Tag: al Bashir
Sudan security forces arrest opposition leaders
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the release of all Sudanese journalists, saying Khartoum respects responsible freedom of expression.
Witnesses said the decision to...
Sudan president announces ceasefire in S.Kordofan
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir announced a two-week unilateral ceasefire in the country's main oil-producing state of Southern Kordofan, after weeks of...
China vows to support Sudan after southern secession
China will support Sudan to develop its oil sector and other industries, its foreign minister said after the highest-level talks between the...
UN rights boss raps China for not arresting Bashir
The top UN human rights official chided China for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on an international warrant for...
Sudan’s Bashir agrees to Abyei withdrawal – diplomats
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has agreed to pull northern troops out of the disputed Abyei border region before the south secedes...
SPLM launches poll campaign to beat Bashir
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
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
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
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
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
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
South Sudan's vote on independence next year will lead to a new war unless key questions of the north-south border, nationality and...