Ali Osman Taha News

When President Barack Obama meets Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington on Monday, the talks will require an interesting balancing act to mirror the one Mr Erdogan himself seems to have been attempting.

The Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha returned today to Khartoum after performing the rituals of Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Sudan and the state firm China National Petroleum Corp signed this week three new oil and gas cooperation agreements.

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.

" 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.

" The Sudanese government today stepped up its criticism of the African Union panel headed by former South African president Thabo Mbeki for recommending a hybrid court to try Darfur war crimes suspects.

The Southern Sudan Government has rejected a deal announced at the weekend on a referendum on the fate of the region.

" The South African Vice president Kgalema Motlanthe will arrive in Sudan tomorrow on a two day state visit, according to state media.

October 20, 2009 a ' The Vice President of the republic and the Vice President of southern Sudan government and SPLM deputy chairman today resumed discussions on an agreement reached last week on the details of the 2011 referendum.

'We have overcome the differences over the outstanding issues, and there is an agreement,' Riek Machar, vice president of the semi-autonomous south, told reporters.

October 4, 2009 a ' The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir is mulling replacing his second vice president Ali Osman Taha, according to a newspaper report.

September 29, 2009 - Political negotiations, in most cases, are based on win-win solutions for parties involved, but that is not the case in Sudan.

The Sudanese presidential adviser Ghazi Salah Al-Deen Al-Attabani said today that his boss Omer Hassan Al-Bashir have had to carefully plan his foreign travels in light of the outstanding arrest warrant for him.

September 22, 2009 a ' The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir will skip the second Africa-South America summit that will kick off this weekend in Venezuela.

The two peace partners made today some progress on contentious issues over the referendum bill.

A visiting envoy of the United States disclosed on Thursday that he was expecting a change in the U.S. policy toward Sudan, but it might need some time.

The visiting US Congressman Keith Ellison today held talks with the Sudanese officials on the implementation of 2005 peace agreement and the ongoing efforts to settle Darfur crisis.

The visiting US Congressman Keith Ellison today held talks with the Sudanese officials on the implementation of 2005 peace agreement and the ongoing efforts to settle Darfur crisis.

The visiting US Congressman Keith Ellison today held talks with the Sudanese officials on the implementation of 2005 peace agreement and the ongoing efforts to settle Darfur crisis.

" Dozens of US activists and members of the Sudanese diaspora marched in front of the White House on Friday just days before two members of the US Senate arrived in Khartoum to meet with top aides of President Omer Al-Bashir. Protestors held signs saying "Save Lives Now", "El Bashir & NCP to ICC", "Restore Aid Now," and "End the Genocide." The ...