Sudan News

The group that formed in 2004 to help end the genocide occurring in Darfur, in western Sudan, watched as local supporters originally from southern Sudan voted in January to split from northern Sudan.

Sudan and South Sudan are dragging a reluctant China into their smouldering relations at a time when both sides say the situation is on the brink of open armed conflict.

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.

Sudan and South Sudan have signed a non-aggression treaty, as part of internationally-led efforts to reduce tensions along their poorly demarcated border, local media reported Saturday.

A diesel tanker belonging to a Kenyan businessman was Friday evening burnt to ashes by a wild bush fire along Lira-Kampala highway.

The Darfur Genocide Accountability Act of 2005 was a proposed bill to "impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and for other purposes". It was introduced on March 17, 2005; the bill did not become law though parts of it appeared in the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act , that was signed into ... (more)

JUBA, 10 February 2012 - Several clashes involving thousands of combatants in South Sudan's Jonglei state have highlighted the volatility of the world's newest country, affecting some 140,000 people.

South Sudan on Thursday said it has started talks with the Djibouti government to build an alternative oil pipeline through Ethiopia and Djibouti; weeks after the cabinet of the new nation passed a resolution shutting down oil production over a transit fee dispute with north Sudan.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.