Sudan’s Spy Chief Sacked
Sudan’s intelligence chief, Salah Gosh has been relieved of his post and appointed adviser to President Omar al-Bashir. Human rights group have accused Gosh of playing a significant role in abuses that took place in the western region of Darfur. Human Rights Watch had called for the ICC to investigate Gosh’s role in the government’s [...]
Ethnic Violence Leaves 185 People Dead In Sudan
One Sudanese official has reportedly said that about 185 people have been killed in ethnic violence in South Sudan The people from the Lou Nuer community had gone fishing south of Akobo town amid a severe food shortage when ethnic Murle fighters attacked them. Eleven soldiers from the South Sudan army, the SPLA, who were [...]
40 Lashes For Sudanese Woman
A woman in Sudan due to appear in a court in Khartoum faces up to 40 lashes for wearing trousers. Lubna Hussein – a former journalist who now works for the United Nations – has invited journalists and observers to the trial. She was arrested in a restaurant in the capital with other women earlier [...]
Rivals Agree To Avert War In Sudan
Rival parties from north and south Sudan have agreed new plans to prevent conflict ahead of next week’s ruling on their disputed border. The two sides ended 22 years of conflict in 2005 but tension remains high, especially in the oil-rich region of Abyei, claimed by both sides. A court in The Hague is due [...]
Bashir Cancells Uganda Trip
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, has cancelled plans to travel to the East African Country of Uganda, a Ugandan official says, following speculation he could be arrested. Mr Bashir, wanted on an international arrest warrant for war crimes, had been invited to a development summit. But a Ugandan minister’s suggestion he could be arrested, followed [...]
Bashir Will Not Be Arrested By Uganda
The Ugandan government has dismissed claims that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted for war crimes, faces arrest if he visits the country. Officials had been quoted saying Mr Bashir would be held under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest issued in March. This would have contradicted a decision by the African Union, [...]
Sudanese Women Flogged For Wearing Trousers
Several Sudanese women have been flogged as a punishment for dressing “indecently”, according to a local journalist who was arrested with them. Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who says she is facing 40 lashes, said she and 12 other women wearing trousers were arrested in a restaurant in the capital, Khartoum. Khartoum, unlike South Sudan, is governed [...]
