[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Abyei — Sudan and South Sudan signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Khartoum for joint military and defence cooperation between both countries on Thursday.

[East African] A military confrontation over a disputed border area between South Sudan and Uganda has claimed the lives of two South Sudanese soldiers.

[Egypt Online] Egypt’s Prime Minster Moustafa Madbouly agreed with South Sudan irrigation minister Manawa Peter on forming a joint high committee with Egypt and to start coordinating with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold the committee’s first meeting in Cairo before the end of the year.

[Addis Fortune] Creating an institution for the ongoing negotiations between Ethiopia and Egypt has been posited as one solution going forward with the issues surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). This suggestion comes following the inflammatory comments made during a phone conversation between the President of the United States and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.

[SNA] Juba — An informal workshop on the relation between religion and the state began Thursday evening at the Palm Africa Hotel in Juba between Sudan government delegation, headed by the member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lt. Gen. Shams-Eddin Kabbashi, and the People’s Movement – North delegation, led by the movement’s Secretary General Ammar Amoun.

[SNA] Juba — The government delegation, headed by Lt. Gen. Shams-Eddin Kabbashi, arrived Thursday in Juba to participate in the informal workshop to deliberate on issues posing obstacle for reaching agreement on a declaration of principles with the People’s Movement – North, led by Abdul-Aziz Adam Al-Hillo, and breaking the deadlock prior to staring the direct official dialogue.

[SNA] Khartoum — Members of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lt. Gen. Shams-Eddin Kabbashi, and Mohamed Hassan Al-Taayeshi, Thursday left for Juba, South Sudan State, in the context of the arrangements of South Sudan mediation to continue the negotiation with the People’s Movement – North led by Abdul-Aziz Al-Hillo.

[WHO] On a busy Sunday morning at Rumbuol village in Aweil East County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, the bilharzia mass drug distributors started their daily house-to-house visit to ensure they reach eligible children, regardless of whether they are infected or not, to receive the treatment they need.

[Radio Dabanga] Mokhlaheef — Sudan and South Sudan laid the foundation stone for the free trade zone in the area of Mokhaleef in El Jebelein locality in White Nile state on Tuesday, in a move designed to promote border trade between the two countries. At the same ceremony, the Kosti and El Jebelein free zones were inaugurated, as well as the resumption of river traffic the two countries.

[SNA] Al-Jabalein — Sudan and Southern Sudan have laid the foundation stone for the Free Trade Zone in Makhalif area of the Jabalein Locality at the White Nile state to promote and develop border trade between the two countries.