Khartoum — Sudanese authorities paid a ransom of 500 thousand pounds to free nine foreigners held captive in the restive Darfur region, a Sudanese court disclosed on Sunday.
20110414 Reuters KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese militia have killed 17 people in the oil-producing South Kordofan region just two weeks before long-delayed elections, a candidate for state governor said on Thursday.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Two people were killed in an attack on a car near Port Sudan on Tuesday, which police suggested was a missile fired from the sea, while state media and a regional government official blamed a foreign aircraft.
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Police in south Sudan seized 2,500 copies of a newspaper before it could be distributed, its editor said on Saturday, stoking fears of a media crackdown ahead of the region's independence in July.
Khartoum — The chairman of Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) slammed the beleaguered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and accused him of being the top supporter of the rebel groups who took arms since 2003 against the central government.
A joint United Nations-African Union fact-finding mission to several villages in North Darfur that saw fighting earlier this month between Sudanese Government forces and rebels has found them almost entirely deserted.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Catholic Relief Services fears it will have to shut its West Darfur food programme at the end of the month unless Khartoum lifts a ban on its operations, depriving 400,000 people of food rations, an aid official said.
20110323 presstv Heavy clashes between Somali government troops backed by African Union forces and al-Shabab fighters have resulted in the deaths of at least 39 people in Mogadishu.
20110323 Xinhua KHARTOUM, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar al- Bashir on Tuesday refuted south Sudan government's accusations that Khartoum supported armed militias that threaten the stability of the south which is to be officially declared independent on July 9 this year, reported official SUNA news agency.
20110322 Xinhua KHARTOUM, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is to hold a session on Monday on Sudan's Abyei issue, viewpoints in the Sudanese political arena differ over the move and its effects regarding the issue of the disputed oil-rich area.
20110318 Reuters KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Police opened fire and killed one student after a demonstration in Darfur's main university against government restrictions on political activity, witnesses said on Thursday.
Khartoum — The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) announced today that Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, Vice President Ali Osman Taha and South Sudan president Salva Kiir will convene on Thursday to discuss the explosive situation in the North-South border region of Abyei.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United States and other world powers urged south and north Sudan on Tuesday to return to talks over the looming division of the country, and to control armed groups blamed for recent attacks.
KHARTOUM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday refuted the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) accusations that the party supported armed militias to topple south Sudan government before July 9, 2011.
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - A south Sudanese official accused the north of planning a Darfur-style genocide against the south, in an escalation of rhetoric less than four months ahead of the secession of his oil-producing region.
KHARTOUM, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) on Saturday decided to suspend dialogue with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), accusing the party of seeking to topple the government of south Sudan.
KHARTOUM, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Sudan People's Liberation Army ( SPLA) on Saturday said at least 30 people were killed in military clashes between its forces and hostile militias that attacked Malakal city in south Sudan.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan on Saturday accused Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir of plotting to overthrow the south's government before the secession of the oil-producing region in July.
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Militia fighters attacked the capital of south Sudan's oil-producing Upper Nile state on Saturday, the southern army said, leaving an unknown number of casualties.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Troops linked to north and south Sudan have taken up new positions in the contested Abyei region, according to satellite monitoring, raising fears of an escalation of violence.
