A public relations jamboree in Khartoum on 10-13 March tried
to persuade European politicians and businesses that they are
missing out on billions of petrodollars because of Western hostility
to President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir's regime. The
impl...
Beijing is changing its policy on Khartoum but on its own terms
Britain’s Conservative Party, which has been campaigning against the Sudan government’s Darfur policy, faces charges of hypocrisy after it accepted more than US$800,000 in contributions from a United States’ mutual fund with massive indirect investments i...
El Sadig el Sideeg el Mahdi launched his bid to return to power, only to be shouted down by hundreds of Sudanese who had flocked to listen
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement has been unable to find
a Nuba leader of the stature of the founder of the Nuba rebellion,
the late Yusif Kuwa Mekki.
Kenya and the Inter-Governmental Authority on
Development (IGAD) are suppressing debate about increasing tension
between Khartoum and the Government of Southern Sudan, and the
resilience of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Some
diplomats ...
With the Sudan People's Liberation Movement still
suspending its participation in the Government of National Unity
in Khartoum, the semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan
is increasingly acting like the sovereign state it aspires to
be. GOSS Pre...
While Khartoum’s delegates attend the peace talks, its armed
forces move in on Darfur’s displaced peoples’ camps
The trial of nine French
and seven Spanish
citizens accused of abducting
103 children from the Chad/Sudan border region on 25 October will
damage France’s relationship with Chad and prove a useful
diplomatic tool for President Idriss
Dé...
Southern anger at Khartoum’s violation of the 2005 peace accord explodes as the regime prepares for talks on Darfur
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