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USS Oscar Austin Crew Accepts Combat Award for Red Sea Deployment

Houthi Rebels · Red Sea

USS Oscar Austin Crew Accepts Combat Award for Red Sea Deployment

80% Center coverage: 5 sources

The crew of the destroyer Oscar Austin received military decorations for providing combat support to U.S. naval forces in the Red Sea against Houthi rebels, according to a Navy release.Sailors and other personnel aboard the vessel were awarded Unit Combat Action Ribbons after completing Austin’s first forward-deployed Naval Forces-Europe patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet and Fifth Fleet, which operate out of Europe and Africa, and the Middle East, …See the Story

Eritrea: Eye Surgery in Southern Red Sea Region

Africa · Southern Red Sea

Eritrea: Eye Surgery in Southern Red Sea Region

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Assab, 12 June 2025 - Eye surgery was successfully conducted on over 200 patients at Assab Hospital in the Southern Red Sea Region from 4 to 10 June. The program was conducted in collaboration between the Ministry of Health's regional branch and Birhan Aini Hospital in Asmara.See the Story

Sudan: Kamil Idris Inspects Arbaat Dam Renovation and Maintenance Operations

Africa · Port Sudan

Sudan: Kamil Idris Inspects Arbaat Dam Renovation and Maintenance Operations

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Port Sudan, June 12, 2025 (SUNA) - Prime Minister Dr. Kamil El-Tayib Idris has inspected the rehabilitation and maintenance operations of Arbaat Dam in the Red Sea State, following its collapse due to last year's autumn floods. He emphasized the importance of the project to the citizens of the Red Sea State, particularly in terms of providing fresh water to the state.Read Article

Beja leader warns Burhan: ‘We’ll wipe you off face of Earth’

A prominent Beja leader warned Sudan’s SAF junta ruler, Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, that eastern tribes will “wipe him off the face of the earth” if their interests are sidelined in ongoing political talks, a viral video circulating Friday shows. Ali Ukod, who heads the Democratic Front in Eastern Sudan, delivered the threat late Thursday while addressing a crowd in Port Sudan, the Red Sea city that became Sudan’s provisional capital after war …Port Sudan · Port Sudan Read Article

Power Struggles, Resource Rivalry Threaten Sudan’s Coup Regime

The arrival of Sudan’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Kamal Idris, at Port Sudan airport comes amid a turbulent political climate and an increasingly fraught landscape in eastern Sudan. Here, military factions, Islamist movements, and armed groups collide in a feverish contest over power and wealth, particularly the ministries of Finance and Minerals. Idris’s appointment marks a critical juncture for the military regime that has ruled the count…Port Sudan · Port Sudan Read Article

Sisi follows up strategic plan for sweater desalination - Egyptian Gazette

President checks executive situation of Decent Life projects President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting on Wednesday with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Sherif El Sherbini, Presidential Advisor for Urban Planning Major General Amir Sayed Ahmed, and Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Major General Ahmed El Azazi. President Sisi was briefed during the meeting on the progress of…Middle East · Red Sea Read Article

Sudan: Phone Call Between Prime Ministers of Egypt and Sudan On Joint Issues

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Port Sudan, June 10, 2025 (SUNA) - Prime Ministers of Egypt and Sudan held a phone call, during which Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly expressed his greetings and congratulations to his brother, Sudanese Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris, on his assumption of the position of Prime Minister of Sudan at this critical juncture in the country's history.Africa · Port Sudan Read Article

Burhan's SAF relocates fighter jets to Eritrea as Red Sea tensions rise

General al-Burhan’s army (SAF) have redeployed several combat aircraft to neighbouring Eritrea after a string of RSF drone strikes hit civilian and military sites in Port Sudan beginning on 4 May, security sources told local media. The precautionary move comes amid wider regional frictions. A high-level Ethiopian intelligence delegation led by spy chief Redwan Hussien and former Tigray commander Getachew Reda visited Port Sudan last week, signal…Fighter Aircraft · Port Sudan Read Article

Oil exports resume through Port Sudan after attacks - Radio Tamazuj

South Sudan’s crude oil exports through Port Sudan, the army’s de facto wartime capital on the Red Sea, have resumed weeks after drone attacks targeted key facilities, officials confirmed Tuesday. Last month, Sudan’s army-aligned government ordered energy firms to prepare to halt shipments of South Sudanese crude—a major blow to its landlocked neighbor, which relies on Sudan for oil exports and derives over 90% of its revenue from petroleum. How…Port Sudan · Port Sudan Read Article

Vitol fixes tankers for potential Red Sea trips as Nor-Shipping stalls VLCC term market

Trader said to have booked suezmax and aframax for up to three monthsRed Sea · Red Sea Read Article

Sudanese scholar brands Islamic Movement and SAF a mafia

A prominent Sudanese academic has compared the Islamic Movement — the Sudanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood — to a mafia, accusing its leaders of looting the country and fanning tribal divisions while war tears the nation apart. In a commentary published Saturday, Dr. Al-Waleed Adam Madibou labeled the movement a “koz Nostra” — a play on Sicily’s Cosa Nostra — and said its members “swear to protect the network, not the state.” He alleged the…Port Sudan · Port Sudan Read Article

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