CAIRO (AP) – Sudan’s ruling army has completed a review An agreement with Russia to build a naval base on the Red Sea in the African countrytwo Sudanese officials said on Saturday. He said the deal was awaiting the formation of a civilian government and ratification by a legislative body before taking effect. Officials said …
Three Christian leaders Justin Welby (first left), Pope Francis (second left) and Church of Scotland Moderator Ian Greenshields (far right) meet South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Friday. Pope Francis has asked priests in South Sudan to speak out against injustice during an unprecedented visit to the war-torn country. Traveling with the heads of churches …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Sudan is calling on the UN Security Council to immediately lift an arms embargo and other sanctions imposed during violence in the western Darfur region in 2005, saying the punishment does not include conditions or military sanctions. The government is not required to meet UN standards. Sudan’s UN ambassador, al-Harith Idris …
Juba, South Sudan CNN , Pope Francis has arrived in Juba, South Sudan, fulfilling a long-standing desire to visit the war-ravaged country, currently in the midst of a major humanitarian emergency. For the first time, the Pope is traveling with the head of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Justin Welby, and the Moderator of the General …
CNN , israel Israel and Sudan have finalized the text of a peace deal, to be signed “later this year”, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced on Thursday. Speaking on his return to Tel Aviv from a visit to Sudan’s capital Khartoum, Cohen said the visit was made with the consent of the United States, …
Africa is now less safe and less secure than it was 10 years ago, hindering continental progress towards effective governance, according to a new report by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. 2022 Ibrahim Index of African Governance found that “nearly 70% (69.3%) of Africa’s population lives in a country with a worse security and law and …
UNITED NATIONS – Venezuela, Lebanon and South Sudan owe arrears to the operating budget of the United Nations and are among six countries that have lost their voting rights in the 193-member General Assembly, the UN chief broadcast on Thursday. said in a letter. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Dominica, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon also lost …
At least 16 people were killed when a passenger bus collided with a parked truck on a highway in the Sudanese city of Omdurman early Tuesday. The bus skidded off the road and collided with a parked truck in Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum, according to a police statement. there were at …
comment on this story note NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s President William Ruto has expressed concern over fighting in neighboring South Sudan and donated food supplies to those affected. South Sudan’s northern Upper Nile and Jonglei states are facing renewed fighting between rival armed militias. The fighting has threatened the implementation of a 2018 peace deal …
Sudan Woman Jailed For Kissing Man: A woman in Sudan has been jailed for kissing a man. The woman will now have to spend six months behind bars. And the woman’s brother also killed her boyfriend. The woman’s brother has been arrested by the police. The African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) described …