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Bashir breaks with Egypt, hitches wagon to Gulf States

Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir seems to change his allies more frequently than his shirts. No sooner had he distanced himself from Iran's theocratic regime than he reached out to the monarchies of the Gulf States, taking full advantage of their [...]

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Abdulfatah al-Sisi
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development
African Union
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Central Bank of Sudan
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Emadeddine Adawi
Hamad Mohammed Thani al-Rumaithi
Mohamed bin Salman
Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
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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.

Signing of the Juba agreement on October 3, 2020. On the left, Asam Saeed (Baja Opposition Alliances), in the center Minni Minawi (Sudan Liberation Army), on the right Jibril Ibrahim (Justice and Equality Movement). © ATIOL ELMALIK/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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A thawing of relations, at least on the surface…

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Janjaweed fight for Gulf states in Yemen

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Ex-Janjaweed to be brought to heel?

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Bashir breaks with Egypt, hitches wagon to Gulf States

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Hamdok's difficult debt relief conversation with the Gulf

Will Sudan's lost legions return to Darfur from Libya and Yemen?

BadrEldin Abdelrahim Ibrahim takes over at CBOS

Saudi Arabia seeks to exert its influence in Juba

Balance of power in Khartoum swings to Cairo-Abu Dhabi-Riyadh axis

Egypt's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam demands accepted

Bashir wanted to talk Central African diamonds with Russians in Damas… Free

Emirates poised to drop anchor in Sudan's ports

A thawing of relations, at least on the surface…

Tweets ruffle feathers between Addis and Djibouti

Khartoum on the verge of bankruptcy

Why the truce in Egyptian-Sudanese relations could end soon

Tensions persist between Khartoum and Riyadh Free

Egypt proposes joint border sovereignty

The CIA mediates between Addis-Khartoum and Cairo

Trump offers new hope to Al Bashir

Trump steps up cooperation with Bechir

Janjaweed fight for Gulf states in Yemen

Ex-Janjaweed to be brought to heel?

Khartoum, Riyadh’s go-between with Asmara

Khartoum organises war in Darfur with Riyadh’s support

The war in Yemen has resulted in a recomposition of Arab-African alliances

Khalifa Haftar no longer "non grata" in Europe

Abu Dhabi embroiled in Egyptian intelligence crisis

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