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Business 26/07/2021

USAID gets off to inauspicious start in tackling Sudan's debt

Business Mining 16/07/2021

Thiam's complaint could shed light on Hélin's labyrinthine role in Areva case

The breach of trust complaint filed on 20 June by Idriss Déby's former advisor Tidjani Thiam relates to a case that's also of interest to French investigators who have spent years looking into transactions carried out by Areva's mining division. [...]

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Diplomacy 15/07/2021

The worldwide hunt for Bashir's spymasters

Salah Gosh, former special security adviser to President Omar al-Bashir. © Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Business Diplomacy 15/07/2021

Riyad looks to set up shop in Khartoum

Le Forum saoudien d'investissement au Soudan qui s'est déroulé à Riyad du 5 au 9 juillet. © Ministère soudanais des finances et de la planification économique/Facebook

Mining 13/07/2021

Gold boom brings back the miners

London-listed Pan African Resources, which already operates three gold mines in South Africa, has decided to turn to Sudan, a country rich in the yellow metal and now open to foreign investors. Companies from China, Iraq, and Armenia have also obtained permits from the authorities. [...]

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Sudanese President Abdel Fatah Al Burhan at the international conference for Sudan in Paris, in May 2021. © Jacques Witt/Pool/Abaca/Reuters

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The scramble for Sudan

Deprived of Western goods and services for over twenty years, Sudan was re-admitted into the international financial community in late 2020, opening up whole new opportunities for western multinationals and banks. Washington, London and Paris are using every available lever to plug their business communities into this new Eldorado: [...]

Spotlight Diplomacy Power 08/07/2021

Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

A UN Security Council meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is being held in New York this Thursday, at Tunisia's request. Egypt is pushing hard for the adoption of a resolution on the issue, despite a lack of consensus between the council's African members. [...]

Diplomacy 07/07/2021

Act II of debt reduction to play out in Paris next week

Late last month Sudan returned the IMF's and the World Bank's fold, winning an initial $2.4bn loan as well as integration into the HIPC debt reduction initiative. Next week it is due negotiate a mammoth debt write-off package in the French capital. [...]

Mining 06/07/2021

Herbert Smith Freehills well placed to revise mining code

A revision of Sudan's mining code is being considered as part of the series of reforms planned by Abdallah Hamdok's government aimed at attracting foreign investors. [...]

Jeffrey Feltman, new US special envoy for the Horn of Africa. © Kyodo/MaxPPP

Diplomacy 05/07/2021

Feltman gradually eclipses Booth

Washington's new Horn of Africa envoy has taken over many of the files previously handled by its envoy for the Sudans. [...]

EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, Annette Weber. © Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

Diplomacy 01/07/2021

Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

The German academic Annette Weber, who takes on her new role on 1 July, will have her work cut out for her as she surveys a region marked by the conflict in Tigray, a complex election in Somalia and Sudan's fraught transition. [...]

Spotlight Mining 29/06/2021

Tidjani Thiam to Sébastien de Montessus: See you in court

The Chadian former foreign minister has reported La Mancha's ex-CEO to the police in Paris, alleging the company cheated him in a deal related to the Sudanese state-owned firm Ariab. [...]

The leader of Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), Abdelaziz Al Hilu. © Jok Solomun/Reuters

Politics 28/06/2021

Khartoum talks with rebel Al Hilu stumble on secularism

Sudan's transitional government and the rebel leader have reached agreements on many points after a fortnight of intense negotiations. The prickly issue of secularism, however, remains partly unresolved. [...]

Focus Politics 21/06/2021

Sudan leaders move transition goalposts to cling to power

After president Omar al-Bashir was deposed in 2019, a deal was struck to share power between military and civilian leaders for a transitional period leading to elections in December next year. But the ruling Sovereignty Council set up by that deal is stealthily finding ways to postpone the polls, which now will not happen before 2024. [...]

Mining 09/06/2021

Sun Peak Metals, blocked by Tigray conflict, targets Sudan mineral resources

The Canadian junior is unable to explore its gold, copper and zinc project in northern Ethiopia because of the conflict there. Its boss recently met with mining authorities in neighbouring Sudan, which is riding high after the lifting of US sanctions and good news from the recent Paris conference on African economies. [...]

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok at the Sudan Creditors' Summit in Paris on 17 May 2021. © Sarah Meyssonnier/SAM/SAA/Reuters

Spotlight Diplomacy 27/05/2021

Hamdok's difficult debt relief conversation with the Gulf

Germany and France may be happy to write off virtually all of Sudan's debts, but the Gulf states are asking for something in return before they will renegotiate. [...]

Mining 26/05/2021

Paris conference provided golden opportunity for Orca Gold

As the Sudanese economy opens up, the Canadian junior will be able to move forward with its Block 14 gold project. [...]

Business Power 25/05/2021

Siemens inches closer to solar farm deal

During last week's conference in Paris, the German group began advanced talks with the delegation from Sudan, where the government has made the development of photovoltaic energy production a priority. [...]

Diplomacy 24/05/2021

Hamdok sends his foreign minister to defuse Russian naval base row

A contretemps in early May over Russia's naval base in Port Sudan has brought an unwelcome chill to relations between Moscow and Khartoum. Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi is due to meet her counterpart Sergei Lavrov in early June to patch things up. [...]

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. © Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Spotlight Business Finance 21/05/2021

Hamdok turns to advisory banks for major financial sector overhaul

Sudan's next major undertaking will be the reform of its financial system. Several international banks are on hand to advise the government in the task. [...]

Breaking news 17/05/2021

Orca Gold readies to sign $300m deal with Hamdok

Breaking news published on 17/05/21 at 10:55 am - On the sidelines of the "Friends of Sudan" conference in Paris on Monday, Canadian firm Orca Gold is poised to formalise an agreement with the Sudanese government. [...]

Business Banks 17/05/2021

Islamic finance set to lose its monopoly

As part of its economic reform programme, Sudan is putting in place a two-track system where Islamic and conventional finance will operate side by side. [...]

Politics 10/05/2021

Hamdok prepares Sudan for regional autonomy

Sudan, whose federalism has until now remained largely theoretical, is working to grant fiscal and budgetary autonomy to a set of newly drawn regions. This is one of the projects that Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok plans to present to donors next week in Paris. [...]

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok. © @SudanPMHamdok/Twitter

Spotlight Business 06/05/2021

Paris conference gives Hamdok two days to win over creditors

Sudan's top lenders are due in the French capital on 17 May to decide whether to relieve Khartoum's debt. [...]

Politics 05/05/2021

Burhan and Hemeti questioned over Khartoum massacre

Generals Abdel Fatah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo are being questioned about the chain of command on 3 June 2019 when armed forces opened fire on protestors and at least 127 people were killed. [...]

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