Women groups announce their support for Sudan Call
Position Statement from the Women's Political Forces and Civil Society organizations and Groups on the Sudan Call To the People of Sudan We, the undersigned women, are fully motivated by our national...
View ArticleSudanese journalist charged with undermining constitutional order
January 16, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The chief editor of the Sudanese Communist Party's (SCP) al-Midan newspaper, Madiha Abdalla, has been interrogated by the prosecutor on charges of crimes against the state...
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Civil society activists in W. Bahr el Ghazal demand timely elections
January 16, 2015 (WAU) – Civil society activists in South Sudan's Western Bahr el Ghazal state took to the streets on Friday demanding that the electoral commission conducts timely elections.Rizik...
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SPLM-N recaptures two areas in South Kordofan: spokesperson
January 16, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) have managed to retake two areas in South Kordofan from government forces, a rebel spokesman said on Friday.SPLA-N...
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South Sudan pledges conduct of credible elections
January 17, 2015 (JUBA) - South Sudanese electoral commission on Saturday it would hold free and fair poll despite fears the exercise would not be credible enough.A supporter of South Sudan's Salva...
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South Sudanese rebels say peace is priority not elections
January 17, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudan's opposition faction of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) under the leadership of the former vice-president, Riek Machar, has downplayed the...
View ArticleS. Sudan electoral body sets up high committees
January 17, 2015 (JUBA) - South Sudan's electoral commission announced on Saturday the formation of high committees at state levels.Those appointed, the commission said, should report to its...
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French ambassador in Khartoum blocked from media center event
January 17, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – A media center in Khartoum prevented the French ambassador Bruno Aubert on Saturday from speaking at a press conference organized for a French expert in protest of the...
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Darfur's LJM sacks its secretary general Abu Garda
January 17, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - Differences within the former rebel Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) have escalated following the decision of the movement's leader, al-Tijani al-Sissi, to dismiss...
View ArticleCentral Darfur: kidnapped students released after ransom paid
January 17, 2015 (NERTITI) - An unknown armed militia has released five high school students, in return for a 50.000 pounds SDG ransom.The five students were abducted by the armed men last December...
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Sudan's Umma party freezes internal bodies, will operate underground: source
January 18, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The opposition National Umma Party (NUP) has agreed to freeze the work of its internal bodies and will operate secretly in the wake of the government's move to dissolve...
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South Sudan army says oil fields under full protection
January 16, 2015 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese army (SPLA) said on Friday it remains in full control of oil fields in both Unity and Upper Nile states, downplaying threats from rebel forces.South...
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Sudan's Bashir challenges opposition forces to participate in April elections
January 18, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has challenged opposition parties to participate in upcoming elections scheduled this April.Sudanese president Omer Hassan...
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Sudanese security bans 30th anniversary celebration of Islamic thinker's...
January 18, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) have prevented hundreds of followers of the late Islamic thinker, Mahmoud Mohamed Taha, from celebrating the...
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DUP leaders to hold “decisive” press conference on political situation
January 18, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will hold a press conference on Monday afternoon to make “decisive” statements on the current political situation, one of its...
View ArticleSudanese parliament sends corruption law back to cabinet
January 18, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The speaker of the Sudanese Parliament, al-Fatih Izz al-Din, announced that the legislative body sent back the draft bill of the Unlawful Enrichment Act to the cabinet for...
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Sudanese army confirms death of Darfur rebel commander
January 18, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Sunday claimed responsibility for the death of a commander in Sudan Liberation Army of Minni Minnawi (SLA-MM) by the name of Mohamed...
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Sudan's Federal Truth Party warns leader against participating in 2015 elections
January 18, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – More than 15 leading figures in the Federal Truth Party (FTP) expressed their rejection of participating in the general elections and accused its chairman Fadl al-Sayed...
View ArticleConstitution amendments in Sudan nothing but distortions
By Mahmoud A. SuleimanJanuary 18,2014 - This article comes against the backdrop of the unprecedented news that the National Congress Party (NCP) National Council/Assembly – the Parliament has gone...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: The need to eradicate tribal politics & dictatorship
By James Gatdet DakJanuary 18, 2015 - Oxford dictionary defines tribalism as a behavior or attitude which is based on being loyal to a tribe or other social group; or the state of being organized into...
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