Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi pledged his country’s ongoing support for Sudan, "whatever … the internal and external changes".
A crowd of about 100 000 gathered at the mausoleum of Sudan People’s Liberation Army hero John Garang, to recognise South Sudan’s independence.
Omar al-Bashir has said he would take no part in foreign peace talks after South Sudan secedes from the north at the weekend.
Jacob Zuma has planned to meet with Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir about unrest in the run-up to South Sudan’s independence due this weekend.
He may have an arrest warrant against him, but Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir continues to jet around the world in defiance of the ICC.
The UN rights chief has expressed disappointment that China failed to arrest Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on genocide charges.
Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on genocide charges, was given a red-carpet welcome on Wednesday by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Sudan leader Omar al-Bashir, wanted for war crimes, arrived in Beijing early on Tuesday to meet China’s President Hu Jintao.
Fierce new fighting along Sudan’s volatile north-south divide is raising deep concern for the safety of the Nuba people.
Armies of Sudan clashed in Abyei, the Sudan south’s People’s Liberation Army has said, two days after an agreed provisional demilitarisation accord.
Rights group Amnesty International urged Malaysia on Tuesday to withdraw its invitation to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
When northern Sudanese troops seized the disputed border town of Abyei, it was a sign that the fragile six-year-old peace was teetering.
South Sudan on Saturday accused Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir of plotting to overthrow the south’s government.
South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to declare its independence in final results of a referendum made public on Monday, with a total of 98,83%.
Omar al-Bashir on Monday said he accepted a South Sudan vote for independence in a referendum that is set to create Africa’s newest state.
Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Monday he would accept the vote of the south to secede.
Sudanese security forces arrested Sudan’s top Islamist opposition leader after he called for a Tunisia-style uprising in the country, his family says.
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/ 11 January 2011
Turnout at south Sudan’s independence referendum has defied gloomy expectations and is almost guaranteed to reach the 60% needed for a valid poll.
Former president Thabo Mbeki paid a glowing tribute to Sudan president Omar Hassan al-Bashir ahead of the country’s secession referendum.
President Omar al-Bashir said on Tuesday he will help the oil-rich South if next week’s vote splits Africa’s largest nation in two.
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir made his final trip to the southern capital, Juba, on Tuesday before a January 9 vote on secession.
Nearly four million people in Southern Sudan are registered to vote in an independence referendum to be held on January 9.
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/ 28 December 2010
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir pledged on Tuesday to help build a secure, stable and brotherly state in the south if it votes for independence.
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/ 1 December 2010
The AU expressed confidence in Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir — wanted by the ICC — as well as his vice president to ensure peace in the country.
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/ 29 November 2010
Sudan announced it would boycott the African-European Union summit in Libya to "avoid embarrassment to Libya".
The United States has offered to remove Sudan from its terror list early to keep a January referendum that may partition the country on track.
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/ 27 October 2010
Kenya is trying to move a meeting on Sudan’s political future to Ethiopia, but not because it’s under pressure to arrest the Sudan president.
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/ 26 October 2010
The International Criminal Court has called on Kenya to arrest Sudan President Omar al-Bashir on genocide charges when he visits the country.
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/ 10 October 2010
Sudan’s president accused former southern rebels of going back on the terms of a peace deal, warning that conflict could re-erupt.
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/ 25 September 2010
The African Union asked the UN Security Council on Friday to delay for a year the prosecution of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir.
Global leaders are voicing mounting concerns over votes that could force the break-up of Africa’s biggest nation, Sudan.
Kenya’s government has defended its recent failure to arrest Sudan’s president on international charges of war crimes and genocide.