[VOA] Khartoum -- Sudan is celebrating the normalization of its relations with the World Bank Group after significantly reducing its debt with the help of a U.S. bridge loan.

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Since Ethiopia's policy on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is clear and consistent from the outset, Egypt and Sudan need to genuinely cooperate on fair utilization of the Nile water, International Water Man...

[CFA] Washington, DC -- The Constituency for Africa (CFA), a Washington, DC based education and advocacy organization, organized a virtual forum on Thursday, March 18th, focused on developments in the Sudan following the overthrown of longtime dictat...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman -- Yesterday, the Sudanese Interior Ministry distanced itself from remarks by the Director of Khartoum State Police, Lt Gen Issa Adam Ismail, calling for the Public Order Law to be reinstated "to combat crime".

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman / Wad Madani -- The Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Khaled Omar, went into isolation on Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19. The Health Emergency Committee are currently attempting to accelerate the vaccinat...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / El Fasher / Port Sudan -- Face masks, disinfection, and social distancing are to become mandatory in Sudan's state institutions, schools, public transport, and all gathering places subject to overcrowding, the Supreme Commi...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The December 2018* Families of Martyrs' Families Organisation, in cooperation with the Association of Sudanese Abroad, have launched a popular campaign to demand the ratification by Sudan of the 1998 Rome Statute and the t...

[East African] Sudan's poor families are due to benefit from a $390 million funding from the World Bank in a programme meant to provide cash transfers crucial for the survival of many during the Covid-19 crisis.

[Radio Dabanga] El Geneina -- A convoy from Khartoum arrived in El Geneina, West Darfur, yesterday. It carried food and non-food items for the displaced and others affected by the recent events as the city currently experiences severe shortages in es...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The World Bank and the Sudanese government officially signed an agreement yesterday to confirm additional financial support of US$420 for the second phase of Sudan's Samarat Family Support Programme. Financial support for ...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Supreme Committee for the Follow-Up Implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement held its first meeting at the Republican Palace in Khartoum yesterday. The meeting was headed by the Vice President of the Transitional Sov...

[Radio Dabanga] Juba -- The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement-North, headed Abdelaziz by El Hilu, and the Alliance of Civilian Nuba Mountains Forces agreed to adopt the principle of secularism at a joint meeting in Juba, the capital of South Suda...

[East African] Sudan's poor families are due to benefit from a $390 million funding from the World Bank in a programme meant to provide cash transfers crucial for the survival of many during the Covid-19 crisis.

[World Bank] Washington -- Tarig Abdelgadir and his family have been looking forward to this day. They joined members of the local community who gathered at the Jabal Awliya locality building, in the south of Khartoum, all of whom were waiting eagerl...

[Radio Dabanga] Karamak / El Obeid -- The National Network for Social Justice allege that lorry driver Mohamed Ibrahim was severely beaten and threatened with death by a lieutenant colonel in Karamak, Blue Nile state.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Foreign currency exchange rates for the Sudanese Pound (SDG) against major international currencies have remained relatively stable since the Khartoum government effectively floated the Pound and unified the official and p...

[Radio Dabanga] Kalma / Khartoum / Abu Karinka / El Geneina -- The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) calls on the Sudanese government to urgently develop a plan to contain the situation in Kalma camp for the displaced near the South Darfur capital Nyala.

[UN News] The head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for increased international support for peace and stability in Sudan, highlighting that investing in the country's youth and women, is investing in the nation's peace and dev...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan's Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Yasir Abbas, has called on Ethiopia to accept the Quartet Mediation of the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union, and the USA, to reach a just and legal a...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are ready to integrate the fighters of the armed rebel movements, Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan said.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / El Fasher / El Gezira -- Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been briefed by Health Minister Omar El Najeeb on the overall health situation in Sudan regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the progress in the nati...

[Radio Dabanga] El Geneina / Azirni / Kalma / Khartoum -- Both West and South Darfur witnessed several violent incidents over the weekend, sparking protests to demand security and protection. In Khartoum, authorities reaffirmed the importance of prop...

[Radio Dabanga] Kadugli -- Doctors and staff at Kadugli Hospital, in the capital of South Kordofan, went on strike yesterday to protest against the deteriorating security situation in the city after staff members were kidnapped and an ambulance was a...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan's Economic Alliance Forces demand that government, military, security, and 'grey' companies be included in the jurisdiction of public funds and not privatised. The recently formed alliance of the Resistance Committee...

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia expressed its conviction that the AU-led dialogue over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will commence soon under the leadership of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

[DW] African countries need to stop using colonial-era treaties to hoard water resources. Instead, states need to focus on sustainable water management to mitigate the impacts of climate change, says DW's Harrison Mwilima.

[Radio Dabanga] Kalma -- The General Coordination of Camps for the Displaced and Refugees in South Darfur has given the Sudanese government a week to dismiss South Darfur governor Mousa Mahdi. The displaced accuse him of supplying tribal groups with ...

[Ethiopian Herald] It is now ten years since the construction of the GERD has been launched. Through these years the project has undergone several phases, several controversies and equally many diplomatic rows and negotiations, at times hopeful at ot...

[The Conversation Africa] Ever since construction began a decade ago, there's been serious contention between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a huge project straddling the Blue Nile in Ethiopia.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok said the "main issue in this transition towards democracy and good governance is the issue of local government, which seeks a real and broad participation of citizens in decision-mak...