Month: December 2023
- Breaking News
SUDAN WFP warns that hunger catastrophe looms in conflict-hit Sudan without urgent food assistance
PORT SUDAN – Parts of war-ravaged Sudan are at a high risk of slipping into catastrophic hunger conditions by next year’s lean season if the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is unable to expand access and regularly deliver food assistance to people trapped in conflict hotspots such as Khartoum, the Darfurs, and the Kordofans, warns the UN food agency today. Sudan – once described as East Africa’s future breadbasket – is facing a deepening…
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Malik Agar meet Delegation from the General Union of Civil Service and Social Insurance Pensioners
Yesterday, I met with a delegation from the General Union of Civil Service and Social Insurance Pensioners, who provided a briefing about the conditions of the pensioners and the progress of disbursing their monthly benefits and the delay that accompanied it, they informed me that there are 405,000 pensioners suffering difficult circumstances as a result of the delay in disbursing their benefits. They pointed out that there are problems in some states that are currently…
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His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs presents Sudan’s statement during the Global Refugee Forum
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Media and Spokesperson’s Office His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs presents Sudan’s statement during the Global Refugee Forum His Excellency Ambassador Ali al-Sadiq Ali, Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, led the Sudanese delegation participating in the Global Refugee Forum held in Geneva from December 13 to 15. The delegation also included Mr. Moussa Ateron, the Refugees Commissioner, and a representative of the initiative “IGAD for Sustainable Solutions to Displacement” in…
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Sovereign Council member, Engineer Lieutenant General Ibrahim Jaber, inspects the emergency plan for the rehabilitation and development of Port Sudan Airport.
⭕ Port Sudan, 13-12-2023Sovereign Council member, Engineer Admiral Ibrahim Jaber, who is also the head of the High Committee for the Rehabilitation of Port Sudan International Airport, visited the airport today to review the ongoing work and emergency projects aimed at rehabilitating and developing it in the coming period. The General Director of Sudan Airports, Engineer and Advisor Sir Al-Khatim Babiker, stated in a press release that he provided an explanation to the Sovereign Council…
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Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission
I met with Mawlana Jumah Al-Wakil Al-Aiasir, Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission, which is an independent national commission that previously worked under the supervision of the Presidency of the Republic of Sudan and is currently working under the supervision of the Council of Ministers. The Commissioner presented me with a report on the human rights situation in the country and the progress of the monitoring and documentation of the human right violations. He also…
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Republic of Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of the Official Spokesperson and Information Management
Regarding the statement issued by the IGAD Secretariat on behalf of the Heads of State and Government at the Emergency Summit No. 41 on December 10, 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to clarify the following: The summit of Heads of State and Government in IGAD was held yesterday, Saturday, December 9, 2023, in Djibouti for one day. An open session was followed by a closed consultation session restricted to the heads of…
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General Command of the Armed Forces Sunday, 10th December 2023
Press statement Following an initiative by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the armed forces agreed with representatives of the international organization to evacuate civilians (including foreign nationals) who were trapped in St. Mary’s church in Al-Shajara in Khartoum. The procedures included coordinating with the organization to determine the route (Remaila cemetry-Rowad complex-Best Care Hospital) with the entrance to be from the north and the hand over to be done at Best Care…
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Amid Regional and International Participation – Commencement of IGAD Summit to Discuss Developments in Sudan
Al-Burhan: Signing the Jeddah Declaration for Humanitarian Principles was a real and early opportunity to peacefully end the crisis if the rebels had adhered to what was signed. Djibouti, 9th December 2023 The extraordinary forty-first session of the IGAD Heads of State and Government kicked off in Djibouti, with the presence of the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, and the participation of the U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of…
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Speech by the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council at the IGAD Summit in Djibouti
Al-Burhan: The top priority for a peaceful solution to the Sudanese crisis is to adhere to the Jeddah Declaration on humanitarian principles and cease-fire. Djibouti, December 9, 2023 The Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, emphasized that the top priority for a peaceful resolution of the Sudanese crisis is to adhere to the Jeddah Declaration on humanitarian principles and to cease-fire. This should be followed by the removal of any obstacles…
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Official Spokesperson for the Armed Forces
:The Armed Forces, a longstanding national army with a solid military doctrine, respects international humanitarian law and cannot commit war crimes like the terrorist rebel militias that engage in ethnic cleansing, in addition to their black record in war crimes.