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Fatau Dauda agrees $770,000 a year deal to join Sudan national team

Ex-Ghana goalkeeper Fatau Dauda, has agreed to a life-changing deal with the Sudanese national team to be their goalkeeper’s trainer, GHANAsoccernte.com can exclusively reveal. Dauda currently combines being a coach at the famous Right to Dream Academy and the Ghana national under-20 team where he’s excelled in a short time and …

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Ex-Black Stars coach Kwasi Appiah appointed head coach of Sudan

Former Black Stars coach, James Kwasi Appiah has reportedly been appointed head coach of the senior national team of Sudan. According to reports from multiple media outlets in Kumasi, Kwasi Appiah has agreed on a three-year deal to serve as head coach of the Sudanese national team. However GhanaWeb sources close to the former …

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South Sudan transition stuck in mud of floods, politics

South Sudan’s intended transition to a full democracy is getting stuck in the mud, five years after a peace agreement was signed between various protagonists giving the country some semblance of stability. There has been sporadic violence, mostly between government forces and groups that held out on the peace deal. …

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Sudan: 74 Ghanaians to be flown to Ghana today

Some 74 Ghanaians out of 76 who have been evacuated from Sudan to Ethiopia with the assistance of the Ghana Embassy in Ethiopia are expected to arrive in Accra, Ghana today, 2 May 2023. Additionally, one footballer and two engineers have been assisted to cross the Egyptian border post of …

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Nigeria sends 40 buses to evacuate stranded citizens from Sudan

Nigeria has begun the evacuation of its stranded citizens in Khartoum, Sudan with the deployment of 40 luxury buses to take the evacuees to Egypt for airlifting to the West African country. In a series of tweets by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom), the exercise started on Wednesday with …

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More air strikes in Sudan as ceasefire expiry looms

The Sudanese army has pounded paramilitary fighters with air strikes in the capital, Khartoum, while deadly fighting has flared in Darfur as a ceasefire that has slowed street battles is set to expire. Columns of smoke rose on Thursday near the presidential palace in Khartoum and areas north of the …

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Stranded: Egyptian travel blogger trapped in Sudan conflict

When Ahmed El-Badawy woke up to the sound of gunfire and heavy artillery in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, the Egyptian travel content creator did not think he would soon be stranded in a flat with little food or water and unable to leave. It was around 9 am on April 15 …

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US, other nations scramble to evacuate citizens as Sudan battles rage

Fighting between the Sudanese army and a heavily armed paramilitary group has entered a second week. By – (AFP) US troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan’s battle-torn capital, President Joe Biden said Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens flee deadly fighting between …

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EXPLAINER: Sudan conflict and what worries neighbours, others

A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighboring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making. Sudan, which relies heavily on foreign aid, …

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US deploys more troops to Djibouti for possible Sudan evacuation

The United States is preparing to send a large number of additional troops to its military base in Djibouti in case of an eventual emergency evacuation from Sudan of American citizens. Forces commanded by two previously allied leaders of Sudan’s ruling council began a violent power struggle last weekend that …

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