Sudan Current Affairs, GK & News
Russia’s Wagner Group of Mercenaries
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Central African Republic • Crimea • Libya • Russia • Sudan • Ukraine
Shipwreck on Blue Nile
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Khartoum • Nile River • Sudan
Resignation of Sudan’s PM
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Omar al-Bashir • Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok • Sudan
US names Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: counterterrorism • Cuba • state sponsors of terrorism list • Sudan • USA
Sudan removed from State sponsors of Terrorism List
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Civil War • India-US • state sponsors of terrorism list • Sudan • Terrorism
ONGC exits from Sudan
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation • ONGC • Sudan