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Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General On the Sudanese Election
The Secretary-General welcomes the upcoming elections in Sudan, which mark an important milestone in the implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). He...
Sudan police boosted ahead of elections
Police in Sudan has said that it is ready to provide adequate security during the forthcoming elections.
It has specially equipped 1000 policemen to secure...
Sudan: Omar Bashir unopposed and un-monitored
Sudan’s first multi-party election in two decades has been thrown into further disrepute as the remaining opposition party and the European Union monitoring committee...
Sudan: LRA attack several villages and escape into DRC
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have since Tuesday attacked several villages in Ezzo County, in Western Equatoria state in southern Sudan. They also attacked...
254 Sudanese Liberated from Slavery
Christian Solidarity International (CSI) facilitated the liberation last week of 254 black Southern Sudanese slaves. Most were captured by Arab/Muslim militiamen backed by the...
As Election Crisis Unfolds, Darfuris and U.S. Advocates Call on Congress to Exercise More Oversight Over Faltering Sudan Policy
As Sudan's national election descends into crisis amid growing opposition boycotts, U.S.-based Darfuris and policy experts from Sudan Now, a campaign led by a...
Addis Ababa: The African Union deploys an Election Observer Mission to Sudan
Mr Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), has decided to deploy an election observation mission to the Sudan for the general...
France in a hot-spot over Mugabe, El Bashir, Rajoelina affair
The France-Africa Summit set for Nice end of May is said to "have found Paris in a quandary” as it does not want to...
Sudan: Al-Bashir threatens to disrupt southern Sudan’s independence
Sudan’s President Mr. Omar al-Bashir has been accused of electoral fraud by the International Crisis Group, but Mr. Bashir has threatened to reject the...
Djibouti: UNAMID Chief meets Djibouti President, who pledged support for peace in Darfur
The African Union United Nations Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, accompanied by a high level delegation including Deputy JSR for Operations...
Sudan: ICC official describes Sudan polls as Hitler’s election
The International Criminal Court has described the likely reelection of Sudan’s president Mr. Omar al-Bashir as a Hitler election. The Sudanese legislative, regional and...
Uganda under pressure over Bashir’s attendance to key Africa meeting
African heads of state are to deliberate more on maternal, infant and child health, and security matters in the coming AU heads of state...
Sudan: al-Bashir threatens U.S-funded election monitors
Sudan’s president, Mr. Omar al-Bashir has threatened United States-funded election observers, Carter Center, with expulsion and attacks, should elections scheduled for April 11 be...
Sudan: SPLM up in arms against electoral list
Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) has complained that a good
number of names of its supporters are missing from the voters' list. This comes only...
Darfur: UNAMID Chief: Paris talks productive, SLA/AW pledges greater cooperation
UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Professor Ibrahim Gambari concluded yesterday a two-day session of Darfur peace discussions in Paris with high-level French government officials,...
Sudan: UNAMID JSR meets with Sudanese Vice President, full support pledged
Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari was received today by Vice President of the Sudan Ali Osman Mohamed Taha. The visit marks the first...
Sudan: ICRC confirms that kidnapped staff member is free at last
Gauthier Lefèvre, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff member abducted in West Darfur on 22 October 2009, is free.
Mr Lefèvre...
Sudan: More Sudanese Political Parties Sign Electoral Code of Conduct
A further 10 of Sudan's political parties, as well as one grouping of political organizations, have adopted the Sudan Electoral Code of Conduct at...
Sudan: 150 000 homes to get FAO seeds
Some 150,000 households in southern Sudan are to soon get seeds from the
Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
This has been revealed by Food and Agricultural...
CHAN 2011: Qualifiers get under way
This weekend sees teams vying to take part in the second edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN), to take place in Sudan, play...
LRA leader Kony “will be hanged in Uganda” says Museveni
Ugandan President has today said that notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels' leader, Joseph Kony has fled into Darfur which is under the government...
Ugandan businesses to manufacture goods from Sudan
As business grows and Ugandan businessmen and manufacturers scavenge more for ready market in southern Sudan, companies in Uganda have decided to start manufacturing...
Sudan sanctions: “UN Security Council has failed”
There have been “major and frequent” violations of the U.N. Security Council arms embargo imposed against Sudan in 2005, and U.S. Ambassador to the...
Sudanese to access web freely despite sanctions
The United States has moved to ensure that Sudanese can exercise their universal right to free speech and information to the greatest extent possible....
Sudan-Eritrea strengthen ties against UN Eritrea sanctions
The Khartoum government of northern Sudan has moved to strengthen alliances with Eritrea by condemning the United Nations sanctions on Eritrea, which came after...
UNAMID welcomes Government of the Sudan, JEM move toward peace
The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) welcomes the signing this evening of the Darfur Framework Agreement for the Resolution of...
Sudan Uganda sign joint trade committee agreement
Southern Sudanese and Ugandan traders have welcomed the signing of
an agreement that establishes a joint trade committee responsible for addressing trade problems between the...
Chad brokers peace with Sudan over Darfur in Qatar
The government of Chad has succeeded in brokering a peace treaty between Darfur's main rebel groups, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), and the...
Experts meet to harmonize East African Community (EAC) policies and regulations on agricultural inputs
Agricultural experts from the EAC Partner States met at the Kibo Palace Hotel in Arusha, Tanzania recently to discuss harmonization of policies, laws, regulations...
Southern Sudan fights corrupt officials
Southern Sudan’s Anti- Corruption Commission has issued a declaration to all executive and legislative officials and senior civil servants to disclose all income and...