Sudan News

Some of the deadliest plane crashes that have occurred during takeoff: - Aug. 20, 2008: Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands crashes, burns and breaks into pieces while trying to take off from Madrid's ...

UGANDAN traders pay over 15 taxes in Juba, a situation which may force them to stop their work.

' A senior Sudanese official hinted that the decision by Sudan People Liberation Movement to name Salva Kiir as its candidate for 2009 presidential elections was aimed at weakening the position of the ruling ...

Heads of state and other dignitaries from African countries and Turkey started an economic cooperation summit in Istanbul on Monday.

The three-day summit in Turkey's cultural and financial center is part of the country's intensifying efforts to expand ties and increase trade volume with the African continent.

Turkish officials expect delegations from 50 countries, including seven heads of state.

Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president accused of directing a genocide in his country, also will arrive in Istanbul for the Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit.

Five suspects appeared in court in Sudan on Sunday in connection with the New Year's Day murder of a US diplomat and his driver that sent shockwaves through the Western community in Khartoum.

A Sudanese court has sentenced eight members of a Darfur rebel group to death for their role in an attack on the Sudanese capital in May.

Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior, southern Sudan government presidential advisor accused GoSS Vice-president of taking bribes from foreign firms, but Rielk Machar dismissed the charges.

UNAMID guarding a supply convoy in El Fasher in Darfur 15 August 2008 &#150 Ethiopian forces will shortly join the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur , bringing with them their ...

The Joint Executive Political Committee between the National Congress Party and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement have agreed on the formation of Electoral Commission and Abyei administration among a ...

Despite US Sanctions Sudan bustling economy has embarked on huge projects such as The Merowe Hydro Electrical Dam and Mogran Economic Center.

" The minister of Defence heading a high ranking delegation has begun today a visit to the three states of the troubled Darfur to assess the needs and to study ways to restore security in the western Sudan.

Sudanese First Vice-President, Salva Kiir Mayadrit, said today that the indictment of president Omer Hassan al-Bashir by the ICC Prosecutor is not in the interest of Sudan and could hinder the peace process in ...

Thousands of Sudanese villagers have refused to leave homes due to be flooded this year by a $2 billion dam designed to double Sudan's electricity supply, a representative of the villagers said on Monday.

Friday, August 08, 2008 Sudan floods displace more than 40,000 Sudan, Africa Image : Sudanese people carry their shoes and sandals as they struggle through the flood waters east of the capital Kartoum, in 2007.

Inter-clan clashes in Lakes state killed 15 people and eight people wounded. The fighting shows weapons are still largely disseminated in the state despite the relentless efforts exercised by the government in ...

' Government of Jonglei State told visiting British diplomat from the UK Embassy in Sudan on Thursday that South Sudan development is hammered by poor roads network.

Friday, 8 August 2008, 10:00 am Press Release: United Nations Top UN envoy urges Sudan to review death sentences against Darfur rebels 7 August 2008 - The top United Nations envoy to Sudan has called for a ...

At the new headquarters of the Sudan People's Liberation Army , some 10km north of Juba town, signs mark the finance, administration and operations directorates.

Rivals of Sudan's president are pressing him to make concessions at home and abroad in a bid to ward off international charges he ordered genocide in Darfur, a case they fear could wreck peace efforts and even ...

By Rosebell Kagumire in Kampala and Peter Eichstaedt in The Hague The Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, is apparently threatening renewed conflict unless it's given financial and practical assistance.