20110107
reuters

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Ibrahim Akasha sits outside his office in south Sudan's capital Juba -- one of hundreds of northerners who are dismissing fears of reprisals to stay and build on businesses in the region after its expected secession.

20110104
reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will send observers to Sudan when the south holds an independence referendum on January 9, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

20110104
reuters

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir made his final trip to the southern capital Juba on Tuesday before a January 9 vote on secession, offering a hand of peace to the southerners he fought for so long.

20110102
Sudan Tribune

Juba — Jimmy Carter, the ex-American president and Koffi Annan, former UN Secretary General are due to lead the Cater Center's international observation delegation set for the 9 January self-determination referendum in southern Sudan.

20110102
Sudan Tribune

Doha — Darfur peace mediators have handed compromise proposals to the Sudanese government and rebel groups on the pending issues in order to present a final peace and ceasefire agreement in the upcoming days.

20110102
Sudan Tribune

Juba — Salva Kiir Mayardit, Sudan's First Vice President and president of Southern Sudan government on Friday, assured Abyei citizens of SPLM commitment to resolve the ongoing dispute on the future of the region.Tribune

20110101
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir made a rare public appeal on Friday to opposition parties to join a broad based-government just days ahead of a vote which will likely see the south move towards independence.

20110101
xinhuda

KHARTOUM, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Friday called for formation of a broad-base government that includes all Sudanese political parties to unite the county's internal front.

20101227
xinhuanet

KHARTOUM, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a written message addressing his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir on Sudan, expressed willingness to strengthen ties with Sudan in different fields, Sudan's official SUNA news agency reported.

20101224
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Darfur rebels clashed with Sudanese government troops on Thursday, three days after announcing they had resumed ceasefire negotiations, rebel and humanitarian sources said.

20101224
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese authorities beat and tear gassed opposition party members on their way to Friday prayers in the latest crackdown ahead of a January 9 referendum likely to split Africa's largest state, party officials said.

20101219
Sudan Tribune

Nairobi — Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and the Libyan leader Muammar Al-Qaddafi will both arrive in Khartoum on Tuesday for talks with Sudan president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir as his country hurtles towards a vote in January 2011 on the independence of south Sudan region.

20101219
Sudan Tribune

Khartoum — The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir was unapologetic over a YouTube video showing a woman being flogged by police that sparked outrage both domestically and abroad.

20101220
reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who has pushed Sudan over an upcoming referendum and the crisis in Darfur, has written to leaders in the region stressing U.S. commitment to a peaceful vote, the White House said on Sunday.

20101220
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's president said the country would adopt an Islamic constitution if the south split away in a referendum due next month, in a speech on Sunday in which he also defended police filmed flogging a woman.

20101220
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - As many as 12,000 people have fled fresh fighting between Sudan's army and Darfur rebels and are heading towards already overcrowded camps and settlements in the strife-torn territory, peacekeepers said on Sunday.

20101218
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army clashed with Darfur rebels for a third time in a week on Friday, a day after U.N. envoys criticised Khartoum for launching attacks on the insurgent force, peacekeepers said.

20101217
Sudan Tribune

Khartoum — The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir offered to let the South take the entire revenue from the country's oil wealth in return for a unity vote in the referendum that will take place in less than a month.

20101217
Sudan Tribune

In four weeks time, the South of the Sudan will know its long awaited political destiny. People there shall vote on January 9 2011 (22 days from today) and results are expected to be released a week later. All systems and indicators point to birth of a new nation in the horn of Africa and indeed in the Africa continent. The Sudanese authorities have invested enough time and resources to ensure the process goes ahead as planned. Congratulation to all. Southerners in the process are beaming with hope as they unmistakably look ahead for their hard won freedom. Hail the new born King and new born nation!

20101219
RFI

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir siphoned billions of oil money to British bank accounts, US diplomats say in the latest WikiLeaks revelations.