Tag Archives: Khartoum
By Beny Gideon Mabor “I don’t know what’s right and wrong anymore”, he said, tears streaming down his cheeks. “On the one hand, I am warned that you are the tool of oppression against our people, an enemy of the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Dinka people, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Messiria tribe, Ngok Dinka, South Sudan, Sudan, United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
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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 Eric Reeves* To understand the surging violence in Darfur over the past year, a lengthy and highly authoritative “unofficial” report covering most of 2011, from former members of the UN Panel of Experts on Sudan (Darfur), is critically important. … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Special Reports, Sudan
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Tagged Chad, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, IRIN, Khartoum, Radio Dabanga, Sudan, UNAMID, United Nations
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By Suzanne Jambo This is the first part of an article genuinely attempting to provoke our thinking. The Republic of South Sudan, RSS no doubt is a new nation; ’news’ to the world, her neighbours and yet to harmonize internal … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Garang, Khartoum, RSS, South Sudan, SPLM, Sudan
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By Eric Reeves There is in Darfur no end in sight for conflict, murder, rape, assaults on displaced persons camps, agricultural and village destruction, brutal extortion schemes, and continuing violent human displacement. The primary targets of this mayhem overseen by … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Darfur, Darfur Peace Agreement, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, New England Journal of Medicine, Sudan, War in Darfur
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By Suzanne Jambo The South Sudanese economy been set back by severe austerity measures for close to two years now; almost since our Independence in July 2011. Much of the real causes of these austerity measures maybe of high(est) speculations, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, RSS, Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudan, Sudan
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(Reuters) – A Sudanese court sentenced nine army officers to prison terms of up to five years on Sunday for their role in an alleged coup attempt against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, a lawyer said. In November, Sudan arrested its … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Libya, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, Reuters, Salah Gosh, 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 Eric Reeves A number of very recent, highly credible, ground-based reports indicate that Khartoum’s regular Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Arab militia proxies have attacked the Kiir Adem area of Northern Bahr el-Ghazal State, South Sudan. What makes these … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, 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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By Joe de Tuombuk The recent developments in the implementation of Cooperation Agreement between Sudan and South Sudan are a cause for optimism that the two countries are beginning to realize that their futures are closely linked. If implemented in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Cooperation Agreement, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Khartoum, South Kordofan, South Sudan, Sudan, United States
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SAN FRANCISCO–I visit Sudan about every two or three years. It’s my ancestral home; my parents and extended family are there. My most recent visit last December, however—my first since South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011–was revealing. I could … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Al Anfal, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, San Francisco, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudanese pound, United States
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The US embassy in Khartoum will resume full consular services on Monday, following a six month closure after the compound was targeted in violent protests in the Sudanese capital. U.S. embassy in Khartoum, (photo Department of State) According to a … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged diplomatic mission, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Libya, List of diplomatic missions of the United States, Muslim world, Sudan, United States, United States Department of State
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(Reuters) – Sudanese police fired teargas and used batons on Saturday to break up a demonstration of opposition party members over the detention of several activists and politicians, witnesses said. About 40 members of the African country’s main opposition parties … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Egypt, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Omdurman, Reuters, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Umma
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KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s president says he intends to step down in 2015 after more than 20 years in power. In an interview published in several Sudanese dailies on Wednesday, Omar al-Bashir says the people of Sudan need “fresh blood … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Al-Bashir, God, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Wednesday
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By Magdi el Gizouli The educated Sudanese used to take a certain pride in their passion for political debate. Whether at afternoon meal, funerals, weddings or the nightly binges of old Khartoum political prowess was a marker of prestige. The … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, Darfur, Khartoum, SAF, South Kordofan, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
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By Amir Idris Dr. Elwathig Kameir’s recent article titled, “Disintegration of the Sudanese State: the most likely scenario,” , February 10, 2013, raises provocative yet very timely questions about the future of the country. Indeed, the article opens up a … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, Fordham University, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, South Kordofan, Sudan, Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)
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By Mahmoud A. Suleiman This article comes against the backdrop of the tenth anniversary by 26 February 2003 when the two Darfuri rebel groups the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/M) had to take up arms … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Justice and Equality Movement, Khartoum, NCP, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Tutsi
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By Magdi El-Gizouli The International Crisis Group (ICG) recently released a report on thewar in South Kordofan, the first as it said in a series of reports on the on-going conflicts in Sudan’s peripheries. In their introduction the author(s) offered … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged ICG, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Khartoum, Misseriya, Rift Valley Institute, South Kordofan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
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Analysis The plea could hardly be simpler, or more urgent: “Just stop the planes.” This cry for help came from “Khadija,” a woman interviewed by Amnesty International (see below) while standing in front of the bombed remains of her home … read more »
Posted in Analysis, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Nuba, Nuba Mountain, South Kordofan, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
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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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Sudanese authorities must halt the execution of a Darfuri activist whose sentence was changed from 10 years’ imprisonment to death, Amnesty International urged today amid fears he will be hanged this weekend. Bakri Moussa Mohammed, who has been involved in … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Amnesty International, Bakri Moussa Mohammed, capitalpunishment, Darfur, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, South Darfur, Sudan
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By BEN HARTMAN 5 Eritrean detainees say they were told by prison officials that their only way to be freed is to agree to go back to Eritrea or Uganda. Eritrean migrants protest Negev detention facility Eritrean asylum seekers in … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Asmara, Eritrea, Eritrea-Ethiopia, Eritreans, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Israel, Khartoum, Refugee, Sudan, Uganda
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More than 100 people were killed in a violence-prone region of South Sudan when one tribe attacked another while cattle were being moved across land, officials said Sunday. Kuol Manyang Juuk, the governor of Jonglei state, said 103 people died … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Akobo County, IndepthAfrica, International Committee of the Red Cross, Jonglei, Khartoum, Kuol Manyang Juuk, Nuer people, South Sudan, Sudan
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By Magdi El Gizouli The allies of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) recently welcomed the professional Moslem cleric turned politician Yusif al-Koda in their Kampala habitat. Yusif and the Chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement in North Sudan (SPLA/M-N) … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Islam, Khartoum, Malik Agar, Nationalist Congress Party, NCP, SRF, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
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By Anne Bartlett If the last year has taught us anything about Sudan, it is that there is already so much hot air in Khartoum that the Sudanese government does not feel in the slightest bit concerned about some more … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Sudan
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Tagged African Union, Blue Nile, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Khartoum, Sahel, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudanese government
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By Luka Biong Deng As expected, the summit between presidents Salva Kiir and Omar el-Bashir on January 25 did not produce any results. The term summit, which usually refers to a high-level meeting, is losing its meaning in the context … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, African Union, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Khartoum, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, Salva Kiir Mayardit, SouthSudan, Sudan
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Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir held talks with his Eritrean counterpart Issaias Afeworki on Saturday, official media reported, on a visit to Asmara just days after a protest by mutinous soldiers there. Troops demanding political reform briefly seized the information ministry … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged African Union, Asmara, Eritrea, eritrea rthiopia, Horn of Africa, Isaias Afewerki, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan
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By Seifulaziz Milas Sudan’s President, General Ahmed Al-Bashir and South Sudan’s President Silva Kiir met in Addis Ababa on 4th January for talks aimed at resolving their on-going conflict.But this has all happened before, and is likely to happen again, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Al-Bashir, Blue Nile, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, National Congress, South Kordofan, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudan news, sudanenes news
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