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UNAMID to accelerate deployment in Darfur
The total number of UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) forces is now 8,000, according to a statement issued here Thursday.
UNAMID is expected to have...
South Sudan President calls for urgent peace road map for Darfur
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has called for an urgent peace road map for Darfur in the wake of the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
Positive reactions to Al-Bashir’s possible prosecution
Africa Action, a Washington-based organisation, Tuesday applauded the International Criminal Court’s call to prosecute Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir for crimes against humanity and genocide...
Rebels ambush and kill UN Peace Keepers in Darfur
The United Nations joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur on Wednesday condemned the attack on its peacekeeping troops returning from an investigation mission in Sudan's...
Gambian soldiers depart for war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur
Gambian soldiers numbering 196 Tuesday departed for war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, to embark on joint UN/AU peace-keeping mission, government mouth-piece, Daily Observer disclosed....
Burkina Faso FM, Djibrill Bassole, appointed joint AU-UN envoy on Darfur
Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Djibrill Bassole has been appointed the joint African Union (AU)-UN special envoy for Sudan, tasked with overseeing the search for...
France to help Sudan investigate plane crash
France on Wednesday offered to send a team of investigators to Khartoum to help the Sudanese authorities find the cause of Tuesday's plane crash...
Sudan: Rights groups decry Khartoum crackdown
Khartoum: Human rights organizations have accused Sudan authorities of extra-judicial executions and ill-treatment of detainees following the rebel attack on the capital
Several human rights...
Egypt authorities detain and expel Darfur rebel leaders
Egypt has expelled several Cairo-based Darfur rebel leaders after their group carried out an attack on the Sudanese city of Omdurman last Saturday. Officials...
Attack on Omdurman leaves 200 dead
Saturday's rebel attack on the Sudanese city of Omdurman left over 200 people dead, the Sudanese News Agency, SUNA, quoted the country's Defence Minister,...
Over 100 rebel suspects arrested in Sudan
The Sudanese government has arrested more than 100 suspected supporters of a Darfur rebel group which attacked capital, Khartoum and its suburbs on Saturday,...
More attacks in Khartoum feared following Turabi’s arrest
The Islamist opposition leader, Hassan al-Turabi, and at least four other important members of his party are reported to have been arrested as the...
Security Council meets over Sudan rebel attack
An emergency meeting of Sudan National Security Council, chaired by President Omar Al-Bashir, with First Vice - President Salva Kiir in attendance, Sunday noon...
Sudan Armed Forces kill rebel commander and 45 others
Sudan Armed Forces Sunday killed Jamal Hassan Jala-Eddin, commander of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement, Sudan National News Agency (SUNA) said, quoting an...
‘Justice for Darfur’ calls for the arrest of Sudan gov’t officials
Rights groups numbering more than 2,000 and under the banner "Global NGO Coalition on International Criminal Court (CICC)" Friday launched a campaign dubbed "Justice...
UN reports deaths in Darfur to have been underestimated
According to AP, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs declared that the death toll in Darfur region was underestimated by as much as 50%. A...
Presidents and UN secretary in Ghana to discuss Zimbabwe and Darfur
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon arrived in Accra on Saturday night on the first-leg of a four-nation West African tour, during which he will participate...
Libya and Sudan sign contract with Arabsat in Morocco
The Arab Satellite Communication, Arabsat, on Wednesday signed two contracts with Libya and Sudan at a ceremony in Marrakech, southern Morocco.
The first contract between...
A high increase in school enrolments in Sudan
Some 1.3 million children in southern Sudan are expected to start classes this year, compared to just 340,000 in 2005, thanks to an initiative...
Over 100 000 Refugees repatriated
The UN refugee agency has announced the repatriation of more than 100,000 refugees from South Sudan, under an organised repatriation programme launched in December...
Darfur attacks hampering UN relief efforts
Attacks against aid workers in western Sudan have reached unprecedented levels, jeopardizing vital relief operations in the war-wracked Darfur region, the United Nations Resident...
Horror at the killing of three WFP food supply drivers in Sudan
The World Food Programme (WFP) says it is shocked and sad at the murder of three drivers of trucks contracted by the United Nations...
Rising tensions displace hundreds
Recent clashes between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) army and fighters from the mainly Arab Miserriya community have displaced hundreds of civilians from...
EU gives 30m euros in humanitarian aid to Horn of Africa
The European Union (EU) has released 30 million euros for humanitarian aid to the vulnerable peoples of the countries in the Horn of Africa,...
China’s dilemma
Overseas investment by Chinese companies in countries such as Sudan has damaged and in some cases “hijacked” Beijing’s foreign policy, diplomatic scholars in the...
First group of Sudanese soldiers arrives Comoros
About 100 Sudanese soldiers arrived in Moroni Thursday as part of a planned military intervention of the African Union (AU) to restore the Comorian...
Sudan peace accord to end row over oil-rich Abyei region
Sudanese authorities are crafting a formula for the formation of a regional government for the oil-rich Abyei region, which has been one of the...
Chad: Rebels crossed back, another attack soon?
The government of Chad issued a communique Thursday that said mercenaries from Sudan had crossed into Chad. The communique, sent out from the capital...
Hijackings cut WFP supplies to Darfur
"It's vital that the main transport routes are secured. Our trucking contractors are delivering food under immense risks and the situation is unsustainable," Oshidari...
Hijackings cut WFP supplies to Darfur
KHARTOUM: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that banditry is delaying vital food deliveries to Darfur while a lack of contributions...