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Spotlight | Sudan, United States
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. To date, the only debt support the country is receiving is from a law firm, whose fees are being covered by the African Development Bank. [...]

Published on 26.07.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Spotlight | Sudan
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Franck Riester, the French trade minister.

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Spotlight | Sudan
Hamdok's difficult debt relief conversation with the Gulf

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Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok at the Sudan Creditors' Summit in Paris on 17 May 2021.

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Hamdok sends his foreign minister to defuse Russian naval base row

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Spotlight | Sudan
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Spotlight | Sudan
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Spotlight | Sudan, United States
USAID gets off to inauspicious start in tackling Sudan's debt

Spotlight | Sudan
Creditors use debt and aid as weapons to ply pressure on Burhan

Sudan
French trade minister prospects for banking, agriculture and airport deals in Khartoum

Spotlight | Sudan
Biden's massive aid plan stumbles

Saudi Arabia, Sudan
Riyad looks to set up shop in Khartoum

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

Spotlight | Sudan
Hamdok's difficult debt relief conversation with the Gulf

Sudan
Paris conference provided golden opportunity for Orca Gold

Sudan
Hamdok sends his foreign minister to defuse Russian naval base row

Spotlight | Sudan
Hamdok turns to advisory banks for major financial sector overhaul

Spotlight | Sudan
Paris conference gives Hamdok two days to win over creditors

Sudan, United States
Biden strives to become Khartoum's exclusive partner

In Focus | Tunisia
Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Sudan
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Pompeo puts Chemonics at heart of Hamdok's government

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