The African Energy Chamber launches its annual Energy Scholarship Award under efforts to expand the participation of youth in energy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 9, 2023/ —Ā We are thrilled to announce the launch of the AEC African Energy Education Fund (www.EnergyChamber.org), an annual program aimed at supporting young individuals across Africa who are pursuing undergraduate studies in oil, gas and […]
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4 June 2023, New York ā Children are not targets. Children are not soldiers. Children are not weapons. As we commemorate theĀ International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, we call on leaders everywhere to embrace the commitments outlined in theĀ Convention on the Rights of the ChildĀ and theĀ Safe Schools DeclarationĀ to ensure girls and boys everywhere are able to reach their […]
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For Immediate Release Nairobi, June 10, 2023(SSNN) ā The United NationsĀ Security Council should take stronger steps to reverse the rapidly deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan, Human Rights Watch said today. During theĀ Security Council discussion onĀ June 2, 2023Ā to renew the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), all council members, including the three African members, should support […]
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March 27, 2021(SSNN) ā The Sudan’s Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Buhran, has arrived in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, to meet with the leaders of the holdout oppositions. According to president Salva Kiir’s office, Gen. Fattah was received in the airport by President Salva Kiir this morning, March 27, 2021. “27th March 2021, H.E. […]
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Prosecute Killings, Prioritize Security Sector Reforms For Immediate Release Nairobi, Dec 21, 2020(SSNN) ā SudaneseĀ authorities used excessive force, including lethal force, against protesters on October 15, 2020, leading to the deaths of seven protesters, including a 16-year old boy, as well as aĀ security official, Human Rights Watch said today. About 25 people were injured, most from bullet wounds. The protests […]
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Oct 3, 2020(SSNN) ā The Sudanese peace agreement, whose signing was delayed by rain this morning in the South Sudan capital, Juba, is officially signed by the government of Sudan and a coalition of armed oppositions under the banner of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (RSF), among others. The peace agreement has given Blue Nile, Southern Kordofan and Darfur self-autonomy during […]
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July 21, 2020 (SSNN) ā Sudan’s former long-serving President Omar al-Bashir faces trial starting Tuesday in Khartoum over the military coup that brought him to power in 1989. Al-Bashir is already behind bars for corruption, but AFP reports that he could face the death penalty if convicted in the new charge. The 76-year-old is accused alongside 16 others. The trial […]
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June 25, 2020 (SSNN) ā The United States is working to remove Sudan from the list of state sponsor of terrorism, a top US diplomat said Wednesday. Michael Pompeo, the US secretary of state said during a press conference in Washington on Wednesday that a team of US diplomats was working along-side Sudan to remove the country from the designation […]
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May 17, 2020 (SSNN) ā Sudan rejected Ethiopiaās proposal to sign an initial agreement on how to fill the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and now wants to resume U.S.-led negotiations on the project. According to a statement on Tuesday, Sudanās Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok sent a letter to his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed disapproving of an Addis Ababa […]
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For Immediate Release, By Human Rights Watch Khartoum, Sudan, February 12, 2020(SSNN) ā SudanāsĀ leaders say that they will cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which could mean that former president Omar al-Bashir will finally face justice for grave international crimes in Darfur, Human Rights Watch said today. Transferring the five Sudanese under ICC arrest warrants to the court would […]
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