Sudan Current Affairs, GK & News

Russia’s Wagner Group of Mercenaries

April 6, 2022

1,000 mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, are being deployed to the eastern part of Ukraine. For the past eight years, this group has been active in Syria, Ukraine, and African countries. They have been accused of committing human rights abuses and war crimes. Formation of the group Dmitri Utkin, a ..

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Shipwreck on Blue Nile

April 6, 2022

A vessel capsized and sank with 29 people on board in south-eastern Sennar province, Sudan. Overview: The authorities of Sudan reported the boat’s sinking on the Blue Nile. It is believed that 23 women have drowned. When the vessel capsized there were 29 people on board. SUNA news agency, a state-run news agency of Sudan ..

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Resignation of Sudan’s PM

January 3, 2022

Following mass protests in the capital city Khartoum, Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced his resignation on January 2, 2022. Highlights Protests are being held against a recent deal that Prime Minister had done to share power with the army. Before this deal, army had staged a coup in October, 2021. Protesters called for return ..

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US names Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism

January 12, 2021

The United States recently designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. What is US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism? The United States lists the countries that repeatedly provide support for acts of international terrorism under the State Sponsors of Terrorism. The list was first released in 1979 with Iraq, Libya, Syria and South ..

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Sudan removed from State sponsors of Terrorism List

November 9, 2020

On November 9, 2020, Sudan was removed from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. India has welcomed its removal. Also, India welcomed the normalisation of Sudan’s relations with Israel. Sudan-Israel After UAE, Bahrain, Sudan became the third country to normalise its relations with Israel in the last two months. On October 23, 2020, Sudan ..

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ONGC exits from Sudan

September 17, 2020
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India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) recently exited from Sudan oilfields. This step was taken by ONGC after the African nation refused to pay for oil it lifted from the fields. Key Facts ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has also with withdrawn from the block. OVL had a 25 per cent stake in Block 2A&4 ..

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