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Dams in Sudan Dams in Sudan
- Saturday 28 July 2012
July 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan has expressed dissatisfaction with the timing and target of the decision to increase electricity charges, asking President Omer Al-Bashir to reconsider it. A (...)
- Saturday 25 February 2012
February 24, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) signed yesterday a loan agreement with Sudan in the amount of $30 million that will be used to build a dam on Atabarah river.
OFID Director-General (...)
- Wednesday 21 December 2011
December 20, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese anti-riot police on Tuesday forcibly dispersed and arrested protestors demonstrating in downtown Khartoum against the construction of a dam upcountry, eye witnesses told Sudan Tribune. FILE - a (...)
- Wednesday 18 January 2012
January 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The former Sudanese Prime Minister al-Sadiq al-Mahdi visited the city of al-Damer in the Nile River state and met with representatives of the al-Manasir tribal community who have been staging a sit-in for (...)
- Saturday 14 January 2012
January 13, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) prevented an opposition delegation from reaching the town of al-Damer, 300 kilometers north of Khartoum. Chairman of the National Consensus (...)
- Friday 23 December 2011
December 22, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese capital Khartoum has witnessed a second round of demonstrations against a government dam project upcountry as President Omer Al-Bashir pledged to find a quick solution to the issue. FILE - (...)
- Saturday 18 February 2012
February 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese police in the early morning of Friday raided dormitories of the University of Khartoum and arrested over three hundred students in anticipation of a new protest they planned to stage this weekend. (...)
- Tuesday 17 January 2012
January 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, leader of Sudan’s opposition National Umma Party (NUP), is planning a visit on Tuesday to Al-Damer town in the Nile River State in order to meet Al-Manasir protesters. FILE - National Umma (...)
- Monday 19 March 2012
March 18, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The University of Khartoum re-opened its doors on Sunday after being closed for two months following clashes between police and students.
Sudan’s most prestigious university was suspended in December after (...)
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