Egypt’s Irrigation Min. meets new ambassadors to bolster Nile Basin cooperation
Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam held a meeting on Monday with the newly appointed…
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WHO, partners offer $1.5b to world vulnerable communities
The World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with several multilateral development banks (MDBs), has…
Sudan, S. Sudan near oil pipeline restart
South Sudan and Sudan have made significant strides towards restarting the South Sudan's crude oil through a…
WB offers $15-m grant to strengthen S. Sudan public service
The World Bank Group has partnered with South Sudan to strengthen the country's public service through a $15…
Chinese investment boosts African energy sector
Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa surged to $21.7 billion in 2023, largely driven by initiatives…
UAE pledges $25m in emergency aid for Sudan, S. Sudan
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has entered into an agreement with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to provide…
China’s Sinohydro discusses building $180m power transfer in Uganda
Uganda is in talks with Sinohydro Corporation Limited to establish a $180 million power transmission line to supply…
Egypt builds 8 groundwater stations in S. Sudan
Egypt has initiated the construction of eight groundwater drinking water stations in South Sudan, the Egyptian…
Egypt’s c.bank governor Hassan Abdalla meets South Sudanese delegation
A high-level South Sudanese delegation led by the Bank of South Sudan first deputy governor Addis Ababa Othow…
UN provides $5 mln to help Egypt accommodate Sudanese refugees
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) announced on Tuesday that it has earmarked $5 million to…
Egypt offers 250 undergraduate scholarships to Sudan
Egyptian government has confirmed 250 fully funded scholarships for South Sudanese undergraduate students, said the…
National Bank of Egypt gets approval for first South Sudan branch
National Bank of Egypt (NBE), the country's largest state bank, has received approval to open a branch in South…
National Bank of Egypt plans South Sudan subsidiary, Saudi branch
The National Bank of Egypt, the country’s biggest state-run lender, plans to set up a subsidiary in South Sudan and…
Sisi invited to attend clinching long-awaited Sudan peace agreement
South Sudan invited Egypt to attend the final signing ceremony of a long-awaited peace accord between Sudan’s…
Egypt sends military aircraft with medical supplies to South Sudan to fight coronavirus
Egypt has sent on Tuesday a military aircraft loaded with medical supplies to South Sudan to help it fight against…
UN sends peacekeeper troops to stop bout of ethnic violence in South Sudan
The United Nations has sent a contingent of peacekeeping forces to an area of central South Sudan. This move was…
African Central Banks Association to discuss adding Haiti to membership tomorrow
The Association of African Central Banks (AACB) will examine Haiti’s request for membership on Thursday, an…
South Sudan’s president says ready to accept peace deal to end civil war
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said he is ready to accept a peace agreement to end a civil war and form an…
South Sudan government proposes bill to extend president’s term for 3 more years
South Sudan’s government is proposing a bill that would extend President Salva Kiir’s term for three further years,…
Cairo supports justice, peace in South Sudan: Egypt’s FM tells SPLM meeting in Juba
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed the country's support for a resolution to the political crisis in…
Egypt will continue to provide support to South Sudan, Sisi tells Salva Kiir
Egypt will continue to provide support and aid to South Sudan, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told his South…
U.S. vows tough sanctions if South Sudan doesn’t end conflict
The U.S. will enact far-reaching sanctions on South Sudanese officials and rebel leaders if they undermine new…
Cairo backs South Sudan’s efforts to achieve peace: FM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said in a meeting Friday with South Sudan’s First Vice President Taban Deng…
Three dead after Sudan clashes over Bashir visit to south Darfur; says UN
At least three people were killed and more than 20 injured when Sudanese troops clashed at a South Darfur refugee…
South Sudan rebels say have retaken town near border with Ethiopia
South Sudan's rebels on Saturday said they had wrested control of Pagak, their stronghold town near the country's…
More than 6,000 flee ‘terrifying’ violence in South Sudan
Fighting in the South Sudan town of Pajok sent over 6,000 people fleeing this week, with refugees recounting the…
South Sudan buys weapons amid famine: UN report
South Sudan's government is spending its oil revenue on weapons as the country descends into a famine largely…
Egypt’s GB Auto refutes South Sudan new investment media reports
Egypt's biggest car assembler GB Auto (AUTO.CA) denied media reports on Thursday about the group’s plans to pump…
South Sudan’s Kiir praises Sisi support for stability in his country
South Sudan's President Silva Kiir praised on Tuesday President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's and the Egyptian…
Kerry, African ministers to meet on South Sudan violence, Somalia
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and counterparts from eight African nations meet in Nairobi on Monday to discuss…
Egypt formally decline voting on UNSC decision to deploy soldiers in S.Sudan
The permanent delegation of South Sudan praised their Egyptian counterparts for abstaining from voting on the…
Clashes flare southwest of South Sudan’s capital
Fighting flared in South Sudan late on Saturday southwest of the capital between forces loyal to the president and…
South Sudan rejects extra U.N. troops for Juba, says will not cooperate
South Sudan will not accept a 4,000-member United Nations protection force to ensure peace in its capital Juba and…
Sisi: Egypt supports efforts to restore peace in South Sudan
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stressed on Wednesday Egypt's full support for efforts to restore peace and…
South Sudan’s capital calm after two days of gunbattles
South Sudan's capital Juba was quiet but tense on Saturday, a Reuters witness and an aid worker said, after two…
South Sudan misses deadline to form unity government
South Sudan has missed a key deadline to create a transitional government, after the president increased the number…
Cargo plane with Russian crew crash-lands in S. Sudan, over 40 reported dead
A plane has crash-landed near South Sudan’s airport shortly after taking off Wednesday. Conflicting reports suggest…
South Sudan seeks to bolster military cooperation with Egypt
September 30, 2015 (JUBA)- South Sudan’s Minister of Defence Kuol Manyang Juuk is in Cairo for talks on ways to…
Leaders of South Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia attend Bashir’s swearing-in Ceremony
The presidents of Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Eritrea and Chad will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Omer…
Egypt’s Irrigation Minister To Visit South Sudan On Monday
Egypt's Minister of Irrigation, Hossam Moghazi, is due to fly to South Sudan on Monday in a two-day visit to enact…