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Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

For three months now, Hamburg Port Consulting has been working to reduce delays for unloading ships at Port Sudan, the only international port in the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business Running story - Sudan: playground for business 16.09.2021

Addis and Cairo's communication war heats up

Egypt and Ethiopia are fighting to get their voices heard in Washington, and have hired new PR professionals to help them.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - Sisi's African offensive 15.09.2021

Foreign minister Lamamra dreams of GERD summit in Algiers

Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra has taken tentative steps to mediate between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in their dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and is considering holding a summit Algiers.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - The Renaissance Dam 15.09.2021

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

Four months after opening the port of Berbera in Somaliland, DP World's chairman, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, tasked his teams to conduct a study on Chinese activism in the ports of the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 10.09.2021

What lessons can Khartoum learn from South Sudan for its peace monitoring mechanism?

The transitional government in Sudan is trying to create a system for monitoring the peace agreement signed one year ago.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2021

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Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

Sudan's prime minister Abdallah Hamdok. © Mohammed Abu Obaid/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.08.2021

FBI gain access to Bashir-era archives

The FBI has taken a leap forward in its race to gain access to the archives of Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), which the West's intelligence and law enforcement services have been trying to get hold of for nearly a year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.08.2021

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Biden's massive aid plan stumbles

As Afghanistan crumbles, Washington is keen to show its backing for the Sudanese transition which is a rare case of a country breaking free from its fiercely anti-US Islamic government. But despite massive loan announcements, this support is failing to materialise into concrete projects.

Subscribers only Politics 24.08.2021

Erdogan's golden hello to Khartoum's new masters

An unfailing ally of Omar al-Bashir's regime, Turkey has taken two years to re-establish relations with Sudan's transitional government. Ankara only managed to regain a foothold in Khartoum by promising substantial investments.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 23.08.2021

Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (left) was received by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on 12 August 2021.

Kiir and his right-hand man vying for leadership of Juba peace deal's monitoring mechanism

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir and his security adviser Tut Kew Gatluak are said to be eyeing the direction of the future international peacekeeping mechanism in Sudan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.08.2021

South Sudan president Salva Kiir et his security adviser Tut Kew Gatluak Manime.

Talks between Khartoum and rebel leader al-Hilu to resume imminently

The leader of the rebel group Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and the Sudanese government parted at the end of June without reaching an agreement.

Subscribers only Politics 16.08.2021

Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North chairman Abdelaziz al-Hilu, in Juba, South Sudan March 28, 2021.

Yasir Arman, more than a simple political adviser for Hamdok

Of the advisers appointed by the Sudanese prime minister on 25 July, the deputy chair of the SPLM-N, Yasir Arman, has been given the political brief - a choice that reflects the longstanding ties between the two men.

Subscribers only Politics 30.07.2021

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

With the United States, France and the United Kingdom all vying to become the partner of choice of the new regime in Sudan, the American development agency USAID, which was to select and finance an advisory bank to assist Sudan in restructuring its debt, has fluffed its lines and the tender call currently remains in limbo.

Subscribers only Business 26.07.2021

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.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 16.07.2021

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The worldwide hunt for Bashir's spymasters

Having given the green light for the transfer of ex-president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court, the Sudanese government is now trying to locate its two former intelligence advisors Salah Gosh and Mohamed Atta, who have both disappeared, taking their secrets with them.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.07.2021

Salah Gosh, former special security adviser to President Omar al-Bashir.

Riyad looks to set up shop in Khartoum

Saudi Arabia is insistently courting Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok's government for its neighbour's arable land.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 15.07.2021

Le Forum saoudien d'investissement au Soudan qui s'est déroulé à Riyad du 5 au 9 juillet.

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.

Subscribers only Mining 13.07.2021

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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.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 08.07.2021

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.07.2021

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.

Subscribers only Mining 06.07.2021

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.07.2021

Jeffrey Feltman, new US special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.07.2021

EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, Annette Weber.

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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.

Subscribers only Mining 29.06.2021

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.

Subscribers only Politics 28.06.2021

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

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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.

Subscribers only Politics 21.06.2021

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Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

Addis and Cairo's communication war heats up

Foreign minister Lamamra dreams of GERD summit in Algiers

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

What lessons can Khartoum learn from South Sudan for its peace monitoring mechanism?

Spotlight
Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

FBI gain access to Bashir-era archives

Spotlight
Biden's massive aid plan stumbles

Erdogan's golden hello to Khartoum's new masters

Kiir and his right-hand man vying for leadership of Juba peace deal's monitoring mechanism

Talks between Khartoum and rebel leader al-Hilu to resume imminently

Yasir Arman, more than a simple political adviser for Hamdok

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

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

Spotlight
The worldwide hunt for Bashir's spymasters

Riyad looks to set up shop in Khartoum

Gold boom brings back the miners

Spotlight
Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

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

Herbert Smith Freehills well placed to revise mining code

Feltman gradually eclipses Booth

Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

Spotlight
Tidjani Thiam to Sébastien de Montessus: See you in court

Khartoum talks with rebel Al Hilu stumble on secularism

In Focus
Sudan leaders move transition goalposts to cling to power

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Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

Addis and Cairo's communication war heats up

Foreign minister Lamamra dreams of GERD summit in Algiers

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

What lessons can Khartoum learn from South Sudan for its peace monitoring mechanism?

Spotlight Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

FBI gain access to Bashir-era archives

Spotlight Biden's massive aid plan stumbles

Erdogan's golden hello to Khartoum's new masters

Kiir and his right-hand man vying for leadership of Juba peace deal's monitoring mechanism

Talks between Khartoum and rebel leader al-Hilu to resume imminently

Yasir Arman, more than a simple political adviser for Hamdok

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

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

Spotlight The worldwide hunt for Bashir's spymasters

Riyad looks to set up shop in Khartoum

Gold boom brings back the miners

Spotlight Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

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

Herbert Smith Freehills well placed to revise mining code

Feltman gradually eclipses Booth

Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

Spotlight Tidjani Thiam to Sébastien de Montessus: See you in court

Khartoum talks with rebel Al Hilu stumble on secularism

In Focus Sudan leaders move transition goalposts to cling to power

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Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

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Biden's massive aid plan stumbles

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

Spotlight
The worldwide hunt for Bashir's spymasters

Spotlight
Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

Spotlight
Tidjani Thiam to Sébastien de Montessus: See you in court

In Focus
Sudan leaders move transition goalposts to cling to power