Egypt, Sudan Remain Deadlocked Over Disputes

Cairo meeting of Egyptian and Sudanese foreign ministers fails to achieve tangible progress to patch up differences. BY AL JAZEERA Officials from Sudan and Egypt on Saturday held “honest” and “transparent” discussions following months of tension between the two Arab neighbours, but appeared to make little headway to patch up their differences, primarily over a […]

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Sudan President Accuses Egypt of “Occupying Sudanese Lands”

BY EGYPTIAN STREETS Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir accuses Egypt, again, of occupying the Halayeb triangle and illegally imposing its sovereignty over it. In his interview with the Qatari outlet Al-Jazeera, Al-Bashir said Sudan rejects war against Egypt and is ready for arbitration of the United Nations security council in the case, to prove that Halayeb […]

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Sudan Accuses Egypt of Backing Opponents

Sudan and Saudi Arabia have shared something in common recently: both are at odds with Egypt. By AFP, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir accused the Egyptian government of harbouring and backing Sudanese opposition figures fighting his troops, in remarks broadcast on Sunday. In his first such accusation against Cairo, Bashir said in an interview broadcast by […]

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Is Egypt-Sudan Border Dispute New Thorn in Renaissance Dam Negotiations?

By Walaa Hussein | for Al-Monitor, There are fears that the dispute over Halayeb and Shalateen, a small border region claimed by Cairo and Khartoum, will cast its shadow over Egyptian-Sudanese coordination on the negotiations over the Renaissance Dam between the two countries and Ethiopia. On April 18, state-owned channel Ethiopian TV interviewed Sudanese President […]

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Ethiopia Acknowledges and Committed to Return our Territory: Sudan FM

By Sudan Tribune, The technical committee tasked with redrawing the border between Sudan and Ethiopia said it would complete its work on the ground during this year. In November 2014, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Sudan’s President Omer al-Bashir instructed their foreign ministers to set up a date for resuming borders demarcation after it […]

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