#South_Sudan aims to restart exports of its heavy sweet Dar Blend crude grade within six-eight weeks as it works to repair a pipeline in war-torn #Sudan , says finance minister Awow Daniel Chuang. argusmedia.com/en/news-and-in…

#Ethiopia 's finance minister and his delegation discuss exchange rate distortions with the #IMF . The issue of exchange rate liberalization is likely to be an important point of discussion in the current negotiations on an IMF program.

Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces, backed by Arab tribal militias, have displaced more than 50,000 people in 30 villages west of El Fashir in #Sudan 's #Darfur region. sudantribune.net/article284606/

The trade ministers of #Egypt and #Sudan agree on bilateral trade facilitation and announce that the Bank of Khartoum will open a branch in Egypt. tagpress.net/?p=126821

The #Ethiopian Securities Exchange plans to begin trading company shares, government-issued fixed income securities and money-market products as early as September. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The $2.13 billion pledged at the #Sudan International Humanitarian Conference will benefit the people in need exclusively through NGOs and UN organizations, says an EU spokesperson. RSF and SAF will have no say in how the funds are spent. awp.net/ar/stories/mth…

#US special envoy for #Sudan claims that #Iran and the #UAE are complicit in human rights abuses in Sudan by supporting the parties to the conflict. U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello says UAE support for RSF was discussed directly with Emirati officials. sudantribune.net/article284585/

#Sudan 's Foreign Minister Ali Al-Sadiq has been dismissed today and replaced by Hussein Awad Ali. No reasons were given. At the same time, new governors were appointed for #Kassala and #Gedaref . aawsat.news/rbsj6

Alamata mayor says TPLF troops advanced into the town's surroundings, prompting residents to leave. TIA vice president announces that an agreement has been reached with🇪🇹fed. gov. on the dissolution of Amhara admin. structures in western & southern Tigray. ethiopianreporter.com/128677/

#Eritrea 's Minister of Finance & National Development, Dr. Giorgis Teklemikael, & UN Resident Coordinator, Ms. Nahla Valji, signed yesterday Joint Triennal (2024-26) Work Plan on ongoing cooperation in sectors of food security, water management, health & education among others.

🇸🇩finance minister says the $6 billion deal with the #UAE to build the Abu Amama Red Sea Port and Special Economic Zone is no longer binding for #Sudan . The minister also dismisses warnings of famine and claims that agricultural production is in abundance. alsudaninews.com/?p=180369

According to sources at Agriculture and Food Authority-Kenya, 🇰🇪 gov. has reversed the withdrawal of licences from 4 coffee companies: Sustainable Management Services and Coffee Management Services, both Ecom entities; #Kenya Cooperative Coffee Dealers; Iceberg Movers Enterprise. africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa…

#Egypt calls for an end to military support for the warring #Sudanese parties. In addition, Cairo proposes to better coordinate the various mediation initiatives. aawsat.news/mtanh

Countries on Tuesday pledged more than $610 million to address the 'critical' humanitarian situation in #Ethiopia , where more than 21 million people need aid and a dire food crisis is deepening. sg.news.yahoo.com/un-says-1-bill…

#EU approves additional support for the Somali National Army and for the military component of the AU Transition Mission in #Somalia . The EU will add €70 million to the resources already mobilised for ATMIS in previous years, and €40 million for the SNA. consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

#South_Sudan 's president Salva Kiir receives his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, who is on a three-day working visit to 🇸🇸. #South_Africa is one of the peace guarantors to South Sudan.

#Sudan 's Petroleum Minister briefs Vice Chairman of the Sovereign Council Malik Agar on engineers' work to restart the oil pipeline from #South_Sudan to #Port_Sudan . Details about the repair progress are not known. Agar will visit the Bashayer 2 Oil Terminal shortly.

#EU High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles nominates new Heads of EU Delegations for the upcoming diplomatic rotation. Changes in the #HornOfAfrica :
▶️EU ambassador to #Djibouti : Denisa-Elena IONETE
▶️EU ambassador to #Ethiopia : Sofie From-Emmesberger
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