Hello there dear reader and welcome to the #18 issue from Sudan Croc Dispatch where you will read the monthly newsletter about business, tourism, travel, finance, technology, opportunities, and events in Sudan for July/2023.

Travel and Tourism

Travel and Tourism Headlines

• Tarco Airlines offers direct international flights currently from and to the International Airport of Port Sudan including these cities:

  1. Entebbe, Uganda

  2. Doha, Qatar

  3. Kuwait, Kuwait

  4. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  5. Dubai, UAE

  6. Sharjah, UAE

  7. Dammam, Saudi Arabia

  8. Asmara, Eritrea

  9. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Source: Tarco Aviation, July/2023

• Badr Airlines offers direct international flights currently from and to the International Airport of Port Sudan including these cities:

  1. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  2. Istanbul, Turkey

  3. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  4. Doha, Qatar

  5. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  6. Dubai, UAE

  • Source: Bdr Airlines, July/2023

• Sudan is negotiating with Iran to restore diplomatic relations

  • Source: New Arab, July/2023

• All licenses for cars and drivers issued in Khartoum state are to be renewed in Gezira state

  • Source: Wakeep, Jun/16/2023

• Transfer of ownership of cars around all Sudan is banned by the police currently

  • Source: Wakeep, Jun/16/2023

• Karari locality in Omdurman is labeled by the Sudanese National Army as a district that is free from the terrorist members of Rapid Support Forces

  • Source: Wakeep, July/2023

• Eastern railroad organized a weekly trip for passengers from Atbara to Port Sudan and vice versa

  • Source: Sudan Plus, Jul/2021

^Business

^{Business Headlines}

• MTN Sudan service centers increased its working hours

  • Source: MTN, July/2023

• Economic hardships due to war are predicted to last to 2027

  • Source: New Arab, Jul/2/2023

• All university degree holders are able to document their degree certificates in Port Sudan and Wad Medani instead of Khartoum

  • Source: Wakeep, Jul/2/2023

^Finance

^{Finance Headlines}

• Bank of Khartoum restores the service of receiving and sending money outside and inside Sudan via Western Union inside their bank buildings in these cities: Port Sudan, Wad Medani, Atbara, Shendi, Wadi Halfa, Kassala, Gedarif, Dongola, Shendi, Merawi, Sinja, Al-Dabba, and Kosti.

  • Source: Bank of Khartoum, Jul/12/2023

• Prices increases by 60% in general

  • Source: Daraj, July/2023

• Fees Documentation of university degrees are to be reduced by 50%

  • Source: Wakeep, Jun/18/2023

^Technology

^{Opportunities}

^Jobs

^Programs

^{Fellowships and Scholarships}

^Conclusion

To sum up, July marks the beginning of the end of crisis in Sudan. Western Union is now fully functional again in all of Sudan except for the states of Khartoum and Darfur, two Sudanese private airlines (Tarco Aviation and Badr Airlines) resumed their work in providing international flights via Port Sudan to Uganda, Turkey, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Ethiopia, and other countries will be added to future available destinations and from these destinations back to Sudan via the international airport of Port Sudan. NGOs and companies in Sudan started declaring new job openings again.

The bad news is that still the war didn't end yet as the terrorist Rapid Support Forces still present a real threat to the national security of the Republic.

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See you next month

Cheers,

Ahmed El-Affendi.