by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Jun 5, 2017 | Interviews
Cairo – Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ibrahim Ghandour underlined the “very special and strategic ties” with Egypt, despite some tensions that surfaced lately between the two countries. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper in Cairo on Sunday, Ghandour...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 19, 2017 | World
Some eight months after the UN Security Council authorized the deployment of an extra 4,000 peacekeepers to war-torn South Sudan, the first of those troops have just trickled in amid bureaucratic hurdles by the country’s reluctant government. “Meanwhile...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 15, 2017 | World
United Nations agencies made an appeal on Monday for at least 1.4 billion that is needed to help those fleeing war and famine in South Sudan. The agencies increased their 2017 appeal for South Sudan’s refugees, saying they needed at least $1.4 billion to help...
by Mustafa Sirri | May 10, 2017 | World
London- South Sudan’s First Vice President Taban Deng Gai survived an attempted assassination on Tuesday when a group of gunmen attacked his convoy en route to the capital Juba. Deng Gai went unharmed. However, three of his bodyguards were wounded. “Unidentified...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 8, 2017 | World
The United Nations refugee agency called on Monday the next British government to “do the right thing” when it comes to refugees, saying it can do more to help them. The UNHCR representative to the UK, Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, said the new government should increase...
