Tag: Blue Nile State

National Movement for Peace and Development Celebrates Sudan-South …

| October 14, 2012 | 0 Comments

National Movement for Peace and Development Celebrates Sudan-South Sudan Agreement Damazin – National Movement for Peace and Development Party in the Blue Nile State celebrated the cooperation agreement concluded between Sudan and South Sudan.The Party’s Political Affairs Secretary, Hussein Mahmoud praised, in his speech, the President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omar Al-Bashir and President [...]

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Sudan Advocates to Demonstrate Against Ongoing Genocide

| July 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

“Khartoum’s troops have subjected the people of the Nuba Mountains to mass executions and daily bombing, and have burned down homes, marketplaces, churches, schools, and medical clinics.” — Faith McDonnell, IRD Religious Liberty Director Contact: Jeff Walton, Institute on Religion and Democracy, 202-682-4131, jwalton@TheIRD.org WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — U.S. Secretary of State Clinton [...]

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Over 50 rebels killed in Blue Nile state: Sudanese army

| April 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

Khartoum, April 22 (IANS) The Sudanese army Sunday claimed to have killed over 50 cadres and arrested 17 others from the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-Northern Sector (SPLM-N) and seized control of three areas in the troubled Blue Nile state, the official SUNA news agency reported. “The (Sudanese) armed forces have managed, during their military [...]

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Over 50 rebels killed in Blue Nile state: Sudanese army

| April 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

By IANS, Khartoum : The Sudanese army Sunday claimed to have killed over 50 cadres and arrested 17 others from the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-Northern Sector (SPLM-N) and seized control of three areas in the troubled Blue Nile state, the official SUNA news agency reported. “The (Sudanese) armed forces have managed, during their military [...]

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Urgent action to be ready for the rainy season in South Sudan refugee camps

| March 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

JUBA, South Sudan [ACTED News] – When the refugees arrived in South Sudan, they settled temporarily in a flood plain. This location is safe during the dry season, but not during the rainy season. Urgent action is being taken to relocate these communities as soon as possible before the rainy season begins in mid-April. ACTED [...]

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Video: George Clooney free after arrest at anti-Sudan protest

| March 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON — Hollywood movie star George Clooney was freed Friday afternoon after he was arrested earlier at Sudan‘s embassy in Washington during a protest against an escalating emergency as the country blocks humanitarian aid from reaching a volatile border region where hundreds of thousands of people are short of food. Clooney, his father Nick and [...]

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Clooney arrested at Sudan protest

| March 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

By Kevin Fogarty, Reuters Posted 2 days ago BROCKVILLE – WASHINGTON- Hollywood movie star George Clooney was arrested at Sudan’s embassy in Washington on Friday during a protest against an escalating emergency as the country blocks humanitarian aid from reaching a volatile border region where hundreds of thousands of people are short of food. Clooney, [...]

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Lawmakers, film star Clooney arrested at anti-Sudan protest

| March 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

By Kevin Fogarty WASHINGTON | Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:17pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of U.S. lawmakers and film star George Clooney were arrested at Sudan‘s embassy in Washington on Friday in a protest at which activists accused Khartoum of blocking humanitarian aid from reaching a volatile border region where hundreds of thousands [...]

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Clooney, others arrested in protest at Sudanese Embassy over claims of humanitarian crisis

| March 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON —Hollywood movie star George Clooney was arrested at Sudan’s embassy in Washington on Friday at a protest of an escalating emergency as Sudan blocks humanitarian aid from reaching a volatile border region where hundreds of thousands of people are short of food. Clooney, his father Nick and other anti-Sudan activists ignored three police warnings [...]

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Breakthrough in Addis Talks Depends on Changing the Current South Sudan Delegation

| March 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Breakthrough in Addis Talks Depends on Changing the Current South Sudan Delegation Khartoum – Success on the upcoming round of talks between Sudan and South Sudan in Addis Ababa depends on reconsideration of formation of the latter’s negotiating team, National Congress Party (NCP) leading figure has said. Prof. Ibrahim Ghandour, who is also the NCP [...]

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