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· Britain’s foreign secretary Dominic Raab visited the Sudanese capital Khartoum to discuss bilateral relations and tensions along the border with Ethiopia.
· The British foreign minister met with Gen Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, Sudan’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and acting foreign minister Omar Qamar al-Din
· Raab announced a provision of 40 million pounds to the Sudan Family Support Programme to provide 1.6 million people with direct financial support
Britain’s foreign secretary Dominic Raab visited the Sudanese capital Khartoum to discuss bilateral relations and tensions along the border with Ethiopia, The British foreign minister met with Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, Sudan’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and acting foreign minister Omar Qamar al-Din.
The situation in the Sudan-Ethiopia border, where violent clashes between Sudanese forces and Ethiopian militias have taken place also came up for discussion. There are reports that the two sides had discussed the water dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, that arose on account of Ethiopia’s construction of a controversial dam on the Blue Nile River.
A fragile democracy, which had witnessed popular uprisings, which led to the overthrow of long-time autocrat Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, Sudan had nearly three decades of despotic rule. A military-civilian government is now in power. Raab announced a provision of 40 million pounds to the Sudan Family Support Programme to provide 1.6 million people with direct financial support.
