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Sudan: Omar al-Bashir still a very wanted man
Sudan's president Mr. Omar al-Bashir is still not welcomed by western nations for his alleged role in the Darfur genocide. France has relocated the...
Sudan: Parliamentarians call off SPLM boycott
People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and other South Sudan political parties have called off the boycot of not seating in the national assembly.
The secretary general...
Southern Sudan: SUNDE issues verdict on voter registration exercise
The voters registration process was conducted in a peaceful and transparent manner, The Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections (SUNDE) has revealed. This comes after...
Princeton’s Model Memoirs literature class whips up hue and cry from Havard
Some intellectuals argue that models may be genetically gifted for putting on designer clothes and strutting their silhouettes down the catwalk, but they are...
Ugandans killed in Southern Sudan over Khartoum support
Five Ugandan businessmen have been killed in violent clashes between Police and protestors in the Southern Sudanese town of Rumbek.
The protests started on Monday...
Sudan: Tensions and warning signs of a North-South civil war?
The die may have been cast in Sudan as Southern Sudanese take to the streets demanding electoral reform and independence, following the arrest of...
Sudan-Rwanda: Two peacekeepers killed
According to VOA, unidentified gunmen killed two UN peacekeepers in Sudan’s Darfur region Saturday, one day after three others were killed in the same...
Top South Sudan politicians arrested in Khartoum amid threats
The Secretary General of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM), Pagan Amum, and his deputy for Northern Sudan, Yasir Arman, have been arrested by...
Sudan: South Sudan politicians arrested
Several senior southern Sudanese politicians have been arrested during a rally against President Oma al-Bashir’s National Congress Party (NCP), writes Al Jazeera. Among...
Southern Sudan voter registration attracts millions
The Southern Sudan Electoral Committee has announced that more than three million voters have registered during the period of the voter registration exercise, which...
Southern Sudan: No more guns by mid 2010
Sudan People’s Liberation Army, (SPLA), has said that South Sudan will be 'free of illegal arms' by mid 2010. SPLA Spokesperson, Kuol Dim Kuol...
Uganda police save underage Sudanese from forced marriage, mother on the run
Police in Uganda have stopped a forced marriage between a 17 year old girl and a 56 year old southern Sudanese soldier from taking...
Uganda blames South Sudan officials for President’s plane crash scare
The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has finally returned home several hours after the plane he was traveling in narrowly escaped...
Sudan Trouser woman: “I may not return to Sudan”
The Sudanese journalist briefly jailed for wearing "indecent trousers" said Wednesday she might not return to her country but instead continue her campaign for...
Southern Sudan: No sabotage involved in President’s plane crash
Salva Kiir, President of Southern Sudan, has this morning survived a plane crash at the Gulu airfiled in northern Uganda. The accident occured when...
DR Congo-Sudan: DRC and Sudan to join East African Community
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan could be the next two states to become members of the East African Community, EAC’s secretariat in...
Sudan polls put off by a week
Voter registration and the election date in Sudan have been extended slightly to accommodate delays incurred in the process in some areas of the...
Uganda: Kenyan and Sudanese refugees refuse to go back home
About 4000 refugees from Sudan and Kenya are stranded at Kiryandongo refugee settlement camp located 250 kms north of Uganda's capital Kampala.
Whereas the government...
Uganda: South Sudanese register to vote following threats of boycott
The Sudanese embassy in Uganda has started registering Sudanese nationals living in Uganda ahead of their 2010 elections. The registration follows threats by the...
Egypt-Algeria-Sudan: Diplomatic rows after soccer violence
The Egyptian government has recalled its ambassador to Algeria following complaints about violence towards football fans, reports Al Jazeera. The move comes after Algeria’s...
Sudan: 47 dead in tribal clashes
Forty-seven people have been killed in ethnic clashes in south Sudan’s Lakes state region, reports France24. Armed men from the Mundari ethnic group launched...
Southern Sudan: LRA rebels resume reign of fear, several people killed
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have resumed attacks on villages in southern Sudan killing several civilians in the last four days.
Last year a joint...
Sudan-Turkey: Al-Bashir skips Islamic summit
Sudanese President al-Bashir has cancelled a visit to Turkey amid an EU push to arrest him for war crimes charges, notes AlJazeera. Omar...
Sudan-Turkey: Fear keeps Al-Bashir out of Muslim summit
Sudan’s president, Mr. Omar Al-Bashir has expressed distrust in Turkey, as the International Criminal Court (ICC) wanted leader declines to attend a Muslim summit...
Sudan: Too late to impose unity says Foreign Minister
The Minister for Foreign affairs in the Sudanese government of national unity, Deng Alor, has blamed the ruling party, the national congress party, for...
Sudan: NGO denounces intimidation and delays by NEC ahead of crucial polls
An international NGO in Sudan ,The Carter Center, is not happy with the way Voters' registration is being handled by Sudan National Election Commission....
Sudan: President Bashir tests new Obama policy on Sudan
With the news that President Omar al-Bashir plans to travel to Turkey and Egypt in the coming days, President Obama faces the first test...
Sudan: Memorizing Quran or Bible as a prerequisite for prisoner pardon questioned
Some members of the interim National Assembly are opposed over a law which requires long-term convicts to memorize either the Holy Quran or the...
Sudan: South Sudan cries foul over dishonest census
Northern Sudan has begun a census of southern Sudanese ahead of the 2011 referendum for independence. The voters’ registration exercise is meant to include...
Sudan-UK: Man jailed for vehicle deal
A millionaire businessman who illegally sold former military personnel carriers to Sudan has been jailed. Andrew Jackson, 46, ignored repeated official warnings not to...