South Sudan’s declaration of independence on July 9 could end in one of three possible scenarios: A deal with North Sudan, a messy divorce or war.
South Sudan on Saturday accused Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir of plotting to overthrow the south’s government.
At least 36 have died in clashes between Arab nomads and southerners near Sudan’s north-south border, leaders in the Abyei region said on Monday.
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/ 10 January 2011
At least 23 people have died in clashes between tribespeople and Arab nomads near Sudan’s north-south border, leaders in the Abyei region said.
Darfur’s Justice and Equality Movement rebels said they clashed with Sudan’s army on Monday and Tuesday.
Sudan must relax a near blanket ban on travel to remote parts of South Darfur to let aid groups reach areas hit by a resurgence of violence.
Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir stamped his authority on Africa’s biggest country on Monday with a decisive election win.
South Sudan’s main party has accused the north of building up troops in the country’s highly sensitive Blue Nile border state.
The EU said on Wednesday said it was considering withdrawing its election observers from Sudan’s Darfur region over fears for their safety.
Darfur’s strongest rebel group on Wednesday threatened to walk out of new peace talks with Sudan’s government.
Hundreds of civilians are feared to have died in a surge of fighting between the Sudanese army and rebels in Darfur, a UN source said on Monday.
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/ 25 February 2010
A Darfur rebel group has accused the Sudanese army of attacking its positions on the same day that the president declared the Darfur war over.
The United States has warned that "regional extremists" were planning an attack on Air Uganda flights between southern Sudan and Kampala.
Thousands of Sudanese people took to the streets of Khartoum this week to participate in a nationalist "victory" rally after Sudanese security forces repelled a shock attack on the capital by Darfur rebels. Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ramped up the rhetoric as he addressed the highly charged demonstration in the centre of the city.
Britain sent a six-strong team of senior Foreign Office officials to Ethiopia on Saturday to step up diplomatic efforts to free foreigners feared kidnapped in a remote area of the Horn of Africa country. Two groups of tourists were believed to have been kidnapped in a remote, inhospitable area of Ethiopia where separatist rebels operate.