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Why Sudan’s Peace Agreements Fail

By Anne Bartlett, opinion Einstein once quipped that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Given this point, one might suggest that recent agreements on borders, security and peace in … read more »

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Sudan denies bombing oil centre

Khartoum – Sudan on Sunday warned South Sudan against damaging oil facilities in the Heglig region it has occupied, after the South accused Khartoum’s air force of bombing the area. “If the South Sudanese army affects the oil infrastructure it … read more »

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Wanted men still committing crimes in Darfur: ICC

A group of senior Sudanese officials indicted by the International Criminal Court, including the president, continue to commit genocide in western Sudan, the court’s prosecutor said on Thursday. The ICC has issued arrest warrants against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for … read more »

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Sudan rebuffs US proposal on South Kordofan

The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan has exuded rejection to a U.S. proposal aimed at resolving the conflict in the country’s oil-rich state of South Kordofan, saying Khartoum will never accept to cede any part of it. Al-Sahafah, … read more »

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Kadugli Bishop Appeals to UN to Stop Sudanese Bombings

The Anglican bishop of Kadugli in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state has appealed to the United Nations to send a fact-finding team to investigate credible reports of mass graves and other serious crimes against civilians allegedly committed by Sudanese forces there. … read more »

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Sudan admits to moving corpses via trucks in S. Kordofan

The Sudanese government on Wednesday acknowledged that authorities in South Kordofan collected dead bodies on trucks for burial during the course of fighting in the oil-rich state. The foreign ministry spokesperson Al- Obaid Marawih said that the scattered corpses were … read more »

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Sudan says open to talks in oil state conflict

Sudan said on Tuesday it was ready to negotiate an end to fighting in its main oil state of South Kordofan but accused armed groups there of trying to prolong the violence by teaming up with rebels in neighbouring Darfur. … read more »

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UN report incriminates Sudan army’s acts in South Kordofan, calls for ICC probe

Acts committed by Sudan army and its allied militias during localized violence in South Kordofan State may amount to “war crimes and crimes against humanity”, a UN report has said, recommending a probe into the alleged atrocities by the International … read more »

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Sudan Bashir vowed to fight northern rebels

Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir vowed to fight northern rebels and boycott future international peace talks on Thursday as he put up a bold front two days ahead of the secession of the south of his country. South Sudan is … read more »

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UN: Sudan Violent deaths reached 2 368 ytd

Juba – The number of people killed this year in south Sudan, which will become the world’s newest nation on Saturday, has reached 2 368, the United Nations said on Thursday, with some 500 deaths in the past month alone. … read more »

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Sudanese President reiterates army control over situations in South Kordofan

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday reiterated that the Sudanese army has maintained control over the situations in South Kordofan State on north-south Sudan border, which has been witnessing armed clashes since June 5. “The armed forces have aborted the … read more »

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Minister: Sudan oil state rebels plan “another Benghazi”

Sudan’s defence minister on Monday accused anti-government fighters of trying to create “a second Benghazi” in the border state of Southern Kordofan and said the military was continuing efforts to “clean” the area. The Libyan coastal city of Benghazi is … read more »

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Darfur Redux: Is ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Occurring in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains?

In April, I crossed into remote central Sudan’s Nuba Mountains and found a land back on the brink of a forgotten war. Since then, the war has returned, and reports from the ground indicate mass atrocities repeating themselves. With the … read more »

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Sudan’s Bashir agrees to Abyei withdrawal : diplomats

Sudan’s president agreed to pull northern troops out of the disputed Abyei border region before the south secedes on July 9, diplomats said on Sunday, signalling possible progress in talks before the split. Fighting in border states Abyei and Southern … read more »

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At least 5 killed, 11 injured in armed attack in Sudan’s South Kordofan State

At least five people were killed and 11 others were injured in an armed attack launched by the forces of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) on a civilian vehicle in South Kordofan State, official SUNA news agency reported Sunday. … read more »

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Sudan’s NCP says ICC prosecutor seeks to undermine Darfur peace

The Sudanese government denounced statements by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in his semi-annual briefing to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) this week on Darfur. Kamal Obeid, the government’s spokesperson, was quoted by the Sudanese Media … read more »

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Sudan mounts air strikes ‘to control oilfields’

Sudan’s army has launched repeated air strikes on the southern army in Unity state in a bid to seize oilfields there weeks before the south’s independence, a southern army spokesman said. Philip Aguer, spokesman for the Sudan People’s Liberation Army … read more »

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Fighting in volatile Sudan oil state: UN

Fighting broke out on Sunday in South Kordofan, north Sudan’s volatile oil-producing border state, following an attack on a police station in the state capital Kadugli, a UN spokeswoman said. “There were two attacks. One happened in Kadugli town itself, … read more »

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Sudan declares north party winner in key state vote

Sudan said on Sunday the northern ruling party won an election for governor in the north’s main oil state after a vote the south said was rigged, creating a fresh flashpoint before the south secedes in July. The state of … read more »

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From gun to ballot box in key Sudan border state

Former civil war foes faced off in polls Monday to elect a new governor and regional assembly in Sudan’s oil-producing northern state of South Kordofan, a key battleground in the conflict. Foreign observers and diplomats arrived ahead of polling to … read more »

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In Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, On the Edge of War

Deep in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, by the light of a full moon, I am passed a glass of sugary tea – and the discussion of another civil war in the heart of Africa begins. My two hosts in … read more »

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Sudan students protest Bashir

Khartoum – Student supporters of Darfur rebel chief Abdul Wahid al-Nur held anti-regime protests in Sudan on Wednesday, responding to a call from the exiled leader for nationwide uprisings to topple the Khartoum government. “From today, as chair of the … read more »

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Militia kill 17 before polls in Sudan state: SPLM

Sudanese militia have killed 17 people in the oil-producing South Kordofan region just two weeks before long-delayed elections, a candidate for state governor said on Thursday. Gubernatorial and state assembly polls have been disputed at every stage and are due … read more »

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