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/ — 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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By OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON, Oct 3, 2021 (SSNN) — The United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway (the Troika) commend the Sudanese people as they celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of Juba Peace Agreement (JPA) on October 3, 2020. This historic agreement responds to the Sudanese people’s calls for freedom, peace, and justice, especially from those affected […]
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Juba, South Sudan, May 27th, 2021 — South Sudan’s President H.E Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit issued a presidential decree two days ago appointing an ad hoc committee to engage in talks with Sudanese Transitional Government over the status of contested Abyei Administrative Area. The formation of the committee comes a week after armed militia from Sudan’s Messiriya tribe allegedly backed […]
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May 17, 2021(SSNN) — At least 12 people have been killed and seven left struggling for life after Misseriya, an armed militia group fired assault rifles at civilians in Abyei according to Kon Manyiet Matiok, the Chief Administrator of the area. Manyiet says the incident started at 11:00 am on 14th May 2021 after the armed group supported by the […]
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Juba, South Sudan, March 16, 2021(SSNN)– The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), UNHCR, the Refugee Agency and partners, applaud progress toward lasting solutions for forcibly displaced persons as national consultations took place last week in Juba, South Sudan. The two day event successfully marked another milestone for South Sudan’s implementation of the Sudan and South Sudan Solutions Initiative, under the auspices of […]
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Feb 23, 2021(SSNN) — A fistfight broke-out at Juba International Airport on Monday afternoon as the Tigrayans forces, who served in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan(UNMISS), refused to board a scheduled plane to return to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Speaking to media after the fistfight, the UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, explained that the argument began in the airport on […]
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Feb 23, 2021(SSNN) — Sudan’s Central Bank n Sunday announced that it has floated its currency to help stabilize its economy. The dollar has been trading between 350-400 pounds in the black market while its official exchange rate was 55 pounds. The Central bank put the exchange rate at 375 pounds per dollar and will fluctuate according to supply and […]
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Prosecute Killings, Prioritize Security Sector Reforms For Immediate Release Nairobi, Dec 21, 2020(SSNN) – Sudanese 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 a security official, Human Rights Watch said today. About 25 people were injured, most from bullet wounds. The protests […]
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Dec 4, 2020(SSNN) — Sudan’s opposition leaders on Wednesday gave the Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdock a go-ahead to continue serving in his office until the end of the transition period. In an extraordinary meeting in Khartoum, members of the opposition coalition said Hamdok should continue to be prime minister during the next 39 months of the transitional period. Hamdok is […]
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KHARTOUM, Sudan. Dec 4, 2020(SSNN) — Representatives of the governments of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan agreed this week on a regional roadmap which will outline the next steps toward medium to long-term solutions for seven million forcibly displaced persons originating from and hosted by the two countries, and other States hosting displaced populations from both countries. The […]
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Nov 26, 2020(SSNN) — Sudan’s former Prime Minister, Sadiq al-Mahdi also known as Sadiq as-Siddiq, who ruled the country from 1966 to 1967 and again from 1986 to 1989, has succumbed to coronavirus infection at the age of 84 years. According to a brief statement shared by the family, Sadiq al-Mahdi died on Thursday, three weeks after being admitted to […]
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Nov 10, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, met a Sudanese delegation comprising of members of Sudan’s Sovereign Council led by Prof. Siddig Taour Kafi Aburas today in Juba, South Sudan. Speaking to the media after meeting president Salva Kiir, the Sudanese officials appreciated Salva Kiir leadership in mediating their differences. “Prof. Siddig Taour commended H.E, President Salva […]
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Oct 19, 2020(SSNN) — The united states is close to signing an agreement that will see Sudan removed from the U.S list of state sponsors of terrorism. On Monday, the U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism after the country’s new government pays millions to American victims. […]
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Oct 18, 2020 (SSNN) – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Fatou Bom Bensouda, the Gambiam lawyer who has served as the ICC prosecutor since June 2012, arrived in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Saturday night, October 17, 2020. استقبلتُ اليوم المُدعية العامة للمحكمة الجنائية الدُّولية، السيدة فاتو بنسودا.هذه الزيارة التاريخية تأكيد للتغيير الكبير الذي حدث ويستمر […]
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October 11, 2020 (SSNN) – The Sudanese government and the Sudan People Liberation Movement North(SPLM-N) under the leadership of Abdel Aziz al-Hilu will resume talks next Wednesday, October 14, 2020 in Juba, South Sudan. In a press briefing extended to Nyamilepedia today, a senior member of the SPLM-North, Mohamed Youssef al-Mustafa, confirmed that the talks will resume on October 14, […]
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Sep 09, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir met the leaders of Sudan’s Revolutionary Front, representing Central, Eastern and Northern tracks in which each negotiation track tackles the grievances of a certain region in Sudan. Speaking to the media after the meeting, the representative of Central Sudan track, Dr. El Tom Haju said that they will sign a final […]
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July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudanese authorities have announced that they have found a mass grave that most likely contains remains of 28 army officers executed in 1990 for plotting an attempted coup against the former President Omar al-Bashir. According to the public prosecutor, the officers were executed in mysterious circumstances after a quick military trial one year after Bashir […]
