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Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | The peace agreement signed in August 2020 to end decades of conflict in neighboring Sudan has stalled largely due to political uncertainty and lack of international support, mediators said Monday during the opening of a five-day workshop to review the peace agreement in Juba, the …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday expressed Russia’s support for Sudan’s efforts to resolve the country’s political crisis without foreign dictations. “We support Sudan’s efforts to achieve stability. We support the national dialogue among the Sudanese away from foreign dictations,” Lavrov told a …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | A tripartite mechanism tasked with facilitating intra-Sudanese dialogue on Monday urged the Sudanese security forces to protect the protesters during expected demonstrations planned for Tuesday. “The mechanism urges the security forces to exercise maximum restraint and protect the rights of protesters with freedom of expression, association, …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | With the political crisis in Sudan still in deadlock, calls for early elections are raised every now and then as the last solution. However, such calls have provoked a division among different factions and further complicated the already prolonged crisis. For supporters, they see early elections …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Since the launch of a direct dialogue between the Sudanese army and the civilian coalition under international auspices on June 8, the civilian coalition’s overall hard line on the dialogue has led to analysts’ doubts about reaching a consensual solution to Sudan’s political crisis through the …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes trilateral efforts to find a solution to the political crisis in Sudan, a UN spokesman said on Monday. “The secretary-general welcomes the efforts of the trilateral mechanism consisting of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), the African Union …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | A comprehensive dialogue among the Sudanese political forces is scheduled to be held from May 10 to May 12, African Union (AU) Special Envoy to Sudan Mohamed El Hacen Ould Lebatt announced on Wednesday. The dialogue was brokered by a tripartite mechanism of the United Nations, …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Sunday called on the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) to keep the same distance from all parties amid the ongoing political crisis in the country. His remarks came during a meeting with the …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday reiterated the government’s keenness on dialogue with all political forces to reach a unified vision to ensure a safe exit from the current political crisis. Al-Burhan on Thursday met at the Republican Palace in Khartoum …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council on Monday welcomed the United Nations (UN) initiative to facilitate a comprehensive dialogue among the Sudanese parties to end the ongoing political crisis in the country. The council made its stand clear during a meeting held at the Republican Palace, chaired by …