Sudan News

The semi autonomous government of south Sudan today has apprehended individuals linked to recent attack involving GOSS minister of Agriculture and forestry Dr.

SUDAN has sentenced six children to death for taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum.

The government of Southern Sudan today said hunting individuals behind recent attack involving minister of Agriculture and forestry Dr.

Early in the morning, 14-year-oldAdam Abakar leaves his house south of the capital city and heads for Khartoum's central market to work as a porter.

"On Thursday 19th November 2009, officials from the Government of the United States and the Government Southern Sudan joined state government leaders and members of the local communities to inaugurate the fully designed gravel surfaced road in southern Sudan.

A senior official of the Communist Party of China has hailed China's relationship with Sudan during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Sudan diplomatic ties.

Juba, Sudan - A tribal cattle raid this week left 47 dead in south Sudan, an army spokesman said, the latest in a cycle of fatal clashes between pastoralists.

Community leaders in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, about 50 kilometres from El Fasher, have commended the timely intervention of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur in curtailing the recent clashes in the surrounding villages of Jabel Moskul and Jabelti.

Five people have been killed and seven wounded, including a minister in the south Sudan regional government, during a gunbattle between rival ethnic groups, officials say.

JUBA, 13 November 2009 - Reported cases of kala azar infection, a deadly disease also known as visceral leishmaniasis, have continued to rise in Southern Sudan, according to medical workers.

The National Election Commission of Sudan today confirmed acceptance of additional countries to the previous list for registration and voting to enable Sudanese abroad to participate in the upcoming elections next year.

JUBA: Tribal revenge attacks have killed 11 people in South Sudan, halting registration in the area for the first multi-party election in 24 years, officials said yesterday.

A Nigerian football star on Thursday said he had been sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan after being wrongly convicted of drunk driving in Khartoum.

The United Nations Children's Fund has called for greater efforts to prevent the food shortages in parts of Southern Sudan, caused by poor rains and made worse by insecurity, from escalating into a deeper crisis.

The Nuba Mountains, a former frontline region in Sudan's north-south civil war remain tense, years after the 2005 north-south peace agreement, local leaders and analysts say.

" The Sudanese government will begin closing down the camps for the displaced population in war torn region of Darfur next year, a senior official said today.

There is growing awareness that national elections scheduled for April 2010 will fail on many counts, with unpredictable consequences for the Khartoum regime's ambitions to retain its stranglehold on Sudanese national wealth and power.

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.