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Impasse Over Abyei Resolved
A historic decision that once and for all resolves the contentious issue of the boundaries of Abyei has finally been reached by the Hague...
Sudan: Redrawing disputed oil-rich Abyei region to appease North or South?
The United Nations has increased its peacekeeping mission in the disputed oil-rich Abyei region of Sudan ahead of a decision by The Hague to...
Sudan accuses Chad of bombing its territory
Sudan has launched a complaint with the Security Council of the United Nations (UN) against its neighbour. Sudan is accusing Chad of shelling Umm...
Bashir’s ICC indictment: Moreno-Ocampo meets AU official in Addis Ababa
Following the decision of the jury at the International Criminal Court (ICC) not to indict Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for masterminding genocide in the...
South Africa: Zuma under fire for supporting AU stance on Omar Bashir
Pressure is mounting on South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to distance himself from the African Union (AU) decision to ignore the arrest...
Ugandan government confused over Sudan president’s arrest ahead of visit
Ugandan government is divided over what action it must take concerning Sudan's president, Mr. Omar al-Bashir, ahead of his visit to Uganda for the...
Situation in Abyei, Sudan
The United States calls on both parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) – the National Congress Party and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement...
Addis Ababa: ICC prosecutor condemns AU support for Bashir, appeals Sudan genocide case
Following the decision of the jury at the International Criminal Court (ICC) not to indict Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for masterminding genocide in the...
Southern Sudan disputes census: Presidential elections postponed
Rebels from southern Sudan have disputed census results in the country claiming that they make up one-third of Sudan's population, but census results suggest...
ICC Prosecutor in a spot as support for Al-Bashir’s arrest Wanes
The credibility of the International Criminal Court, ICC and its Prosecutor, Louis Moreno-Ocampo could be in disrepute as the ongoing standoff on the indictment...
Bashir proliferating arms in southern Sudan to disturb referendum on independence?
The government of Omar al-Bashir in Khartoun Sudan has been strongly accused of proliferating arms in southern Sudan to destabilize the southern tribes ahead...
Sudan: At least 40 dead in attacks on a WFP convoy
About forty people (civilians and Sudanese soldiers) were killed in an armed attack by members of the Jikany tribe on a World Food Program...
Sudan: Fears of a richer independent South behind attacks?
Despite a referendum on full independence for southern Sudan planned for 2011, there are renewed tensions and uncertainty of peace between northern and southern...
Addis Ababa: Southern Sudan expresses misgivings about the North
In 2005 a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed between the Southern Sudan Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Republic of Sudan. The CPA was...
Mugabe’s moral high ground before Bashir, Ravalomanana
Zimbabwe played host to Sudan's leader Omar al-Beshir, who faces international arrest for war crimes and ousted Madagascan leader Marc Ravalomanana, who has...
Ex controversial Sudanese president Jaafar Nimeiri dies
Jaafar Nimeiri, a Sudanese president who halted one of Africa's most brutal civil wars in the 1970s but restarted it a decade later by...
A Sudanese rebel leader manipulates the ICC
The leader of the Sudanese rebel group, United Resistance Front (URF), Bahar Idriss Abu Garda, appeared for the first time on Monday before the...
After cancelling Ethiopian meeting Bashir denies Darfur crisis
Speaking from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, president Omar al-Bashir has claimed that all that has been reported to have happened in Darfur, in fact,...
Sudan gov’t allows humanitarian aid, rejects peace
The government of Sudan has refused to cooperate on all fronts of the International stage: While it has agreed to allow humanitarian aid agencies...
Chad: Uncle-Nephew and Bashir row threatens stability
A few days after the Doha accord signed between the government of Chad and Sudan to end the hostilities between them, there have been...
South Africa: Jacob Zuma and Omar Bashir to meet?
South Africa's new president, Jacob Zuma, is set to be inaugurated on Saturday amid a serious diplomatic dilemma involving the South African administration after...
New peace agreement between Chad and Sudan
Chad and Sudan Sunday signed a new peace agreement in Doha, Qatar. Under the terms of agreement both countries are committed not to interfere...
Sudan: death penalty for 11 Darfur rebels
Eleven rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in Darfur have been sentenced to death for possession of illegal weapons and terrorist activities,...
Ethiopia and Omar al-Bashir, henceforth, inseparable
International war crimes suspect and Sudanese President, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, has showed his most determined contempt against the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) warrant for...
Ethiopia – Sudan: Omar el-Bashir expected in Addis Ababa
Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir, who is the subject of an international arrest warrant from the ICC, will travel Monday evening to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,...
Sudan: Gov’t doing its best to free kidnapped aid workers
A Canadian and a French national, serving humanity in Darfur, under the Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI) agency have been kidnapped by Islamic Gunmen, at...
The U.S. seeks to strengthen ties with Sudan
Washington and Khartoum seek to "strengthen" their ties, TV5 reports Thursday. Gration Scott, U.S. special envoy to Sudan has paid his first visit to...
Omar el-Bashir on pilgrimage to Mecca
Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir, Wednesday arrived in Saudi Arabia for a pilgrimage to Mecca, again defying the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against...
Arab league summit: Drama or Summit ?
Sudan's president Mr. Omar al-Bashir was all smiles Monday after he received immense support from fellow Arab heads of states at the Qatar summit....
AJC Criticizes Red Carpet Welcome for Bashir in Qatar
AJC is gravely distressed by the lavish welcome afforded to Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir, whose arrest on charges of crimes against humanity and war...