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Sudanese opposition leader arrested
Sudanese security forces arrested Sudan’s top Islamist opposition leader after he called for a Tunisia-style uprising in the country, his family says.
Sudan to probe video of woman being flogged
Sudan’s judiciary opened an investigation into a video of a woman being flogged that has been widely circulated on the internet.
Eight sentenced to death for attack on Khartoum
A Sudanese anti-terrorist court has convicted and sentenced to death two senior members of a Darfur rebel group and six others.
Death toll rises in serious flooding in Sudan
The death toll from serious flooding in Sudan has risen to 87 people, government officials said on Monday, as the European Commission announced it had distributed €2-million to…
Sudan defiant in face of sanctions threat
Sudan on Friday dismissed as unjustifiable the threat of slapping new sanctions because of the Darfur conflict, vowing to do everything it can to protect what it sees as its…
Sudan to change its currency
Sudan said on Monday it will introduce a new currency this week, replacing the dinar with a new Sudanese pound as part of a peace deal signed two years ago. The change official…
Sudan says it will allow Egeland to visit Darfur
Sudan said on Wednesday it would allow United Nations Undersecretary Jan Egeland to visit Darfur, three days after it barred his flight to the conflict-ridden region of the…
Sudan welcomes UAE hotel plan
Sudan welcomed plans by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to build luxury accommodation in Khartoum — and hoped the rooms would be filled with foreigners looking for investment…
AU monitors under fire in Sudan
Unidentified gunmen shot at African Union observers while they were investigating reports that the Sudanese air force had bombed villages in the country’s volatile Darfur region,…
Oxfam director mired in red tape in Sudan
Sudan has told the local director of the British aid group Oxfam that while his expulsion has been postponed, he must leave the country to fulfill the requirements of his exit…
Sudan faces a ‘real threat’ from HIV/Aids
Emmanuel Amoko shrugs off the social stigma attached to Aids in his southern Sudanese community. Instead, the 16-year-old — who lost his father to the disease — is determined to…