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July 22, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok on Wednesday announced the replacement of the military governors of its states by civilians. Addressing a news conference in the capital Khartoum, Hamdok said that Abdul Fattah Alburhan, the head of the Sovereign Council, has approved the appointment of the 18 civilian rulers of the states in the country, including […]
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June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – The African Union’s Executive Council will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the dispute between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a diplomatic source told Ahram Online on Thursday. The source said that AU Executive Council members and representatives of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will attend the video […]
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June 10, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudanese militia commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abdel-Rahman, who is commonly known as Ali Kushayb, has surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) from the Central African Republic and has been transferred to The Hague where he is being detained and awaits trial. Kushayb is a senior Janjaweed commander who supported the Sudanese government against Darfur rebel groups during the Omar […]
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June 3, 2020 (SSNN) – Fresh differences have emerged between Sudan’s military ruler, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his deputy General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo who is better known as Hemeti, over the extension of the lockdown curfew, sources with direct knowledge said. One source said Hemeti was opposed to the curfew of extension which is also opposed by many citizens and […]
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June 3, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan on Tuesday swore in a new defense minister more that two months after the death of the former defense chief and amid tensions with neighboring Ethiopia. Maj. Gen. Yassin Ibrahim Yassin was sworn in before Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the ruling sovereign council, according to a statement from the council. Yassin came out of […]
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Ensure Transparent Investigations, Focus on Highest Levels, For Immediate Release, Nairobi, Kenya. June 3, 2020(SSNN) — Sudan’s transitional government has yet to deliver justice to victims and families a year after more than 120 people were killed and hundreds injured and abused in a violent attack on protesters in Khartoum, Human Rights Watch said today. The government’s investigation committee is […]
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May 29, 2020 (SSNN) – The Sudanese army said on Wednesday that fighting erupted between its border guards and Ethiopian militia group at its eastern border. Brigadier General Amer Mohamed Al Hassan said in a televised statement that Ethiopian militias backed by the Ethiopian army have attacked territories in Gadaref state in eastern Sudan since May 26. “Backed by the […]
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May 29, 2020 (SSNN) — Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir and seven former members of his regime, who are being held in Khartoum prisons, have been transferred to hospitals in the capital; three with chronic conditions, three with confirmed Covid-19, and two, including Al Bashir, with suspected coronavirus symptoms, Sudan’s Public Prosecution reports. In a statement on Wednesday, the Public […]
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May 22, 2020 (SSNN) – A head-on collision between a truck carrying passengers and another vehicle has killed at least 43 people and left 32 others injured on a highway in Sudan’s Darfur region. The police statement said the crash took place late Thursday in the town of Shangil Tobayi in North Darfur province. The statement did nor elaborate on […]
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May 21, 2020 (SSNN) – The Sudanese government has asked the government of South Sudan to supply it with crude oil in return for gasoline, a senior government official in Khartoum has said. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy and Mining Hamid Suleiman said in an interview quoted by Sudan Tribune that the purpose of the proposed new deal […]
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May 17, 2020 (SSNN) – Inflation in Sudan jumped to 99 percent because of rising food prices, official figures showed Saturday, more than a year after the country was rocked by protests sparked by bread price hikes. The inflation rate in April shot up from 82 percent the previous month due to increased prices of grains, meat, milk and bread, […]
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May 12, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President and SPLM-IO leader, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, discussed – in a phone call on Tuesday – bilateral relations between Sudan and South Sudan with the leader of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudanese media reports. Sudan’s state-owned Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported that al-Burhan spoke to Machar to […]
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May 11, 2020 (SSNN) – The Sudanese government said on Saturday that it was giving public sector employees a 10-day leave as the country is coping with surge in COVID-19 cases. Omar Manis, the Sudanese cabinet minister said in a statement on Saturday that he has been directed by the government to offer civil servants a leave for ten (10) […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) –The International Criminal Court said on Saturday, that it was “still awaiting a formal commitment and a serious move” from the Sudanese authorities to ensure that former president Omar al-Bashir and four other members of his regime appear in the Hague-based court to face justice. Al-Bashir, who was overthrown by the military in 2019 after a […]
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April 3, 2020 (SSNN) — Sudanese government on Thursday put the deportation of a South Sudanese rebel commander on hold over the outbreak of the coronavirus, a senior security official said from Khartoum on Friday. The deportation, the official said, was scheduled for today, of four South Sudanese rebel officer captured in January in the country’s capital Khartoum would have […]
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February 18, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit requests peace mediators to allow opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar to remain permanently in the capital, Juba, as preparations begin for the much-awaited formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity. In recent weeks, there has been increasing pressure from the international community and the region on the government and […]
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