Tag Archives: Bashir
By Luka Biong Deng* It seemed the moderates within Sudan’s ruling NCP eventually prevailed over the hardliners, allowing for president Omar el-Bashir’s visit to Juba to go ahead. This is a positive sign. However, the visit was also necessitated by … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Barack Obama, Bashir, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan
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By Luka Biong Deng With the signing of the implementation matrix for the nine agreements signed by South Sudan and Sudan in September 2012, there is now a growing optimism in the normalization of relations between South Sudan and Sudan. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Bashir, Blue Nile, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Khartoum, Nuba Mountain, South Sudan, Sudan
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By Arab News By Alsir Sidahmed Cynics have asserted that if the Arab Spring is to be characterized by forces of political Islam taking over power and mismanaging it, then Sudan had its Arab Spring more than two decades ago. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Ali Osman Taha, Arab Spring, Bashir, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, National Congress Party, South Sudan, Sudan
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Seven political prisoners have been freed in Sudan a day after President Omar al-Bashir ordered the release of all political detainees. Relatives embraced the prisoners as they walked out of a prison in the capital, Khartoum. They included Abdul Aziz … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, South Kordofan, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda
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By Ahmed Elzobier Diplomatic relations between United States and the Sudan were as normal as could be following Sudan’s independence in 1956, the only time they were severed was in 1967 – as result of the war between Egypt and … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Hassan al-Turabi, Herman Cohen, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Khartoum, Sudan, United States
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It’s the beginning of the end for Sudan’s Omar Al Bashir, who said that he’s gracefully withdrawing from office after more than two decades in the presidential palace. He’ll be gone by 2015, he claims. Few will mourn his departure, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Meles Zenawi, Middle East, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan
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By Justice Deng Biong Two will never differ in concluding that the fugitive (Indicted by the ICC since 2009) President Omar Bashir of Sudan is known for saying something here and contradicting the same in the next venue. His diplomats … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Addis Ababa, African Union, Bashir, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, SouthSudan, Sudan
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By Luka Biong Deng The AU Peace and Security Council will meet in Addis Ababa on 25th January on the margins of the 21st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of AU. This meeting will not only be its first meeting … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, African Union, Bashir, Head of state, IndepthAfrica, Peace and Security Council, SouthSudan, Sudan, United Nations Security Council
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The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan will hold their second summit in a month on January 24, a Sudanese official said on Tuesday, in a fresh bid to defuse tensions over oil, territory and other disputes. The neighbors came … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Bashir, Omar al-Bashir, Salva Kiir Mayardit, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudan Tribune
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By David L. Phillips and Ahmed Hussain Adam Israeli warplanes attacked Sudan’s military-industrial complex at al-Yarmouk on October 23, 2012. While the raid set-back Sudan’s weapons production – including delivery by Sudan of Iranian Fajr-5 missiles to Hamas in Gaza … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Omar al-Bashir, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudan news, sudanese news, United States
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Yet more peace talks in Addis Ababa did little to solve the many and varied issues between Sudan and South Sudan. The final agreement looks suspiciously like other agreements which have come before, none of which have been properly implemented. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Bashir, IndepthAfrica, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, Salah Gosh, Salva Kiir Mayardit, SouthSudan, Sudan
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By Luka Biong Deng Presidents Salva and Bashir will meet on 4th January 2013 in a summit that is widely expected to be decisive and final in giving the last chance for the two countries. This summit came as result … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Bashir, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Khartoum, Peace and Security Council, Salva, Sudan, United Nations Security Council
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By Luka Biong Deng Sudan like other nations will celebrate the New Year but it will uniquely celebrate its 57th anniversary of independence. The real question for the Sudanese people is what the future holds for them and whether the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Economist Intelligence Unit, Freedom House, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, SouthSudan, Sudan
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By Luka Biong Deng On 5th December, the six weeks given by the AU to Sudan and South Sudan to build consensus on the AU Proposal on the final status of Abyei will expire. Also the period of the two … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, African Union, Bashir, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Peace and Security Council, Salva, South Sudan, Sudan
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Shortly after midnight on Thursday a column of tanks drove slowly down one of the main boulevards of Khartoum. Although residents of Sudan‘s capital of Khartoum awoke hours later to what seemed like another normal day, something significant had taken … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Islamism, Khartoum, National Congress, Omar al-Bashir, SouthSudan, Sudan
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Tanks, armoured vehicles and troops were seen advancing past the international airport and towards government buildings along one of the main boulevards in the capital, Khartoum, in the early hours of Thursday morning. It was not clear if they were … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thursday
