20110711 Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Monday that the disputed Abyei border region could be a source of conflict with newly independent South Sudan if agreements are not respected.
20110710 Reuters KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - For thousands of southern Sudanese it was a night to stay out dancing to welcome the birth of their new nation. For people in the northern capital Khartoum it was a time of sadness mixed with defiance.
20110710 Reuters JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir promised to bring peace to troubled border areas and offered an amnesty to armed groups fighting his government, hours after his state declared independence from the north on Saturday.
20110710 Reuters JUBA (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir congratulated South Sudan on its independence on Saturday and called for good neighbourly relations at a ceremony to mark the south's split from Sudan in the north.
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's Salva Kiir was sworn in as president of the world's newest nation on Saturday during a ceremony formally declaring independence from Sudan in the north.
20110709 Reuters JUBA (Reuters) - The South Sudanese parliament speaker read out the formal declaration of independence for the Republic of South Sudan on Saturday, the final step in a 2005 deal that followed decades of war between the north and south.
20110709 Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted on Friday to establish a force of up to 7,000 peacekeepers for poor, conflict-ravaged but oil-producing South Sudan, which became independent after a referendum.
20110707 Reuters KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir vowed to fight northern rebels and boycott future international peace talks on Thursday as he put up a bold front two days ahead of the secession of the south of his country.
20110707 Reuters JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Southern Sudanese in the country-in-waiting's capital are sprucing up streets, confiscating black market guns and trying to impose order on frenetic traffic to make sure independence day goes smoothly on Saturday.
20110706 Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - South Sudan could become a United Nations member state quickly after seceding from the north, under a timetable given by the U.N. Security Council's president on Tuesday.
20110706 Reuters KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A boat packed with refugees bound for Saudi Arabia sunk off the Sudanese coast, killing 197 people, Sudanese media linked to the government said on Tuesday.
20110705 Reuters KHARTOUM (Reuters) - North Sudan said on Tuesday it wanted U.N. peacekeepers to leave when the south secedes on July 9, shrugging off international pressure to extend the mission to protect civilians caught up in fresh fighting.
20110705 Reuters ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Leaders of north and south Sudan agreed on Monday to continue talks on a series of disputes after the south's impending secession, officials said -- a move that will disappoint Western countries hoping for a quick deal.
20110703 Reuters KHARTOUM (Reuters) - As southern Sudanese count down the minutes to independence on July 9, northerners are anxiously contemplating a future with less oil, roaring inflation and emboldened rebellions.
20110702 Reuters KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said the army would continue its campaign in the flashpoint of South Korfodan, state news agency SUNA said on Friday, dashing hope of a ceasefire ahead of southern secession.
20110702 Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - As southern Sudan prepares to secede on July 9, the United Nations is gearing up to become guardian of what will soon be its 193rd member state -- the poor, conflict-ravaged but oil-producing South Sudan.
20110701 Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sudan's government is allowing limited U.N. access to Kadugli, capital of a tense border state where fighting and looting has taken place ahead of southern secession, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday.
20110701 Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official chided China on Thursday for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on an international warrant for alleged war crimes when he visited Beijing this week.
20110630 Reuters KHARTOUM/JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - North and south Sudan have agreed to form a demilitarized buffer zone at their joint border to defuse tensions ahead of southern secession on July 9, the African Union (AU) said on Wednesday.
20110629 Reuters ADDIS ABABA/JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Sudan agreed on Wednesday to bring some former rebels into the its army and the south played down a northern threat to shut oil pipelines, as the country's halves scramble to prepare for the south's looming secession.
