Shendi, River Nile state on Thursday. Mukhtar Abdallah, a member of the Shendi Resistance Committees, told Radio Dabanga that the Shendi Resistance Committees had organized an event for peaceful coexistence and that they were at...

January 28 - 2021 KHARTOUM Outgoing British Ambassador to Sudan, Irfan Siddiq (c), was received by Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok (r) in Khartoum yesterday (Photo: SUNA) The outgoing British Ambassador to Sudan, Irfan Siddiq, has described his tenure in Khartoum, especially the period in 2019 from the fall of the Al Bashir regime to the signing of the Constitutional Document, as “one of the most intense and rewarding periods of my professional life”, and pr...

Future military-to-military engagements between the two forces were also on the agenda. "We are exploring possibilities and opportunities with Sudan, militarily and diplomatically. We see increased engagement in the months and years ahead,” Mr Young added. A visit by Gen Al Burhan to Stuttgart, and the establishment of a US naval presence on the Red Sea in Sudan are among the ideas being considered, Cameron Hudson, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and former chief of staff for the US s...

The National. Prior to Omar Al Bashirs removal from power in April 2019, Sudan’s relations with the US were marred by hostility and sanctions. In 1993, the US added Sudan to the state sponsors of terrorism list, then imposed a trade embargo and crippling sanctions to punish Khartoum for its ties to extremist organisations and Iran as well as for its role in the genocide in Darfur. Following Al Bashir’s downfall, the Trump administration took major strides towards normalising relations, gran...

According to the National Consensus Forces (NCF), the rapid deterioration of security in many parts of Sudan is caused by the presence of organised opposition and the failure of the authorities to maintain security.

SHARE Violence in Sudan’s turbulent Darfur region has left nearly 250 people dead, including at least 10 children. About 100,000 people have also been forced to flee their homes, the UN refugee agency and other relief organisations say. The clashes, over three days in two areas last week, left scores of properties destroyed or burnt to the ground. Of those who fled their homes, about 3,500 crossed the border into eastern Chad, the UN agencies said over the weekend. Government troops were patr...

January 21 - 2021 KHARTOUM The SDG 200 note introduced in January 2019 The Sudanese government plans a raft of reforms to stimulate and boost Sudan’s ailing economy, rather than printing new currency, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Heba Mohamed says. These will include technical reforms, programmes to fight smuggling, combat inflation, and create investment opportunities. Minister Mohamed was responding to questions from Radio Dabanga regarding the future ...