Sudan Travel News

" The Sudanese 2nd Vice president Ali Osman Taha warned his boss Omer Hassan Al-Bashir not to travel to Turkey to attend the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Istanbul, according to a news report.

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, right, is welcomed by his second deputy, Ali Osman Taha, yesterday at Khartoum airport upon his return from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, where he attended a China-Africa summit.

Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir, the target of an international arrest warrant, has scrapped a visit to Turkey to join key political negotiations in Khartoum, official SUNA news agency said on Sunday.

" The Dutch government has extended a grant assistance of 23.5 million US dollar to UNICEF in Sudan to provide safe water and improved sanitation for hundreds of thousands of people across the country.

Date : Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:56:16 +0400 ANCA WELCOMES DARFUR MOVEMENT'S CALL ON PRESIDENT OBAMA TO OPPOSE AL-BASHIR'S VISIT TO TURKEY armradio.am 06.11.2009 17:17 The Armenian National Committee of America voiced the Armenian American community's strong support for a human rights statement, issued by a coalition of anti-Darfur Genocide groups, ...

" Southern Sudan is hit by very low voters' registration turnout as the region prepares for its first post-war general elections due in six months.

" The Turkish government dismissed criticism over its invitation extended to the Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to attend the Organization of Islamic Conference summit this weekend.

A student from Sudan, who was made a refugee by the countrya s civil war when he was 12 years old, is now studying an MSc Economics Finance and Management at the University of Bristol, thanks to a special scholarship that enables students from war-affected parts of Africa to study a postgraduate course at Bristol.

" Bor clashes early October has disturbed land transport between the two towns. South Sudan forces managed to quell the tension and provide escort to business trucks - " but traders argue the national army also demand some fees for 'services.' Trucks owners in Juba, Uganda and Kenya sometimes reject or overcharge car hiring for Bor destination, ...

Enthusiastic Sudanese began Sunday to register for their country's first presidential, legislative and regional elections in 24 years, with the authorities facing a tough logistical challenge.

" The Sudanese government today reiterated its rejection the proposal set of an African Union to setup hybrid tribunals to try Darfur war crimes suspects.

HAVING missed out on any summer worth mentioning here in the UK, many people are looking for late deal holidays in an effort to find some winter sun.

Trapped in Sudan: 11 airmen in an HC-130 'taxi' run. 150 Sudanese soldiers with weapons.

Robert J. Cabelly, 61, of Washington, D.C., has been indicted in the District of Columbia in an eight-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to violate the Sudanese sanctions regulations and to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign power, four counts of violating the Sudanese sanctions regulations, as well as one count apiece of money ...

The Sudanese government has downplayed the significance of changes made to the new generation of Sudanese passports that practically allows its bearer to use it to travel to Israel , the Sudan Tribune reported two weeks ago.

" The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping sent a letter to the Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir ahead of the Peace and Security Council due to start in Abuja this week, Sudan state media reported.

The second volume of G. Willow Wilson's Eisner-nominated speculative comic series Air hit store shelves this week, mashing time-travel, dimensional shifting, romance, airlines and heroines a ' including a very much alive Amelia Earhart a ' into a clever yarn studded with philosophy and religion.

The Republic of South Africa has pledged to carry out trainings in multiple institutions and technically support Southern Sudan in preparation for the upcoming elections and referendum.

South Africa's Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has urged rival political parties in Sudan to focus on unity ahead of national elections next year.

Published: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 11:22 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 11:22 p.m. GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba With U.S.-Sudan policy in flux, the Pentagon on Monday airlifted a planeload of lawyers and other staff to this remote base for hearings in the war court cases of two long-held Sudanese captives accused of working ...