Sudan

02 Dec 2020; MEMO:  The US is not a charity that donates things for goodwill without expecting something in return, the head of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, has said in relation to America removing Khartoum from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

KHARTOUM, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Sunday that 147 million U.S. dollars is needed to help Ethiopian refugees in Sudan.

More than 43,000 Ethiopians have fled here amid the ongoing conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and an insurgent Northern Tigray regional government since Nov. 4, said the agency on Friday.

The refugees carried "almost nothing" upon their arrivals, Grandi tweeted Sunday after he visited them in Sudan.

27 Nov 2020; MEMO: The Sudanese authorities announced on Thursday the evacuation of stranded citizens in the Ethiopian Tigray region, in light of the violent battles between the federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveyed in a statement that it: "Continually supervises the conditions of the Sudanese citizens in the Tigray region."

24 Nov 2020; MEMO: The Forces of Freedom and Change Alliance (FFC) announced the postponement of the formation of the transitional parliament to the end of the year.

The agreement signed between the FFC and the military in August 2019 stipulated that the Legislative Council  will be formed within three months. It was to be made up of 300 members, 40 per cent of whom would be women.

21 Nov 2020; MEMO: World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director in Sudan Hameed Nuru reported plans for WFP and US agencies to move humanitarian aid from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Sudan via United Nations (UN) planes, and then to areas hosting Ethiopian refugees by helicopter, Al-Sharq news website reported on Friday.

20 Nov 2020; MEMO: A former foreign minister of Sudan and other officials are facing charges that, if proven, could see them facing the death penalty or life imprisonment for attempting to use violence against the transitional authority, Sputnik has reported.

13 Nov 2020; MEMO: The US special envoy to Sudan, Donald Booth, yesterday met with member of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council, Muhammad Hassan Al-Taishi, and discussed removing Khartoum from the state sponsor of terrorism list, Anadolu news agency reported.

06 Nov 2020; MEMO: Sudan’s eastern al-Qadarif state closed its border Friday with Ethiopia amid heightened tensions in the Tigray region, according to local media, Anadolu Agency reports.

Clashes are ongoing between the Ethiopian army and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the region’s ruling party.

Sudan’s army has deployed reinforcements at the border to stop any potential infiltration of fighters into the country.

04 Nov 2020; MEMO: Sudan’s Sovereign Council and Ministerial Council have approved a constitutional document which includes the extension of the transitional government period for 14 more months, local media reported on Monday.

The original constitutional document placed August 2019 as the start of the transitional period. The change is dated from the signing of the Juba peace deal last month.

03 Nov 2020; MEMO: A Sudanese expert on international law and water policy has said that his country will benefit from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the BBC reported on Sunday. Salman Mohamad called on the government in Khartoum to reach a peaceful solution for the crisis caused by the dam.