Latest in Tag: Sudan Highlight
Latest in Tag: Sudan
Egypt won’t arrest Sudanese president on war crimes charges
Al-Bashir is wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide
Renewed clashes between army and rebels in Sudan leaves dozens dead
The two sides fight on many fronts while their spokesmen give conflicting statements
Bergamon: Egyptâs last Rango player
I learned to play the Rango out of love and a dedication to these instruments, the tanboura, the simsemeya and the Rango, which go together as the violin and the cello do in the Western tradition,â Bergamon explained. âThere used to be many who had mastered the instrument, but the last of them died last year.
National Holding Company invests EGP 1.3 billion in Arab Countries
By Islam Serour The National Holding Company reported Saturday the contract values for its two affiliated companies, El-Nasr Company for Contractors and the Egyptian Contractors Company, amounted to EGP 1.363 billion in Arab countries, during the 2011-2012 fiscal year. According to the Holding companyâs report, El-Nasrâs contracts in Sudan are valued at EGP 288.961 million. …
Sudan cooperation a necessity
Khartoum (AFP) – Sudan and South Sudan have no choice but to work together in order to avoid “suicide”, former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi said on Tuesday. “It is a win-win formula or a lose-lose formula,” Mahdi, who leads a major opposition party, Umma, told a gathering organised by the South Sudanese embassy. Sudan and …
Floods in Sudan challenge beleaguered government
UN agencies are already providing relief efforts but Sudan has not asked for foreign assistance yet
Sudan and S.Sudan strike oil deal
Sudan and South Sudan have hammered out a deal on how to share their oil wealth
Mohamed Badie urges Sudanese to unite
Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie urged the Sudanese people to unite in order to face the challenges they are currently facing
UN deadline in Sudan set to end without progress
As the United Nations’ deadline for peace talks between Sudan and South Sudan looms ever nearer, Sudan has been plagued by the largest anti-government demonstration the country has seen since austerity measures were implemented in June. The protest raged on Tuesday as over 1,000 people, mostly students, took to the streets in Darfur in …
Al-Bashir declines invitation to meet with Kiir
Al Bashir turns down an invitation to meet the South Sudanese president
US-based activist charged with âterrorismâ in Sudan
Death penalty predicted for US-based Sudanese activist
Sudan deadline approaches, UN remains hopeful
Despite Sudans rejection of the South Sudan proposal, the UN and AU remain committed to resolving the crisis
Sudan deadline approaches, UN remains hopeful
Despite Sudan’s rejection of the South Sudan proposal, the UN and AU remain committed to resolving the crisis
Regional Briefs on Israel, Yemen, Sudan, Syria
Israel Israelâs Defence Ministry Ehud Barak has ordered the destruction of eight Palestinian villages in the southern region of Hebron for being âillegal dwellings in a fire zone,â despite proof that the villages have been located there since 1830. The area is to be used by Israeli Defence Forces for military training, including live-fire exercises, …
South Sudan accuses Sudan of cross-border bombing
Tensions mount in Sudan, despite the ongoing peace process.
Al-Bashir threatens ‘burning hot summer’ for Sudanese protesters
Students protesting inflation and rising food prices, are also calling for an end to President Omar Al-Bashir’s 23-year reign
Protests call for Shaimaa Adelâs release continue
The current situation of the Egyptian journalist is still vague with conflicting reports about her whereabouts.
Protest wave hits Sudan
Security forces met the demonstrations with a violent crackdown that included the use of tear gas and batons as well as several arrests
Protests in Sudan threaten to topple Al-Bashir
The recent austerity measures taken by the government have included raising taxes and deep cuts to services like public health care.
Region Briefs
Syria: BRUSSELS (AP) â Members of Syrian opposition groups met in a conference in Belgium on Sunday to discuss their political differences and Syriaâs democratic transition. Groups discussed whether the Syrian opposition should request foreign military intervention and whether the groups should begin negotiations with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. According to activists more …
Anti-regime protests spill over to Sudan
Calls for a mass protest are being made on Facebook for June 30
and it seems that these protests are only intensifying the face of state repression
Anti-regime protests spill over to Sudan
Over the past week police have been firing tear gas, beating protestors with batons, as well as conducting mass arrests of activists.
Sudan says it ran S. Sudan troops out of oil town
South Sudan withdraws its troops from oil-rich region.
Unrest spreads in Sudan amid deadly standoff with South
By Ian Timberlake / AFP KHARTOUM: Rebels in the eastern border state of Blue Nile claimed dozens of government dead on Friday as unrest spread within Sudan, 10 days after a deadly standoff with the South erupted over a major oilfield. In Sudan’s western Darfur region, peacekeepers expressed concern that rebels were exploiting the Sudan-South …
Arab League calls emergency meeting on 2 Sudans
By Michael Onyiego / AP JUBA: The Arab League said Thursday it would hold an emergency meeting over the increasing violence between Sudan and South Sudan. The south reported new skirmishes even as Sudan’s president increased his threats of war toward the south. Sudan President Omar al-Bashir said the recent violence has “revived the spirit …
Pressure mounts to pull rival Sudans back from brink
By Ian Timberlake / AFP KHARTOUM: South Sudanese forces have made a diversionary attack near the contested Abyei region, state-linked media in Khartoum said, as international pressure mounted Wednesday to pull the rivals back from the brink of all-out war. The attack against Sudanese troops occurred Tuesday in the Bahr El Arab River area, 62 …
Sudanese warplanes bomb UN camp in South Sudan
By Waakhe Wudu / AFP JUBA: Sudanese warplanes bombed a UN peacekeepers’ base, damaging it but causing no casualties in the first such attack since a recent escalation of fighting with South Sudan, officials said Monday. Bombing raids on Sunday also killed nine civilians elsewhere in South Sudan’s Unity border state, said the area’s information minister, …
Sudan, South Sudan troops on edge as fighting ebbs
By Waakhe Wudu / AFP JUBA: Fierce border clashes between South Sudan and Sudan appeared to ease Friday, although the rival armies steeled themselves for fresh violence amid international fears of full-scale conflict. World powers have urged restraint following the latest round of heavy fighting that first broke out Tuesday, with waves of aerial bombardment hitting …
South Sudan’s Kiir rejects calls to withdraw troops
By Hannah McNeish / AFP JUBA: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir rejected calls Thursday to pull out from contested border regions, but said he did not want war with Khartoum, whose warplanes bombed a Southern town for the first time. Three days of heavy fighting between rival armies this week, the worst since South Sudan …
Battles raging on disputed border, 2 Sudans say
By Michael Onyiego / AP JUBA: Battles raged Wednesday along the disputed border region between Sudan and South Sudan, officials from both countries said, and a South Sudan official said the fighting is “spreading all over.” The two sides fought a civil war that lasted decades, and any increase in sporadic border clashes raises the risk …