David Malpass, President of the World Bank arrived in Khartoum on Wednesday for a two-day visit. In a press conference yesterday, he acknowledged “the remarkable resilience of the Sudanese people”. The bank will support Sudan with $2 billion in grants for poverty reduction and sustainable economic recovery.
On Thursday, the United Nations and the Government of Norway convened a High-Level Side Event on Sudan. Delegations from a large number of member states, UNITAMS, and international and regional organisations, attended the meeting.
Two women and a lawyer have been subjected to excessive violence by members of the Community Police in Khartoum on Monday afternoon. The No to Women’s Oppression Initiative and the Sudanese Women Union strongly condemned the incident. The National Human Rights Commission reported in a press statement yesterday that members of the commission visited the …
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A vehicle driver was killed by fugitive members of a terrorist cell in Khartoum on Wednesday. The four accused of affiliated with Islamic State have been arrested. The four men managed to flee when security officers raided buildings in Jabra and El Azhari in southern Khartoum on Tuesday. In the raid on a building in …
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The US envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, who is currently visiting Sudan, has stressed the need for the civilian and military members of the Sudanese government to cooperate in order “to achieve a smooth transition to democracy”. Feltman, who arrived at Khartoum on Tuesday evening, met with Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok yesterday.