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Sudanese authorities order foreigners to leave Khartoum within two weeks

Sudanese authorities have given foreigners a two-week ultimatum to vacate Khartoum and its surrounding areas, according to a statement from the police unit...

Bus conveying Nigerian evacuees from Sudan catches fire

One of the hired buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to Port Sudan en route to Saudi Arabia has caught...

First batch of Nigerian nationals evacuated from troubled Sudan arrive on Friday — Official

Barring any hitch, the first batch of Nigerian evacuees from troubled Sudan is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Friday, according to an...

Egypt President El Sisi seeks US help to end Nile dam dispute with Ethiopia

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has asked to US to help persuade Ethiopia to enter a legally binding agreement on the operation...

Just in: Another military putsch in Sudan, soldiers sack transitional government

  A coup by the Sudanese military has now fully unraveled after it announced the dissolution of the transitional government headed by prime...

Time of upheaval: World Bank says it is worried about debt burden of some countries, calls it unsustainable

  World Bank Group President David Malpass has expressed worry that the debt burden of some countries has become unsustainable and also getting...

Attempted coup fails in Sudan

Sudanese authorities have foiled an attempted coup, the army said on Tuesday, warding off a challenge to a civilian-military council that has run...

Russia announces plans for naval base in Sudan

  The Russian Federation says it has reached a deal with the Sudanese government to build a naval base just north of Sudan’s...

Ethiopian troops and refugees flee to Sudan

Dozens of armed Ethiopian troops and refugees fled the fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and crossed into Sudan. The troops from Ethiopia’s...

Egypt, Sudan pull out of Ethiopian Renaissance Dam talks

  Egypt and Sudan have pulled out of talks with Ethiopia over a disputed Nile dam being built by Addis Ababa, with the...

US House passes act to reverse Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ on Nigeria, Iran and 5 others

A majority in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to reverse President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban”, which restricts arrivals from some...

Sudan arrests killers of Nigerian diplomat

The Sudanese authorities has announced the arrest of a woman accused of killing an Immigration Attaché at the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum. The...

Nigeria embassy official attacked, killed in Sudan

Diplomacy can be dangerous. Nigerian diplomats have come under attack in various places in the last few decades.  The Nigerian Immigration Attache I...