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4 hrs ago | Inter Press Service

Russian, Chinese Arms Fuel Conflict in Sudan, Says Amnesty

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 9, 2012 - Russia and China, two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council described as key arms suppliers to the embattled regime in Syria, are now accused of supplying weapons and fuelling an ongoing conflict in another military hotspot: Sudan.

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10 hrs ago | Time

Winston Churchill

The political history of the 20th century can be written as the biographies of six men: Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.

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14 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

UN to cut peacekeeping bill

The United Nations hopes to cut one billion dollars off its peacekeeping budget this year as it seeks to close or shrink many missions, a top UN official said Wednesday.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

Scoop

Ban Welcomes Launch Of Darfur Conflict Resolution Mechanism

New York, Feb 8 2012 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today the inauguration of the Darfur Regional Authority, a body intended to stimulate development and facilitate peace in the war-torn western region of Sudan.

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AllAfrica.com

Sudan: Pressgangs 'Still Operating in Khartoum'

Juba-Khartoum - Rebel groups fighting South Sudan's government have bolstered their ranks through the forced recruitment of southerners living in Khartoum, according to a senior official in Juba, a self-styled rebel leader, and a man who escaped a pressgang in Sudan's capital.

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Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Darfur Women Take on Hard Labour

Across the Darfur region of western Sudan, female workers weighed down by heavy buckets are a common sight on building sites.

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The Guardian

Trafigura in South Sudan oil row

Omar al-Bashir, right, the president of Sudan, and Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, at Juba airport on in 2010.

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News24

Go home, Bashir tells Darfur's displaced

El Fasher - About two million people displaced by conflict in Sudan's Darfur should go home, President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for alleged war crimes in the conflict, said on Wednesday.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

Lucknow Sentinel

Former Lucknowite to gain experience in South Sudan

Well, my one-year South Sudan journey is underway! After 10 days of training at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa, we were bussed to Montreal where we flew to Amsterdam on Jan.

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Gulf Times

QNB Group rated Mena region's 'most valued brand'

QNB Group has been rated the Middle East and North Africa regions most valued banking brand in a survey done by The Banker magazine, an affiliate publication of The Financial Times.

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World Press Freedom Review

South Sudanese Journalist Assaulted in Parliament

A South Sudanese journalist covering a session of the country's National Assembly yesterday was removed and later allegedly assaulted by security guards, according to news reports.

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Voice of America

Sudan Oil Dispute Raises War Rhetoric

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said tensions with South Sudan over oil transit payments could lead to war between the two countries during an interview with state TV, in Khartoum, February 3, 2012.

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Public Broadcasting Atlanta

Kidnapped Chinese workers in Sudan freed

Sudanese rebel forces released 29 Chinese workers kidnapped ten days ago in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan, where the army has been fighting insurgents for seven months, Sudan's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

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Ghanamma.com

Sudan: Five Arrested in North Darfur

A relative of one of the detainees told Radio Dabanga 'security services launched a crackdown on a number of known people in the region starting at 9:00 a.m. ending two hours later.' Three retired teachers named as Muhammed Adam Jadeed, Abdullah Mahmoud Muhammed and Adam Fadil Murdi were detained along with a merchant called Amer Salih Mahdi, and ... (more)

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

Daily Monitor

Yes, there's hope for Uganda's economy

I am really excited about 2012, and what the future holds for Uganda as a nation.

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AllAfrica.com

Sudan: President Bashir - the Belligerent Eye of a Perfect Storm

The vultures are circling around Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir. He's faced problems before, of course, but a perfect storm of resistance and discontent brewing in and out of his country is the most serious threat to his rule yet.

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AllAfrica.com

Sudan: Malaria, Malnutrition On the Rise After Violent Clashes

Juba - 16-year old Nyayan Giet lies helpless on a metallic bed in a maternity ward at Walgak Primary Health Care Center as she quietly stares at at roof with no ceiling.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

Pan-African News Wire

South Sudan Rebels Say They Will Release Kidnapped Chinese Workers

Sudan rebels "seeking way" to hand over abducted Chinese Sat, Feb 4 2012 BEIJING, Feb 4 - Sudanese rebels said they are looking for ways to hand over 29 Chinese workers held in the border state of South Kordofan, Chinese state media said, as Sudan's government confirmed the death of one worker in a firefight.

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Daily Monitor

He has visited every country on earth

When the people of South Sudan celebrated the birth of their country last year, they didn't know that by that act, they were waking up a 74-year-old-man somewhere in France out of his well-earned retirement.

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Sat Feb 04, 2012

United Nations

UN welcomes South Sudan as 193rd Member State

The General Assembly today admitted the Republic of South Sudan as the 193rd member of the United Nations, welcoming the newly independent country to the community of nations.

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