Sudan News

Five important challenges threaten the future of Sudan. For the country to retain its cultural, political and strategic unity, it is now more important than ever that Sudan's different forces unite behind a national strategy, writes Galal Nassar Such is the interest of the Arab media in the Arab- Israeli conflict as it unfolds in occupied ...

MALAKAL, 9 November 2009 - Hundreds of cases of kala azar , a parasitic disease transmitted by the sand fly, have been reported in Southern Sudan in the past month, aid workers and doctors have said.

The Rosemary's Baby star, who fasted earlier this year to raise awareness about the refugee crisis in Sudan, has leaked an extract of her upcoming op-ed piece on her blog.

Sudan's political parties accused each other of widespread fraud and intimidation as voters began to register for the oil-producing state's first multi-party elections in 24 years due in April 2010.

" 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.

MALAKAL, Sudan - Southern Sudan is facing a "serious outbreak" of the deadly kala azar tropical disease, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres warned on Friday.

Sudan has started registering voters for presidential, legislative and regional elections, but officials in the south and international observers say the process has begun on a flawed note.

Sudan's First Vice President and President of Southern Sudan Government has said his government cannot disarm Toposa tribe as long as members of Kenyan tribe of Turkana hold arms.

Sudan's Foreign Minister Deng Alor said most south Sudanese would choose independence if the referendum were held now US envoy Scott Gration was shuttling between rival Sudanese leaders yesterday in a bid to resolve a row over rules for a promised vote on independence for the south that threatens to derail nationwide elections.

November 1, 2009 a ' The two partners to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement are at the verge of political crisis following the Saturdaya TMs decision by the SPLM ministers to join their assembly members by boycotting participation in the cabinet meetings in Khartoum.

Sudanese began registering today for the country's first multi-party elections in 24 years, but opposition parties threatened to boycott the April poll unless democratic reforms are passed.

" 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 leader of southern Sudan called on his people to vote for secession in an upcoming referendum if they do not want to end up as second class citizens, as voter registration began Sunday for elections across the country.

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

The Unity State Community in Juba urged the President of southern Sudan to remove the state Governor saying he failed to wine the confidence of the post-war citizens of the State despite the Governor's several years as a governor." Over three hundred people from Unity State met on Saturday October 24, 2009 at Juba Bridge Hotel to discuss social, ...

" The head of a Sudanese police station in the twin capital city of Omdurman was killed after a gun battle erupted with an armed militia originally from South of the country according to news reports.

Darfur hybrid peacekeeping force urged the Sudanese government to increase its efforts to secure a save release of two civilians staffers abducted since August and other aid workers.

The Sudanese government said on Tuesday the U.S. Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration would never meet the Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir, either in his forthcoming visit to the country Saturday or in the future.

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

At least 10 people have been killed in a new round of inter-tribal clashes in Darfur, the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force to the war-scarred region of western Sudan reported today.