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Moroccos General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) announced last month that the Moroccan authorities have dismantled 207 terrorist cells since 2002. As for Morocco... it is the Islamists, and not Israel, who have "corrupted the minds of Moroccans, sowed the seeds of discord among them, brought Moroccan education to the brink of bankruptcy and legitimized ignorance." — Ahmed Assid, professor of philosophy and activist, kifache.com, December 15, 2020. "The rhetoric of hostility an...

December 19 - 2020 JUBA In a joint statement on Friday, 28 civil society organisations in South Kordofan and Blue Nile state called on the government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North faction, led by Abdulaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu), to return to the negotiating table in order to reach a lasting peace in Sudan. An international conference was held yesterday to discuss the most appropriate and effective solutions for implementing the Juba Peace Agree...

December 19 - 2020 KHARTOUM Painting by Mohamed Bairam (Social media) Today it is expected that thousands of Sudanese will take to the streets to celebrate the second anniversary of the 2018 December revolution that overthrew the rule of Al Bashir and to demand the correction of the course of the revolution. Senior Public Prosecutor Tajelsir El Hibir has prohibited police forces in the country from using bullets or tear gas. In Greater Khartoum, the bridges connecting th...

During the reign of Al Bashir, Sudan was suffering from economic sanctions that alienated it in a globalised market. As such, Sudan’s cheapest and only source of wheat imports hailed from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, also known as Black Sea wheat. Now Sudan looks to a new future with the lifting of economic sanctions as a result of its removal from the US terror list, thereby opening up doors to potential investors and businesses. Sudan has been receiving, a substantial amount of aid in th...

SHARE Sudan sent military reinforcements to its border with Ethiopia after it said an army unit was ambushed in the area by militiamen linked to the Ethiopian army, killing an officer and soldiers. Sudan and Ethiopia have had a long history of border disputes that occasionally flare into armed clashes. The latest incident, on Saturday, followed a similar one in May in which a senior Sudanese officer was killed in fighting that forced thousands of Sudanese residents in the border area to flee th...

SHARE 27 years ago, the US declared Sudan a state sponsor of terrorism, ushering in a raft of sanctions and strict controls to limit a range of nefarious activity by the regime of then-president Omar Al Bashir. On Monday, America removed Sudan from the list, which now includes only Iran, Syria and North Korea. For three decades, Sudans people suffered from paranoid and incompetent politics. This blighted the countrys economy and global reputation, and bottled up the immense potential and goodwi...

December 16 - 2020 KHARTOUM An Empowerment* Elimination, Anti-Corruption and Funds Recovery Committee has been set up in Khartoum state. It is the first state anti-corruption committee in Sudan. Mohamed El Faki, member of the Sovereign Council and acting chairman of the Sudanese Empowerment Elimination, Anti-Corruption and Funds Recovery Committee, spoke at the opening session of the Khartoum state anti-corruption committee yesterday. El Faki stressed that the committee...

The pledges are the first significant economic boon for Sudan after the US’s long-awaited de-listing. Washington named Sudan a terrorism sponsor in 1993, citing its links with international Islamist-militant organisations under dictator Omar Al Bashir. Four years later, it enacted sweeping sanctions that lasted until 2017. Dictator’s Legacy The reversal is another step towards overturning the legacy of Al Bashir, who made the country an international pariah for much of his 30-year rule and...

December 15 - 2020 WASHINGTON / KHARTOUM President Donald Trump had a phonemail earlier this year with Sudan PM Abdallah Hamdok and Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, the President of the Sovereign Council, and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu to confirm normalisation of ties between the two countries (US State Department) Yesterday, USA Secretary of State Mike Pompeo officially announced the removal of Sudan from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST)�...

The US has lifted a long-standing designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism, paving the way for Khartoum to once again engage with the international community, draw investment and seek financial assistance in overcoming a punishing economic crisis. But why was Sudan designated a sponsor of terrorism 27 years ago, what did that mean for the country and why has the US removed the terror listing now? This satellite image released by the US Department of Defence on August 20 shows ...