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Special Report: Bashir was destined to fall

On the night of April 10, Sudan’s feared spymaster Salah Gosh visited President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in his palace to reassure the leader mass...

Sudan police disperse “illegal gatherings”

Sudanese police dispersed “illegal gatherings” in Khartoum and several cities in other states on Sunday, the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) said. Sudan has been...

Opposition call for Bashir to step down

Sudan’s main opposition party leader Sadiq al-Mahdi called on President Omar al-Bashir to step down and meet the opposition to agree on details of...

Sudan protests continue

Thousands of Sudanese rallied on Thursday in widespread protests of a two-month revolt against President Omar al-Bashir, as emergency courts tried hundreds and Bashir...

Sudan opposition members arrested

Sudanese security forces arrested around two dozen opposition members on their way to deliver a petition to the presidential palace calling for President Omar...

Sudan Constitution amendment on hold

A parliamentary committee tasked with amending Sudan’s constitution to allow President Omar al-Bashir to run for another term said it would indefinitely postpone a...

Joint call for Bashir to step down

Sudan’s main opposition groups issued a first joint call for President Omar al-Bashir to step down, appearing together at a news conference for the...

Bashir shows signs of softening

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, facing near-daily demonstrations against his government, took a conciliatory tone with protesters on Wednesday, saying they are mostly young with...

Sudan protests affect Bashir’s home town

Fed up by months of bread queues, price hikes and petrol shortages in Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir’s hometown Shendi, office worker Louay Mohamed Kheir,...

Bashir fighting for survival

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir does little to hide his contempt for young men and women protesting for more than a month to demand an...

Qatari emir hosts Bashir

The ruler of Qatar offered support for Sudan’s “unity and stability” at a meeting with President Omar al-Bashir on his first foreign visit in...

Support from Sudan from South Sudan

Embattled Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is receiving words of support from unlikely places as he faces protests calling for him to step down. South Sudan...

Bashir to visit Qatar

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will visit Qatar this week, Qatar's state news agency QNA said as widespread anti-government protests rage. Sudan has seen near-daily demonstrations...

Journalists’ credentials frozen in Sudan

Sudan froze the credentials of two journalists, one working for Saudi-owned Al Arabiya who was briefly detained this month over coverage of anti-government protests,...

New Sudanese security chief

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The Sudanese president has replaced his head of security, state news agency SUNA reported, bringing back a senior official who helped launch...

Report South Africa or risk impotence, ICC told

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Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday urged judges to report South Africa for defying an arrest warrant for Sudan's...

Al Bashir leaves hospital after heart procedure

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Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir left hospital after undergoing a cardiac catheterisation on Wednesday evening, state news agency SUNA said on Thursday. "The...

Sudan security forces arrest opposition leaders

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Sudan arrested four opposition leaders on Wednesday including veteran politician Sadiq Youssef as part of a crackdown on protests the country's opposition...

Sudan condemns US September 11 law

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Sudan this week condemned a US law that would allow families of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue governments...

ICC refers Uganda, Djibouti to UN for failure to arrest Sudan’s...

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The International Criminal Court said on Tuesday it had referred the governments of Uganda and Djibouti to the UN Security Council for...

Sudan armed Libya’s former rebels: Bashir

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Sudan gave weapons, ammunition and other assistance to the former Libyan rebels who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, a response to the slain leader's...

Sudan to cut budget, tax more, employ fewer foreigners

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Sudan wants to overcome a severe economic crisis by cutting spending and imports, taxing more people and relying less on foreign workers,...

Malawi to allow Sudan’s Bashir in for summit

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Malawi will allow Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir into the country for a regional trade summit starting on Friday and has no plans...

Oil, land in focus when South Sudan’s president visits Khartoum

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir will address disputes over oil and territory when he arrives in Khartoum on Saturday for talks with...

Sudan’s Bashir names first Darfur vice president

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Sudan's President appointed his first vice president from the Darfur region -- but rebels from the strife-torn territory dismissed it as an...

President orders Sudanese journalists freed

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President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the release of all Sudanese journalists, saying Khartoum respects responsible freedom of expression. Witnesses said the decision to...

UN rights boss raps China for not arresting Bashir

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The top UN human rights official chided China for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on an international warrant for...

SPLM launches poll campaign to beat Bashir

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Sudan's former southern rebels launched their campaign yesterday for the nation's first multi- party elections in 24 years, fielding the man likely...

Rights Group criticizes AU on ICC indictment of Bashir

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The commissioner of the African Union's Peace and Security Council, Ramtane Lamamra, said the African Union (AU) stands by its decision that...

Sudan extends deadline for election nominations

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Sudan has extended the deadline for nominations in the first multi-party vote in 24 years after candidates said they did not have...

Sudan’s Bashir ready to help an independent south

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Sudan's president said he would support the country's oil-producing south if it chose independence in a looming referendum, in his closest acknowledgement...

US pushes Sudan on election preparations

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Sudan's leaders must redouble efforts to guarantee fair elections or risk plunging the giant African nation back into chaos and violence, US...

Sudanese agencies should plug Darfur aid gap

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Sudanese aid agencies must be helped to fill in the huge gaps left in Darfur's aid operation by the expulsion of 13...

S Sudan vote could lead to war: top adviser

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South Sudan's vote on independence next year will lead to a new war unless key questions of the north-south border, nationality and...

Sudan buys arms, slides back to war: reports

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North and South Sudan are sliding back towards war, a think-tank warned as a separate report said both sides were caught up...

Opposition figures arrested as Sudan bans rally

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Riot police arrested two senior members of south Sudan's main party and their supporters who turned out to demonstrate outside Sudan's parliament...

Sudan parties mull alliance in looming elections

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More than 20 Sudanese parties including the main force in the south may field joint candidates in next year's elections, officials said,...