Kaan Devecioglu is a North African Studies Research Assistant. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Medeniyet University. His articles and book chapters have been published in international peer-reviewed journals, and his analyses and opinions have been published in many international publications. Kaan Devecioğlu’s work focuses on Red Sea geopolitics, East Africa, and Nile River diplomacy.
On Tuesday, September 21, a coup d’etat was made against the transitional government in Sudan. Small protests were held in different provinces of the country. However, the protests in the state of Port Sudan, which have been going on for months, have become more and more violent in recent days. In this context, a Sudanese transitional government delegation arrived in Port Sudan on Sunday for talks aimed at containing protests
A coup attempt was reported in Sudan on the morning of September 21. In this context, state television and radios announced that a group of soldiers in the capital Khartoum made an unsuccessful coup attempt, in response to which live broadcasts were cut, and officials called on the people to resist the coup. Official sources emphasized that a group of soldiers in the Omdurman region of the capital attempted a
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On Tuesday, September 21, a coup d’etat was made against the transitional government in Sudan. Small protests were held in different provinces of the country. However, the protests in the state of
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A coup attempt was reported in Sudan on the morning of September 21. In this context, state television and radios announced that a group of soldiers in the capital Khartoum made an
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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, will pay an official visit to Ankara on Thursday, August 12, chairing a high-level delegation. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and al-Burhan will discuss
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Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi paid a 3-day official visit to Russia on Monday, July 12. At the press conference held by the ministers of both Russia and Sudan, after the meeting
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Ethiopian Irrigation Minister Seleshi Bekele sent a letter to his Egyptian and Sudanese counterparts stating that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has entered the second phase of filling. However, neither Egypt
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It has been reported that militias in the Amhara region of Ethiopia have been carrying out attacks on Sudanese farmers, especially since April 2020, after the border policy with Ethiopia changed with
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On August 29, 2020, it was announced that the general elections in Ethiopia would be postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 epidemic. After the Federal Ministry of Health advised the government that
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The GERD project, which was built on the Blue Nile in a region close to the Sudan-Ethiopia border, could not produce a positive result due to the mutual accusations of the parties,
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Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, the US Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, visited Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan between 3 and 13 May to find a resolution to the recently escalating crises
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Russia signed a military base agreement in the Red Sea during the administration of Omar al-Bashir, who was removed from power by the army in April 2019. However, this agreement has still
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