Tag: Blue Nile

Amos Sudan visit to include Darfur after meetings in Khartoum

| May 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Baroness Valerie Amos, assistant Secretary General to the UN Agency for Humanitarian Affairs arrived in Khartoum on Monday, will meet with officials in Khartoum on Tuesday, and will also include Darfur in her visit. Ali Al Zaatari, UN resident coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan, told reporters that after meeting with the First Deputy President [...]

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Khartoum-rebel talks stalled over aid access

| April 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

(AFP) – 16 hours ago  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The first peace talks in almost two years between Khartoum and rebels from South Kordofan state have stalled over the issue of humanitarian access, both sides said on Saturday. “We want to create humanitarian access with the SPLM-North, but they are unwilling to work with us [...]

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Sudan-South Sudan oil deal has its limits

| April 18, 2013 | 0 Comments

Sudan and South Sudan reached a deal in the early hours of March 12, after a week of negotiations in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, which should spark the beginning of exports of South Sudanese oil from Sudan‘s Port Sudan, on the Red Sea coast, for the first time in more than 15 months. Companies are [...]

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The Middle East Channel: Sudan-South Sudan oil deal has its limits

| April 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

Sudan and South Sudan reached a deal in the early hours of March 12, after a week of negotiations in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, which should spark the beginning of exports of South Sudanese oil from Sudan‘s Port Sudan, on the Red Sea coast, for the first time in more than 15 months. Companies are [...]

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Sudan rebels agree peace talks with Khartoum

| April 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

Sudan‘s government and rebels in South Kordofan state said Wednesday they are ready to talk about ending a two-year-long war at a planned meeting in Ethiopia next week. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said that African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki sent rebel chairman Malik Agar an invitation “for peace talks in Addis Ababa on [...]

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Security deal between Khartoum, Juba progressing well: Sudanese army

| March 27, 2013 | 0 Comments

KHARTOUM, March 26 (Xinhua) — The Sudanese army said Tuesday that the security deal between Khartoum and Juba is progressing well and that the two sides are fully committed to the agreement. “The two sides are working closely together to implement the deal with its three components including breaking the link between South Sudan‘s army [...]

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Security deal between Khartoum, Juba progressing well: Sudanese army

| March 26, 2013 | 0 Comments

Xinhua | 2013-3-26 20:46:50 By Agencies  E-mail   Print The Sudanese army said Tuesday that the security deal between Khartoum and Juba is progressing well and that the two sides are fully committed to the agreement. “The two sides are working closely together to implement the deal with its three components including breaking the link between [...]

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UN Welcomes Direct Talks Between Khartoum, SPLM-N Rebels

| March 23, 2013 | 0 Comments

Khartoum — The United Nation Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed the decision by the Sudanese government and its southern rebels (SPLM/N) to meet for direct talks, which seeks an end to the newly two-year conflict. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 29 Nov 2007 (UN/file) Sudan‘s defence minister, [...]

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Sudan, South Sudan talk peace

| March 21, 2013 | 0 Comments

Sudan and South Sudan are talking peace after months of intermittent clashes but observers say there is still no end in sight to a rebellion in the north’s border states. Regardless of whether deals reached over the past week — including a demilitarised border zone — finally end conflict between Khartoum and the South’s government [...]

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Khartoum Signs a Peace Deal With a Darfur Breakaway Faction

| March 19, 2013 | 0 Comments

Khartoum — The Sudanese government signed an agreement with a breakaway faction from Sudan’s Liberation Movement of Abdel Wahid Nur (SLM-AW) called “Darfur Front for Injustice Rebuttal”. The chairman of the Ministry of Defense and the National Intelligence and Security Service joint liaison committee for contact with rebel groups Major General Jamal Omer said that [...]

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