Nafisa Eltahir

New York

Correspondent at Reuters

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Sudan’s new prime minister dissolves government

5 days ago | businesslive.co.za | Nafisa Eltahir |Enas Alashray

Cairo — Sudan’s new prime minister, Kamil Idris, has dissolved the country’s caretaker government, the state news agency reported late on Sunday. The Sudan News Agency did not specify when a new government, the first since war broke out between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), would be announced. Idris was appointed by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s head of state.
Sudan’s prime minister dissolves government, state news agency reports

5 days ago | theglobeandmail.com | Nafisa Eltahir |Enas Alashray
Cholera spikes in Khartoum after drone attacks cut power, water

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Khalid Abdelaziz |Nafisa Eltahir

23 May 2025 - 10:50 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Drone attacks on Sudan's power stations, fuel depots and dams have knocked out power and running water, creating conditions for the spread of cholera, dengue fever, malaria and other diseases. Stock photo.
Sudan accuses UAE of May 4 drone attacks on Port Sudan

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Nafisa Eltahir

21 May 2025 - 12:15 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. A view shows a large plume of smoke and fire rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, on May 6 2025. Sudan says the UAE was responsible for the attack. File photo.
WATCH | Families find new danger in Sudan's battered capital: unexploded shells

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Khalid Abdelaziz |Eltayeb Siddig |Nafisa Eltahir

20 May 2025 - 15:05 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. People look at shells on the ground near damaged buildings at the central market during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan. File photo. The bespectacled, grey-bearded man ran out of the primary school in Khartoum's Amarat district, shaking with shock.
Drone attacks cut power across Khartoum state two years into Sudan war

3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Khalid Abdelaziz |Nafisa Eltahir

16 May 2025 - 10:45 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Ground fighting continues in southern Omdurman, part of larger Khartoum, where the army was attacking pockets of RSF fighters, army sources said. File photo.
Trump to remove US sanctions on Syria in major policy shift

3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Pesha Magid |Nafisa Eltahir |Timour Azhari

US President Donald Trump leaves the Saudi Royal Court with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on May 13 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, a major US policy shift ahead of an expected meeting with Syria's Islamist President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Donald Trump to lift sanctions on Syria, signs $600bn deal with Saudis

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Yousef Saba |Pesha Magid |Nafisa Eltahir

Donald Trump to lift sanctions on Syria, signs $600bn deal with SaudisAgreement sees €142bn worth of arms shipped from the US to the GulfUS president Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose for a photo at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, yesterday.
Trump says U.S. to lift Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi deal

3 weeks ago | japantimes.co.jp | Yousef Saba |Pesha Magid |Nafisa Eltahir

U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off his trip to the Gulf on Tuesday with a surprise announcement that the United States will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria, and a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in the U.S.The U.S. agreed to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to the White House which called it the largest "defense cooperation agreement" Washington has ever done.
Trump to remove U.S. sanctions on Syria in major policy shift

3 weeks ago | japantoday.com | Pesha Magid |Nafisa Eltahir |Timour Azhari

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, a major U.S. policy shift ahead of an expected meeting with Syria's Islamist President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Trump is set to meet Sharaa on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, a White House official said, setting up an encounter between the president and the former al-Qaida commander who took power after Bashar al-Assad was toppled.