Sudanese president will not fly to US for UN General assembly meetings
September 25, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has cancelled his planned trip to the United States thus averting an awkward an embarrassing situation to the United Nations...
View ArticleOpposition & rebel groups denounce gov't bloody campaign against protesters
September 25, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Two opposition and rebel forces condemned the use of violence by the Sudanese authorities against the peaceful demonstrations across the country and announced their...
View ArticleSudan's Women: You can beat us but you cannot break us
About Sudan women facing flogging on a day to day bases By Hala AlkaribSeptember 25, 2013 - For 25 years now, women in Sudan have been flogged publically. The current Sudanese regime's ideology was...
View ArticleKiir visits Lakes state for first time in over three years
September 25, 2013 (RUMBEK) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrived in Lakes state to address a public rally in Rumbek's Freedom Square, which was attended by thousands of people on...
View ArticleJonglei's acting governor promises to bring foreign investment
September 26, 2013 (BOR) - The the acting governor of Jonglei, Hussein Maar, returned to Bor on Thursday from a trip to the United Kingdom and expressed hope that investors would come to his...
View ArticleInterpol to coordinate international response to Kenya terror attack
September 26, 2013 (NAIROBI) - The international police, Interpol, has announced it will coordinate international response to the Westgate terror attack in Kenya which left 75 people dead and 175...
View ArticleUprising in Sudan: What we know now
By Eric Reeves26 September 2013 - [Update, 5:40pm EDT: I have in the past hour received two reports, from reliable sources, that ministers of the National Islamic Front/National Congress Party regime...
View ArticleSudan cuts internet for next 48 hours as fears mount of new post-Friday...
September 26, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Fresh clashes broke out between Sudanese security forces and demonstrators in different parts of the capital Khartoum on Thursday night despite a relatively calm morning...
View ArticleKetebo tribe petition E. Equatoria for ethnic recognition
By Ijoo BoscoSeptember 26, 2013 (TORIT) - The Ketebo ethnic group of Ikwoto county in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state are petitioning the state's parliament against "attempts to exclude" them...
View ArticleKiir orders SPLM in Lakes state to hold meeting to resolve differences
September 26, 2013 (RUMBEK) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit concluded his two day visit to Rumbek, the capital of Lakes state on Thursday, after instructing top officials to hold a...
View ArticleSudan insists that Bashir's visa request to US remains pending despite...
September 26, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti criticized the United States for dragging its feet on approving the visa request of president Omer Hassan al-Bashir to attend the...
View ArticleSudan: Security forces fatally shoot dozens of protesters as demonstrations grow
Amnesty International Sudan: Security forces fatally shoot dozens of protesters as demonstrations grow26 September 2013The Sudanese security forces must immediately stop using arbitrary and unlawful...
View ArticleDozens killed during protests in Sudan, HRW
Sudan: Dozens Killed During Protests Rein in Forces, Investigate Killings, Charge or Release Detainees(Nairobi, September 27, 2013) – Sudan's security forces have been implicated in killing dozens of...
View ArticleSudan's DUP makes implicit threat of withdrawal from government unless fuel...
September 26, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) called on the Sudanese government to annul its decision this week of cutting fuel subsidies to avoid aggravating the economic...
View ArticleS. Sudan: IMF urges improved transparency in oil operations
September 25, 2013 (JUBA) – A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have urged South Sudanese authorities to improve transparency in oil operation in order to promote economic stability.The...
View ArticleSudan: Security forces fatally shoot dozens of protesters as demonstrations grow
African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies 27 September 2013The Sudanese security forces must immediately stop using arbitrary and unlawful force against protesters, the African Centre for Justice...
View ArticleKhartoum and Juba to expel rebels from border demilitarised areas
September 26, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan and South Sudan security officials agreed on Thursday to expel rebel groups from the demilitarised zone on the border between the two countries as part of their...
View ArticleOver 600 protesters are under arrest, Sudanese interior minister
September 27, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's interior minister said over 600 people are detained since Monday, as protesters took the street in the capital Khartoum and other towns after Friday...
View ArticleDarfur authority says peace parties failed to implement security arrangements
November 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) has admitted the failure of the peace parties to implement the security arrangements accord signed by the government and the Justice and...
View ArticleMachar calls on S. Sudan to recognise Abyei referendum
November 14, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's deputy chairman of the ruling party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), Riek Machar Teny, has called on the lawmakers to recognise the outcome of...
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