Rebels in Sudan prepare for war
ADDIS ABABA , (IPS) - A rebel coalition in Sudan has declared war on the government less than a week after it attacked Sudanese forces. “Now there is a fully-fledged war in the new south of the nort...
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Statement by the Mediation: Agreement between the government of Sudan ...
DOHA, Qatar, March 25, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – H.E. Ahmed bin Abdallah Al-Mahmoud, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, and H.E. Aichatou Mindaoudo...
The African Union welcomes the continued progress in the situation bet...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 21, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, welcomes the successful convening of...
Security Council Committee concerning Sudan updates travel ban and ass...
NEW YORK, March 14, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – On 11 March 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan approved the updat...
Troika welcomes agreements between Sudan and South Sudan
LONDON, United-Kingdom, March 14, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – UK, US and Norway welcome agreements between Sudan and South Sudan and urge rapid implementation. A joint statement b...
Crimes against humanity as Sudanese government’s indiscriminate ...
WASHINGTON, Carey L. Biron (IPS) - Reporting on the results of a two-year investigation, on Wednesday the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch presented findings that suggest that the Sudanese government’s ...
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir is recovering from hospital in Saudi Ar...
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is said to be recovering in a Saudi hospital where he underwent surgery a day after his office announced the visit as a normal medical checkup. Quoting a statement f...
Iran sends two vessels to the gulf of Aden as Sudan blames Israel for ...
The Sudanese army on Monday welcomed two Iranian vessels less than a week after airstrikes blamed on Israel destroyed a weapons factory in Khartoum. The vessels, the helicopter carrier Kharg and dest...
Amnesty International says China and Russia, the key arms suppliers to...
UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) – 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 we...
Malawi to respond to ICC on Al-Bashir
Lilongwe – The Malawi Ministry of Justice says it will today respond to the International Criminal Court on why it did not arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir when he entered the country t...
UK speaks on Malawi’s refusal to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bas...
Lilongwe – The United Kingdom has responded with disappointment over Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration refusal to arrest on behalf of the Human Rights Watch, Sudan president ...
Sudanese government continues to target press freedom
New York, August 23, 2011-The Committee to Protect Journalists is disturbed by the continued violations of press freedom in Sudan. In August, Sudanese security services confiscated two newspapers, an...
Sudan’s Bashir gets an invitation as Idriss Deby is inaugurated ...
Omar al Bashir, a man wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes, arrived in Chad Sunday where he will attend the swearing-in ceremony of re-elected head of state Idriss Deby I...
Cause for concern as mass graves discovered in Sudan
According to the Associated Press, (AP), Sudan activists have called for the United States and the international community to intervene in a region of Sudan inaccessible to outsiders after a U.S. gro...
U.N. Human Rights Chief slams China for failing to arrest Sudan Presid...
The head of the U.N. human rights commission has criticised China for failing to arrest Sudan’s president so that he can be brought to trial on war crimes charges. U.N. High Commissioner for Hu...
Omar al-Bashir engages in more atrocities in Sudan and challenges the ...
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan is committing new crimes inDarfur and challenging the authority of the UN Security Council, the chief international warcrimes prosecutor said Wednesday. ”Crime...