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Calls for change by Arab Spring-inspired reformers in Sudan will likely be ignored when thousands of government-linked Islamists begin meeting on Thursday, analysts say. The Islamic Movement, a social group at the heart of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP), … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Ali Osman Taha, Bashir, Hassan al-Turabi, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Movement, National Congress, NCP, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Sudan news
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By Magdi El Gizouli, opinion It is a sign of the times that the principal political question occupying the ‘political club’ in Khartoum these days, in government and opposition, is whether the swelling excised out of President Bashir’s throat is … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Hassan al-Turabi, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, National Congress Party, National Islamic Front, NCP, Rift Valley Institute, Sudan, Sudan news
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By Magdi El Gizouli Sudan and South Sudan signed on Thursday a battery of eight agreements covering oil and other economic concerns, border security, monitoring and demarcation, the status of nationals in the other state, and trade next to other … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Addis Ababa, Bashir, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Khartoum, South Sudan, Sudan, United Nations Security Council
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By Magdi El Gizouli Hassan al-Turabi, the veteran chief of the Sudanese Islamic Movement turned opponent to the long reign of his disciples under President Bashir, appeared yesterday on al-Jazeera to celebrate the rise of Islamic forces to power in … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Cairo, Egypt, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Khartoum, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan
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By Magdi El Gizouli A frequenter of Sudanese universities, with the exception of the ‘beautiful and impossible’ Khartoum University, cannot miss the name of Ayman al-Rubo in rough print on cheap but countless posters next to stage names like Najat … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News, South Sudan
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab Moslem, Bashir, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Khartoum, Khartoum University, National Congress, NCP, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Rift Valley Institute, Sudan, West Africa
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While the attention of the Western and Arab media has focused on the historic victory of the Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate in Egypt, street protests of a scale not witnessed for two decades continued into their second week in Khartoum … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News, Sudan
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab Spring, Bashir, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Khartoum, Khartoum University, National Congress, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan, West Africa
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Text of an op-ed published by the New York Times’ online replica, International Herald Tribune, on May 5. By GÉRARD PRUNIER LESS than a year after South Sudan declared its independence, it appears headed for war once again with its … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News, Sudan
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Tagged afria travel, Bashir, Darfur, Gérard Prunier, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Islam, Khartoum, map africa, news, Omar al-Bashir, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, travel to africa
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Alexander MEZYAEV Not long ago the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a noteworthy ruling. Formally it was related to two African states – Malawi and Chad visited by president of Sudan Omar al-Bashir. Their fault was not so much … read more »
Posted in Alexander MEZYAEV, Article, Columnist
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bashir, Chad, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Libya, Malawi, Milosevic, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan
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Clashes have broken out between the armed forces of Sudan and South Sudan in several disputed border regions, both sides say. A spokesman for the South Sudan army says it is the biggest confrontation since independence. South Sudan seceded from … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged africa african news, Ban Ki-moon, Bashir, Heglig, indepthafrica africa news, Juba, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan
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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has suspended an upcoming summit with South Sudan following a series of fresh clashes between the two countries on Monday. President Bashir had been set to travel to Juba on April 3 to discuss disputes about … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Daily News Wrap, News, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged africa african news, Ban Ki-moon, Bashir, Heglig, indepthafrica africa news, Juba, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan
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Doha – Qatar has promised to invest $2bn in Sudan, the official QNA news agency reported on Wednesday, as Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir visited the gas-rich Gulf state. A Qatari government delegation is to travel to Khartoum “in the coming … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Sudan
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Bashir, Darfur, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, Qatar, South Sudan, Sudan
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir condemned an International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued for his defence minister, who stood by his side during a speech on Saturday. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Defence Minister … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Bashir, Darfur, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan, United States
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Kenya has, over the past few years, enjoyed cordial relations with Sudan: taking in countless refugees both from what is now South Sudan and from Darfur, including tens of thousands of Sudanese migrants in the vast Kakuma Refugee camp in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, South Sudan
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Tagged African Union, Bashir, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Kenya, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan
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Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Friday tensions with South Sudan over oil transit payments could lead to war, stepping up the rhetoric in a row over crude reserves between the two countries. Asked in an interview with state … read more »
Posted in News, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Bashir, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan
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