Sudan News

Following the success of Deira City Centre's 'Go Red for Women' campaign over the past three years, Majid Al Futtaim Properties strengthens support for movement against heart disease.

It is part of the agenda of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the African Union summit in Ethiopia.

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Civilians in Sudan are paying the biggest price in the war between the Government and rebels, the United Nations humanitarian chief reiterated today as she wrapped up a visit to the country urging more sustainable support for displaced populations, many of whom have been living in camps for a decade.

Some 300,000 people have fled resurgent fighting in Sudan's Darfur region in the first five months of this year, the UN's top humanitarian official said.

Sudan and South Sudan's oil ministers on Thursday vowed to continue cross-border oil flows but gave contradictionary opinions whether a technical problem at a pumping station which had cut output had been fixed.

Kenya has asked other African countries to urge the International Criminal Court to drop crimes-against-humanity charges against its new president and his deputy, according to an African Union document seen on Thursday.

President Barack Obama says his administration is willing to consider accepting increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.

Former World War II Army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at age 91, a funeral home said Thursday.

Salva Kiir spoke Thursday during a visit by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces ICC charges related to Kenya's post-election violence in 2007-08 that killed more than 1,000 people.

"I find it disturbing that significantly more people were displaced by clashes in the first three months of this year than during all of 2012," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in an April report on Unamid.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir are reportedly to hold a summit in Addis Ababa on Friday 24 May 2013.

Sudan's Central Directorate of Air Accident Investigation released their final report concluding the probable causes of the accident were: The accident cause is a complex set of reasons - The aircraft impacted the ground on three wheels at high forward speed Shearing off both engines and propellers and damaging the left main landing gear which put ... (more)

Sudan's Central Directorate of Air Accident Investigation released their final report concluding the probable causes of the crash were: - The three engines failure constitutes the main cause.

Police arbitrarily arrested Michael Koma, the managing editor of South Sudan's daily Juba Monitor , on May 2 and detained him for four days following the publication of an article critical of the deputy security minister.

About 300,000 people have fled their homes due to a surge in fighting in Sudan's Darfur region this year and are now living in terrible conditions and short of food, the United Nations aid chief said on Wednesday.

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A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness.

The resumption of South Sudan exporting oil through Sudanese territory is a major positive development for both countries, and will improve the outlook for their external accounts, government finances, and overall economies.

Displaced civilians on their way to Dereige camp in South Darfur were attacked by an unidentified armed group on 16 May, according to UK-based advocacy group the Sudan Social Development Organisation .