Tag: Sudan

  • Port Sudan Strikers Block All Roads to Port

    May 10: Workers in Port Sudan continue to strike to demand the acceleration of the procedures for their permanent contracts, which were due to begin at the start of May 2019. The […]

  • Sudan’s Defence Minister Announces State of Emergency and Closure of Country’s Points of Entry After Arrest of President Bashir

    April 11: On Thursday Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan in autocratic style for 30 years, was overthrown and arrested in a coup by the armed forces, said Sudan’s defence minister, […]

  • Possible U-Turn on Sudanese Port Privatization Plan, Amid Port Worker Strikes

    Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has said that a deal to transfer Port Sudan’s container terminal to International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is being reviewed following a protest strike by […]

  • Gunship kills 31 in BAM

    Not immediately clear who carried out attack. 31 Somalis killed in raid off Yemen coast-source CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen late on […]

  • Smuggling kingpin nabbed

    Medhanie to face Italian courts. People-smuggling ‘kingpin’ Mered Medhanie extradited to Italy An Eritrean man believed to be at the heart of the operation to smuggle migrants from Africa to […]

  • USS Cole case development

    Sudan yet to respond to verdict. Banks must turn over Sudanese assets to USS Cole victims: U.S. court BY JOSEPH AX Three banks must turn over Sudanese funds to victims […]

  • Sudan’s navy commander hails Iran’s role in Red Sea security

    Commander of Sudan’s Naval Forces Lieutenant General Dalil al-Daw says the presence of the Iranian fleets in the Red Sea insures security in the waters Sudan’s navy commander hails Iran’s […]

  • Iranian Naval Task Force

    State media in Tehran has reported that an Iranian naval task force has docked in Sudan, carrying with it a “message of peace and security to neighbouring countries” Iran naval […]