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East Africa: Govt Considers Deployment of Any Foreign Troops to Sudan As Aggression
SNA, 12 July 2023
Hereunder the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) publishes the statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Quartet's final statement. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Media and… Read more »
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Africa: Eritrea's Leader Departs to Cairo to Attend Sudan Summit
Addis Standard, 12 July 2023
Days after rejecting international and regional initiatives to resolve the ongoing war in Sudan, Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki is headed to Cario, Egypt to attend summit of… Read more »
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Sudan: Foreign Affairs Ministry Rejects Deployment of Foreign Troops in the Country
Dabanga, 12 July 2023
Sudan's Foreign Affairs Ministry does not accept the proposal by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) to request the East Africa Standby Force (EASF) consider… Read more »
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East Africa: Regional Bloc IGAD Calls for Deployment of Troops in Sudan
allAfrica, 11 July 2023
After nearly three months of fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an eastern African grouping asked a regional conference to consider sending… Read more »
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East Africa: IGAD Quartet Meet in Ethiopia Amid Boycott By Sudan Army
Dabanga, 11 July 2023
A summit of four heads of state from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) Quartet, which includes Kenya, Djibouti, South Sudan, and Ethiopia, to discuss the… Read more »
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East Africa: Sudan Foreign Ministry Refuses to Attend Horn of Africa Summit
RFI, 11 July 2023
The east African regional bloc IGAD has mooted the creation of a regional peace force for Sudan at a summit on Sudan on Monday in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa . Read more »
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East Africa: IGAD Quartet Group of Countries Urges Parties in Sudan to Immediately Sign Indefinite Ceasefire
ENA, 10 July 2023
Heads of State and Government of the IGAD Quartet Group of Countries strongly urged the parties in Sudan to immediately stop the violence and sign an unconditional and indefinite… Read more »
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Kenya: President Ruto Convenes IGAD Quartet On Sudan Peace Process
Capital FM, 10 July 2023
President William Ruto has convened a session of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Quartet on Sudan. Read more »
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Sudan: Summits 'Seek Aim to End War in Sudan'
Dabanga, 10 July 2023
A summit is being held today in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, with wide international participation, to discuss the IGAD roadmap aimed at putting an end to the war in Sudan.… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Sudanese Refugees Express Gratitude to Govt of Ethiopia for Opening Border With Hospitality
ENA, 9 July 2023
Sudanese Refugees who are sheltered in Metema woreda of West Gondar Zone expressed gratitude to the government of Ethiopia for rescuing their lives from hardship and death by… Read more »
Sudan Govt Rejects IGAD's Military Deployment Suggestion
After nearly three months of fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) considered sending soldiers into Sudan to protect civilians, Jerry Chifamba writes for AllAfrica. But the Sudanese government responded by using the word "aggression" after the suggestion.
The authority is made up of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, but Sudan refused to participate because the army team did not want Kenyan President William Ruto to lead the negotiation committee.
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