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Sudan: ARTICLE 19 launches its state-by-state media assessment
An ARTICLE 19-led Consortium yesterday launched a report in Juba, South Sudan, which outlines the dire situation faced by the Sudanese media at a...
Sudan: NCP regrets Kiir’s call for independence
The governing Sudanese National Congress Party (NCP) said it regrets the call by the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, for regional independence in...
Sudan: Africa backs Darfur crimes court
African leaders have agreed to establish a new court to bring justice to the Sudanese region of Darfur. The court would consist of Sudanese...
From Africa to France: The wounded self-esteem of asylum seekers
Some eighty Somali and Sudanese refugees who had illegally squatted a military barracks in Pontoise, near Paris for months, are being relocated to hotels....
Sudan: United States promise more attention
The White House has released a policy document containing a new strategy reflecting a collective agreement about how best to address the complex challenges...
Sudan: French aid worker kidnapped
The International Committee of the Red Cross announced Thursday that a French employee had been kidnapped in Sudan’s war-torn region of Darfur. Sudanese officials...
Sudan-USA: Barack Obama offers “incentives”
President Barack Obama has offered Sudan “incentives” if it acts to improve the situation on the ground, unveiling a new policy on Khartoum, reports...
Sudan: Aid workers released in Darfur
Two kidnapped aid workers from the Irish agency GOAL were released on Sunday in Darfur after spending more than 100 days in captivity, writes...
South Sudan: Looming victory of complete Independence
As long as two-thirds of south Sudanese vote in a 2011 referendum for independence, the Sudan government under President Omar al-Bashir will grant south...
Sudan: Four Sudanese condemned for US killing
A Sudanese court has upheld a death sentence against four men convicted of murdering US diplomat John Grandville and his driver, Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama,...
Sudan: Thabo Mbeki offers African Union solutions to Darfur conflict
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has inquired and proposed a report that would expectedly balance the need for justice, peace and reconciliation in...
Sudan: SPLM rejects Omar el-Bashir’s call for dialogue
Sudan’ People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) refused to take into account President Omar el-Bashir’s call for dialogue, according to Voice of America. The president said...
South Sudan: Consensus at last?
The completion of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between southern and northern Sudan, signed in 2005, was the subject of a conference that ended...
East African crisis: Cold feet from the West and an unrelenting weather
Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti ... East Africa is currently experiencing a severe drought that is threatening, according to the UN...
Sudan: More deaths in an unstable South, North suspected of arming groups
Over 100 people including civilians and soldiers of the Sudan People's Liberation Army have been killed as thousands of ethnic armed men attacked civilians...
South Sudan: Disarmament programme should be comprehensive
Southern Sudan is planning towards a conflict-free independent nation by embarking on a campaign to withdraw arms from its civil society. Security forces are...
Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein prefers prison to a $200 fine
Arrested on the 3rd of July along with twelve other women in a restaurant in Khartoum for wearing a pair of trousers, Lubna Ahmed...
South Sudan gov’t reveals a deliberate intention to block CPA implementation
Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has appealed to the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) to compel the National Congress Party of Sudan...
Football: Zambia’s Sakuwaha rejects big Sudanese offer in favour of France for lower pay
French Ligue One side FC Lorient has offered Zambian footballer Jonas Sakuwaha a one year contract with a 3,000 euro monthly salary. Sakuwaha, who...
Sudan: UNAMID kidnappings throws doubt on end of Darfur war
Barely a week after the official declaration of an end to the six-year Darfur conflict in Western Sudan, two members of the joint UN/African...
Sudan: End of Darfur war?
The official declaration of an end to the six-year Sudan War of Darfur by the United Nations has led to divided opinions over the...
Sudan-Uganda: Nodding disease not linked to epilepsy?
Hundreds of children in northern Uganda have been affected by a rare and unexplained "nodding disease" that causes seizures, physical and mental stunting and...
Sudan: South warns North over brazen propaganda ahead of crucial polls
The Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, Mr. Pagan Amum has raised the dust on Sudan's unity, by stating that South Sudan...
Sudan: Lubna’s trouser war, a call for Islamic law review?
The highly publicized trial of Ahmed Lubna al-Hussein was rescheduled Tuesday to take place next month. Lubna , a journalist by profession, was sentenced...
South Sudan: Distrust and violence ahead of vital polls
Tribal war has continued to widen the divide between North and South, as well as tribes of South Sudan, buttressing the necessity for division,...
Uganda: Lord’s Resistance Army strikes again on South Sudan and CAR borders
The Lords Resistance Army has struck again, proving to the governments of DR Congo, Uganda, Central African Republic as well as the United Nations...
Nile Basin: Ethiopia disappointed over Egypt and Sudan’s unfair advantage
Discrepancies among Nile Basin countries continue unabated as water ministers of the Nile Basin countries delayed a water sharing pact on Tuesday July 28,...
Saudi Arabia Provides Developmental Aid for Darfur, Sudan
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with Sudan to donate more than $18 million for developmental and humanitarian projects in Darfur....
U.S. – European Union Joint Declaration on the Boundaries of the Abyei Area
Following is the text of a joint declaration by the European Union and the United States following the decision of the Permanent Court of...
East Africa: Broadband Internet development via underwater cable finalised
The telecommunications company SEA Cable System (Seacom) Thursday announced that it had finalised the development of an underwater fibre optic cable along the Indian...