Islamist opposition leader says Sudanese people have become "indifferent"
June 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Islamic figure and leader of the opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP), Hassan Al-Turabi repeated his harsh criticism of the government but also blamed the...
View ArticleSudan proceeds with official notification to oil companies on shutdown
June 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's minister of oil, Awad Ahmed Al-jaz, has handed over official letters to oil companies operating in transfer and export of South Sudan's oil through Sudanese...
View ArticleI am willing to serve anywhere, says ex-N. Bahr Ghazal deputy governor
June 11, 2013 (JUBA) - The ex-deputy governor of South Sudan's Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, recently relieved from his position, says he is willing to take on any new role anywhere.Madut Dut Yel, who...
View ArticleAn open letter to the Public Editor of the New York Times concerning Darfur
By Eric Reeves, 11 June 2013Margaret Sullivan, Public Editor of the New York Times[ public@nytimes.com ]Dear Ms. Sullivan:I gather that my previous communication concerning the February 26, 2012 New...
View ArticleEthiopian envoy lauds Sudan's stance on Nile dam, criticizes Egypt
June 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Ethiopian Ambassador to Sudan Abadi Zemo today praised the position of Khartoum with respect to the controversial multi-billion dollar Renaissance Dam calling it an...
View ArticleDarfur 10 years, it's enough!
By Jacky Mamou, and David Khalfa,June 11, 2012 - Ten years, that makes ten years, that the people of Darfur have endured such suffering that the Secretary General of the United Nations, Koffi Anan,...
View ArticleSudan Law Reform Advocacy Briefing May 2013
REDRESS Sudan Law Reform Advocacy BriefingMay 2013Welcome to the first issue of the Sudan Law Reform Advocacy BriefingSudan Law Reform Advocacy Briefing May 2013This Briefing will be published...
View ArticleSPLA recover 500 guns from civilians in Unity state
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJune 12, 2013 (JUBA) - Over 500 illegal fires arms have been collected over the last week from civilians in Unity state's Koch, Rubkotna and Mayom counties, according to the...
View ArticleKarti in Ethiopia to discuss Nile dam, Sudan-South Sudan conflicts
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJune 12, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Sudanese foreign minister Ali Ahmed Karti has met with Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, where they discussed the recent...
View ArticleSudan's Bashir on 3-day visit to Eritrea
June 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir begins on Thursday a three-day visit to Asmara where he will hold meetings with the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki over bilateral...
View ArticleSudan tells US top diplomat in Khartoum ‘not to offer any advices'
June 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's foreign minister, Ali Karti has asked the United States charge d'affaires (CDA) in Khartoum Joseph Stafford to stop offering any advices to the government on its...
View ArticleKiir acknowledges Khartoum decision to block oil flow through Sudan
June 12, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit said on Wednesday that he acknowledges the decision taken by Khartoum to block transportation of oil produced by his country, adding...
View ArticleBashir blackmails the international community
By Ahmed Hussain AdamJune 12, 2013 - Once again, Bashir proved to be a real threat, not only to the Sudanese and South Sudanese peoples, but also a threat to international peace and security. At a...
View ArticleJonglei: Bor county paramount chief sworn in
June 12, 2013 (BOR) - Months after he was elected last year Alier Aluong was sworn in as the paramount chief of Bor county in South Sudan's Jonglei state on Tuessday.Alier Aluong at the South Sudan...
View ArticleAfrican mediation hands “urgent proposals” to Sudan and South Sudan
June 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The head of the African Union (AU) mediation handed has over “urgent proposals” to Khartoum and Juba in a bid to overcome the recent tensions between the two capitals that...
View ArticleSudan using “scorched earth tactics” in Blue Nile: Amnesty
June 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - New satellite imagery and eyewitness testimonies from rebel-held areas in Sudan's Blue Nile state show that Sudanese military forces have resorted to brutal scorched earth...
View ArticleSouth Sudan will ‘not fold its arms' if Khartoum launches attack
June 12, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan said on Wednesday that it will not fold its arms if the government of neigbouring Sudan, with whom it is engaged in an oil dispute, launches cross-border...
View ArticleOpposition leader distances himself from 100-day scheme to topple regime
June 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The leader of the opposition National Umma Party (NUP), Al-Sadig Al-Mahdi, has distanced himself from a 100-day plan to overthrow the government which was adopted last week...
View ArticleSudan's Bashir skips ex-spy chief again in new amnesty decree
June 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir today issued a decree granting amnesty to five individuals accused of taking part in a coup attempt thwarted last year by...
View ArticleSudanese army say JEM rebels attacked Abyei pipeline
June 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday announced that Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels attacked an oil pipeline in northern Abyei, pointing out the assailants...
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