Sudan News

Sudanese security services were searching on Saturday for two kidnapped female aid workers, one Ugandan and one Irish, taken from their compound in Darfur, the women's employer said.

The High court in Western Equatoria handed down the death sentence to two men named Kenneth Kaunda aged 45 and Wilson Elisa aged 56.

A number of armed rebel movements in Darfur say they are ready to resume peace talks with the Sudanese Government, the African Union-United Nations official tasked with promoting dialogue between the two sides says.

Thick lines of sweat run down the face of Peter Gatwech as he clutches the dressing around the bullet hole in his belly.

Wreckage from Air France flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic last month. Though no one survived that crash, documented cases appear to show that children are more likely to survive plane crashes than adults.

South Sudan president Salva Kiir said he had secured a promise from Libya's leader to support his region if it voted for independence in a referendum, a statement that is likely to infuriate Sudan's north.

Officials from the joint United Nations-African Union mission have visited areas of North Darfur to verify reports of the spontaneous return of refugees and displaced persons to their villages, and to assess their living conditions.

Darfur rebels on Sunday accused Sudan government forces of a bombing raid on their territory which killed at least eight civilians, as mediators step up pressure for a settlement in the violent western region.

Black Stars midfielder Anthony Annan has been cleared by FIFA to feature in the Stars return World and Nations Cup encounter with Sudan in September, 2009 in Ghana.

Four Sudanese men were on Wednesday condemned to hang for killing a U.S. aid official and his driver in Khartoum, and a fifth was sentenced to two years in prison.

ROME, JUNE 23, 2009 .- Caritas is affirming that the poverty and warring in the region of Darfur and the south of Sudan have reached a level that qualifies as a permanent humanitarian crisis.

Four Sudanese men were condemned to hang Wednesday for killing a U.S. diplomat and his driver.

Leaders from northern and southern Sudan are currently meeting in Washington against the backdrop of a series of bloody clashes between rival ethnic groups in the south in recent months.

The whistle signalling the end of the morning shift had just sounded when six deminers emerged from the tall grass, took off their protective clothing and walked back to the rest camp for lunch.

Public hearings got underway across Darfur over the weekend to examine the root causes of the conflict in the war-torn western region of Sudan, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping operation in the region, known as UNAMID, announced today.

The leader of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has warned his armed forces are being re-organised so they are prepared for any return to war with the north.

Lilly Atong, 26, was first abducted by Lorda s Resistance Army rebels from Amuru district in northern Uganda in 1991 when she was 10 years old.

YAMBIO, 17 June 2009 - Healthcare workers in Yambio, capital of Sudan's Western Equatoria State, have warned that the number of HIV-positive people receiving treatment has risen, and they cannot keep up with the demand for medication.

Escalating violence in Southern Sudan is putting tens of thousands of vulnerable people at risk of being cut off from help, aid workers warned.

Armed gunmen attacked a convoy of 27 boats carrying United Nations food aid to thousands of displaced persons in Southern Sudan, delivering a 'major blow' to the work of the World Food Programme in the region.