Saudi Arabia bans students from studying in Sudan

By Claire Valdini. Saudi Arabia will no longer allow its students to study at universities in Sudan due to increasing political tensions, an embassy official has said.
The Gulf state, which provides full funding for some 125,000 students abroad annually, said it will relocate pupils currently studying in Sudan, the country’s cultural attaché in Khartoum told Al Hayat newspaper.
Expenses will be covered by the government, said Manee Al Mutairi.
Sudan has largely avoided the mass Arab Spring protests that unseated rulers in Egypt and Tunisia but President Omar Hassan Al Bashir has faced increased dissent amid a severe economic crisis and corruption. Read more...