Sudan

16 Jan 2023; MEMO: The Anti-Corruption Criminal Court in Sudan convicted Widad Babiker on Sunday of illegally amassing wealth. The second wife of ousted President Omar Al-Bashir was also stripped of her assets, including agricultural and residential land, properties and gold artefacts.

06 Jan 2023; MEMO: A notorious people smuggler known for his extremely brutal and harsh treatment of refugees was arrested in Sudan in an Interpol operation, the global police coordination agency said Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports.

"Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam was the subject of two INTERPOL Red Notices, by Ethiopia and the Netherlands, for migrant smuggling, human trafficking and other related crimes," the France-based agency said in a statement.

27 Dec 2022; MEMO: From inside his small shop in souk in the centre of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, Abdullah Al-Sarraj was able to make bee stings an "effective and rapid treatment" for people who are suffering from chronic diseases.

KHARTOUM, Dec 14 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Sudan signed Tuesday an initial $6b (sh22 trillion) deal led by United Arab Emirates’ AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build a vast new Red Sea port and economic zone.

“The massive project, which is estimated to cost around $6b, will give a strong boost to the national economy and will bring countless benefits for the whole country,” said Sudan’s Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim during the signing ceremony.

KHARTOUM, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Sudan on Tuesday signed a preliminary agreement with a group led by the UAE's AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate the Abu Amama port and economic zone on the Red Sea with a $6-billion investment.

The project, located about 200 km (124 miles) north of Port Sudan, would include an economic zone, an airport and an agricultural zone of 400,000 feddans (415,000 acres).

07 Dec 2022; MEMO: The United States is expanding its current visa restriction policy to hold to account military or political actors who undermine or delay the democratic process in Sudan, Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said on Wednesday, Reuters reports.

06 Dec 2022; MEMO: Sudan's ruling Military Council and political forces on Monday signed a framework agreement meant to resolve the country's months-long crisis, Anadolu News Agency reports.

The deal was signed by Army Chief, Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and a number of rebel movements.

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s ruling generals and the main pro-democracy group on Monday signed a framework deal meant to help resolve the country’s crisis and take it to the next elections. However, key dissenters, including some rebel groups and reformists have stayed out of the agreement.

The deal pledges to establish a new, civilian-led transitional government to guide the country to elections and offers a path forward in the wake of Sudan’s stalled transition to democracy following the October 2021 coup.

KHARTOUM, Dec 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday announced the reduction of its food aid to Sudan due to lack of funding.

Reducing the WFP aid to the Sudanese affects life-saving treatment and increases the risk of malnutrition and potential mortality among 50 percent of the 1.7 million severely malnourished children, the WFP said in a press release.

The WFP indicated that it needs nearly 7 million U.S. dollars to continue its activities as usual until the end of this year.

29 Nov 2022; MEMO: Sudan's de facto president and chief of staff Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan yesterday ordered a ban on all trade and professional union activities across the country, the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) has reported.

The SUNA quoted a statement from the country's Sovereignty Council as saying that Burhan issued a decision to freeze the activity of "trade unions, professional federations, and the Businessmen General Union."