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Omar al-Bashir at Arab summit: Arab leaders tread warily
Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s president, was given a red carpet welcome as he arrived in Qatar on Sunday, defying an international arrest warrant to attend...
Sudan: Arab states could be linked to mass deaths if…
Analysts are cautioning Arab states, who have rallied in support of Omar el-Bashir against the international arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court...
Egypt sudan: Omar el-Bashir in Egypt
Omar el-Bashir, Sudanese president, under the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant, landed Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt, L'Expression has reported. During his visit to the...
Eritrea: Omar Bashir’s first trip outside Sudan since ICC arrest warrant
Omar el-Bashir Monday went on a surprise visit to Eritrea, New China has reported. This is the Sudanese President's first trip abroad since the...
Sudan: Alberto Fernandez trip to Darfur
Question: Can you provide a read-out of Charge d’Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez's recent trip to Darfur? What was his assessment of the region?
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Sudan: Omar el-Bashir yields to internal pressure
Sudan's president Mr. Omar Al-Bashir has yielded to pressure from his government asking him to stay within Sudan or risk being arrested for...
Darfur: Bashir calls on rebels to disarm
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Wednesday called on rebels to lay down their arms, during a visit to Darfur, TV5 has reported. In a speech...
Obama and Ban Ki-Moon to tackle Sudan issue together
President Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have agreed to seek ways to end the immediate humanitarian crisis in Darfur and work toward long-term...
Horn of Africa: International interest in region growing
While foreign policy specialists believe it is important that solutions to economic and political challenges in the Horn of Africa — Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti...
Khartoum fears President Omar el-Bashir’s capture by the French
Patrick Nicoloso, France's ambassador to Sudan, was summoned, Tuesday, by Sudanese authorities after a French official spoke in favor of the international arrest warrant...
Omar el-Bashir to “Sudanise” humanitarian aid in Sudan
The Sudanese president said that there will be no foreigners involved in Sudanese humanitarian work by March 2010, RFI reported Tuesday. Omar el-Bashir ordered...
Barack Obama appoints a special envoy to Sudan
Standing by his pledge to increase the United States involvement in the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, U.S. President Barack Obama will appoint, Wednesday,...
“The people of Sudan must not be punished any further” – Desmond Tutu
The humanitarian situation in Sudan is expected to deteriorate sharply following the expulsion of 13 international aid agencies by the government and issuing of...
Darfur: 5 Belgian Medecins Sans Frontiere members abducted
MSF has revealed to AFP news that five members of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have been abducted in north Darfur in Sudan. The kidnapped...
Southern Sudan: The Ugandan army kills rebel commander of the LRA
The Ugandan army announced Wednesday that they have killed a commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Lieutenant Colonel Yape Okello, in...
Darfur: Barack Obama says the expulsion of NGOs is unacceptable
U.S. President Barack Obama, Tuesday, called on the Sudanese government to allow NGOs expelled from Darfur to go back to work, reports TV5. He...
Sudan: U.S. embassy staff asks “non-essential” to leave the country
The U.S. embassy in Sudan said Tuesday that it was evacuating its "non essential" staff and "families of all employees," on a voluntary...
Sudan: Islamist opposition leader, Hassan al-Turabi, released
Information released, Monday, by the family of Sudanese Islamist opposition Hassan al-Turabi has claimed that he has been freed from detention, TV5 reports....
ICC and Omar Bashir no friends of Ethiopia…
The controversial International Criminal Court has finally come out with an arrest warrant for President Omar Beshir of the Sudan. The warrant is out...
Sudan: Omar Bashir content with US’ reticence on ICC
Sudanese president, Mr. Omar al-Bashir has cited the United States of America's aloofness from the International Criminal Court as the major reason why he...
Over 1 million lives threatened after the departure of NGO’s
Sudanese authorities ordered 13 NGOs out of the country after the International Criminal Court issued an international arrest warrant against President Omar al-Bachir. According...
Sudan: Bashir’s indictment irks international community
As predicted, tensions are running high in Sudan following the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an international arrest warrant for Sudanese president,...
Sudan: ICC attacks President Omar al-Bachir
The international Criminal Court (ICC), Wednesday, issued an international arrest warrant against Omar al-Bachir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Contrary...
Sudan: Who wants Omar al-Bashir’s arrest?
The Sudan president, Mr. Omar al-Bashir, the Islamist militia, black Darfurians and the rest of Africa eagerly await the decision of the International...
About 50 people killed in deadly attacks in Southern Sudan
About 50 people were killed this week in violent tribal disputes between northerners and southerners in the southern Sudanese town of Malakal. One hundred...
Somali rebels nearing Ethiopia
The town of Hodur, about 300 km away from north-east Mogadishu, close to the Ethiopian border, has fallen into the hands of the malicious...
Sudan: ICJ’s decision concerning Omar el-Bachir to be heard next week
The international court of Justice (ICJ) will announce March 4 its decision to issue an international arrest warrant against Sudanese President, Omar el-Bachir, the...
Sudan ethnic cleansing: Another country helped Bashir?
The impending arrest of Sudan's under-fire President Mr. Omar al-Bashir is set to divide the International community into two factions. While some western nations...
Sudanese peace at last ?
Hopes of a peace deal in Darfur is soaring as reports claim that Sudan's most fearsome rebel group have reached a reliable deal in...
Belgian Forces operating under EUFOR attacked by Sudanese helicopters
A patrol team of the Belgian Special Forces operating within the European Forces in Chad (EUFOR) has been attacked by Sudanese helicopters, parliamentary sources...