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Sudan: 660 dead since 2011 in fighting with rebels

| October 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan says that fighting in two states along its disputed border with South Sudan has left over 600 people dead over the past 16 months, releasing rare casualty figures in an ongoing conflict that has inflamed tensions between the two countries. Interior Minister Ibrahim Mahmoud told the Sudanese parliament Tuesday that 662 [...]

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Sudan: 660 dead since 2011 in fighting with rebels

| October 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan says that fighting in two states along its disputed border with South Sudan has left over 600 people dead over the past 16 months, releasing rare casualty figures in an ongoing conflict that has inflamed tensions between the two countries. Interior Minister Ibrahim Mahmoud told the Sudanese parliament Tuesday that 662 [...]

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SPLM-N rebels reiterate call for humanitarian access propose ceasefire

| September 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

September 29, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan People’s Liberation Movement –North (SPLM-N) renewed its call for unfettered humanitarian access to the affected civilians in the areas under its control, and accused government army of carrying new attacks in South Kordofan. A woman holds her child in a shelter in Bram village in the Nuba Mountains, South [...]

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Crowded S. Sudan refugee camps on the brink

| September 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

By MICHEAL ONYIEGO, Associated Press – 2 hours ago  YIDA, South Sudan (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have already swarmed to a refugee camp in South Sudan and community chiefs expect a new wave to soon begin the trek from Sudan‘s war-torn Nuba Mountains, setting up what humanitarian workers warn could become a [...]

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Sudan’s Defence Minister in Khartoum for Consultations Over Buffer Zone

| September 10, 2012 | 0 Comments

Khartoum — Sudanese defence minister Abdel Rahim Hussein arrived Sunday to the Sudanese capital for consultations on the issue of the buffer zone and the implementation of the security arrangements. Khartoum refuses to accepts a map drawn by the African Union mediation to establish a buffer zone between Sudan and South Sudan. The Sudanese government [...]

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Sudan’s defence minister in Khartoum for consultations over buffer zone

| September 10, 2012 | 0 Comments

September 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese defence minister Abdel Rahim Hussein arrived Sunday to the Sudanese capital for consultations on the issue of the buffer zone and the implementation of the security arrangements. Sudan’s defence minister Abdel Rahim Hussein (Reuters) Khartoum refuses to accepts a map drawn by the African Union mediation to establish a [...]

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Luka Biong: Leaders of SPLM-N Tired of War, Seek Regional Mediation

| September 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

Luka Biong: Leaders of SPLM-N Tired of War, Seek Regional Mediation Abyei – South Sudan government said the recently agreement with Sudan on oil will contribute to resolving the rest of the unresolved issues between the two countries.Official in charge of the Abyei dossier in the government of South Sudan Dr. Luka Biong said in [...]

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Khartoum accused of procrastination in humanitarian access

| August 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

August 29, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — A senior official of the United Nations accused the Sudanese government of lacking seriousness in the implementation of a plan to deliver humanitarian aid in the rebel areas in South Kordofan and Blue Nile. Women stand in front of a cave in Bram village in the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, [...]

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Khartoum Demands Productive Dialogue With Washington

| August 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Khartoum — Presidential assistant, Nafie Ali Nafie told the US chargé d’affaires in Khartoum, Joseph D. Stafford, that Sudanese government is willing for a dialogue taking into account the interest of both countries. Stafford met Nafie on Tuesday to renew Washington call for a constructive dialogue between the two countries in order to normalise bilateral [...]

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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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