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Sudan officers get jail terms for alleged coup attempt

(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 »

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Sudan’s Arab Spring?

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 »

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Sudan’s Bashir confirms 2015 retirement: why, and why now?

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 »

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Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s President, Intends To Step Down In 2015

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 »

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Disintegration of the Sudanese State: the most likely scenario

By Elwathig Kameir Successive political crises have been the hallmark of the interim period that followed the conclusion of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Sudan Government, represented by the National Congress Party (NCP), and the Sudan People’s Liberation … read more »

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Can South Sudan survive without Sudan?

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 »

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Somalia: Free Journalist, Others Linked to Rape Allegation

(Nairobi) – Sudan should immediately rescind its decision to shut down four civil society organizations in Khartoum in December 2012. The government should allow independent groups to operate freely and conduct peaceful protests. International donors, diplomats, and organizations involved in Sudan, … read more »

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Distracted presidents thrash out Sudanese peace deal, again

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 »

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Sudan Under Bashir: Trajectory of Shame and Agony

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 »

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The Darfuri: death by definition

By Magdi El Gizouli Four students were found dead Friday in a feeder irrigation canal of an experimental farm next to the main campus of the University of Gezira. The students drowned to death; their bodies carried no marks of … read more »

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Sudan: President Bashir – Throat Politics

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 »

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Post-Bashir: the sheikhs and the officers

By Magdi El Gizouli The Sudanese Islamic Movement (SIM) held a series of conferences at state and sectorial levels over the past few weeks in preparation for its awaited general convention in November. Ahead of the conferences the Movement announced … read more »

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Celebrate the 48th anniversary of Sudan’s glorious October 1964 revolution

Sunday 21st October 2012 marks the 48th Anniversary of the Glorious Sudanese Revolution that toppled the Six– year dictatorial rule of the military junta led by General Ibrahim Abboud and enabled the Sudanese peoples to build democratic institutions and declare … read more »

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South Sudanese labour: refill the ’kambo’

By Magdi El Gizouli October 8, 2012 — Sudan’s major grain producers, the landowners of Gedaref, complained bitterly to the press this week of an acute shortage of labour and warned of yet another failed agricultural season. The local farmers’ … read more »

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How beneficial is cooperation agreement with Sudan?

By Beny Gideon Mabor and Thuou Loi Cingoth We were honored and privileged at the roundtable by Radio Miraya with SPLM Secretary General, Pagan Amum, last week, where we were asked for a comment each on national agenda of greater … read more »

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Strong Sudanese women

During the June protests, the women of Sudan led many of the demonstrations and a call for a nation-wide “Kandaka Friday” was made on July 13. The term was used by the Kushites to refer to their queens. Among the … read more »

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Fears for collapse of the Sudanese talks in Ethiopia

By Isaiah Abraham August 1, 2012 — The Sudanese delegations from the Republic of the Sudan and that of its Southern counter part, the Republic of South Sudan are meeting for the past few weeks in the Federal Republic of … read more »

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Prospect for regime change in Khartoum is finally materializing

By Steve Paterno It is the beginning to an end against the thuggish regime in Khartoum. Streets protest against the regime has just entered its seventh day with an increase intensity and it is gaining momentum very fast and significantly. … read more »

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Sudan police orders firm dispersal of protests

Sudan’s top police chief ordered his forces Saturday to quell “firmly and immediately’’ anti-government demonstrations that have entered their seventh day, while opposition groups reported a security crackdown on their leading members. Gen. Hashem Othman al-Hussein told his aides to … read more »

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Khartoum and the language of war: Who’s really listening?

By Eric Reeves Every day it becomes clearer that unless Juba buckles before Khartoum’s extortionate demands, on a range of issues, then the regime will settle matters militarily—as it did in Abyei precisely one year ago. Yet in a remarkable … read more »

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Bashir threatens to spurn UNSC resolution on Sudan

Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir vowed on Thursday that threats and resolutions by the UN Security Council (UNSC) and its African Union counterpart (AUPSC) will not force his country to alter its policy towards South Sudan. Addressing a mobilization rally held … read more »

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Sudan angry – Malawi unsure of al-Bashir

Khartoum – Sudan’s ruling party on Monday rejected remarks by Malawi’s president expressing reservations about welcoming the Sudanese leader to attend an African Union summit there. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of … read more »

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Bashir’s goal to ‘liberate’ South

Khartoum – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Wednesday his “main goal” was to free South Sudan’s citizens from the ruling SPLM party following a series of border clashes between the neighbouring countries. “Our main goal is liberation of … read more »

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Sudan arrests opposition politician: party official

Sudanese authorities arrested a prominent member of the opposition Popular Congress Party when he returned from a trip abroad on Monday, a party official said. Sudan is facing multiple armed insurgencies and an economic crisis heightened by the secession of … 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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Protests continue to hit Sudan’s capital

Protests driven by high-level prices continued to sweep over sporadic parts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Sunday, reaffirming public discontent with the country’s economic woes. The wave of rare protests, which started last Tuesday in Burri area in eastern … read more »

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Sudan’s rebels report air attacks in border states

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) has claimed that aerial bombardment carried out by the Sudanese army in Blue Nile State has displaced half of the population there, urging international organizations to aid the victims. According to the humanitarian … read more »

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Sudan’s Bashir names first Darfur vice president

Sudan’s President on Tuesday appointed his first vice president from the Darfur region — but rebels from the strife-torn territory dismissed it as an empty gesture that would not answer their call for a bigger say in government. President Omar … read more »

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Heavy fighting erupts in Sudan’s Blue Nile

Khartoum – Heavy fighting erupted in the capital of Sudan’s embattled Blue Nile state on Tuesday evening, a witness said, a day after the newly installed military governor declared that the security situation had returned to normal. “One hour ago, … read more »

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More fighting in Sudan border area

Damazin – Sudanese government troops and groups allied to South Sudan have continued to skirmish along their joint border, but life has returned to normal in some border areas, a northern government official said. Last week, fighting broke out in … read more »

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