By Deng Vanang June 17, 2013 – No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody’s wish that dialogue could prevail over wrangling and peace over war. But all the well wishers, South Sudanese and Sudanese of good will are put to [...]
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Sudan orders South Sudan oil pipeline closed
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan‘s official news agency says the country’s president has ordered the closure of pipelines exporting South Sudanese oil. The Sudan news agency SUNA quoted President Omar al-Bashir as telling a public rally in the capital Khartoum on Saturday that the move was in response to South Sudan‘s funding of rebels fighting his [...]
Sudan orders South Sudan oil pipeline closed – WSAV
By MOHAMED OSMANAssociated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) – Sudan‘s official news agency says the country’s president has ordered the closure of pipelines exporting South Sudanese oil. The Sudan news agency SUNA quoted President Omar al-Bashir as telling a public rally in the capital Khartoum on Saturday that the move was in response to South Sudan‘s [...]
Sudan orders South Sudan oil pipeline closed
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan‘s official news agency says the country’s president has ordered the closure of pipelines exporting South Sudanese oil. The Sudan news agency SUNA quoted President Omar al-Bashir as telling a public rally in the capital Khartoum on Saturday that the move was in response to South Sudan‘s funding of rebels fighting his [...]
Army helicopter crash in Sudan kills 2 crew
KHARTOUM, Sudan — A Sudanese military spokesman says a military training helicopter has crashed in the country’s south, killing its two crew members. Col. Sawarmy Khalid was quoted on Thursday by SUNA, Sudan‘s official news agency, as saying that the crash was an accident. Khalid says the helicopter hit a high voltage electricity pole in [...]
Army helicopter crash in Sudan kills 2 crew
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) – A Sudanese military spokesman says a military training helicopter has crashed in the country’s south, killing its two crew members. Col. Sawarmy Khalid was quoted on Thursday by SUNA, Sudan‘s official news agency, as saying that the crash was an accident. Khalid says the helicopter hit a high voltage electricity pole [...]
Army helicopter crash in Sudan kills 2 crew
KHARTOUM, Sudan — A Sudanese military spokesman says a military training helicopter has crashed in the country’s south, killing its two crew members. Col. Sawarmy Khalid was quoted on Thursday by SUNA, Sudan‘s official news agency, as saying that the crash was an accident. Khalid says the helicopter hit a high voltage electricity pole in [...]
Tribal leader killed in Sudan’s flashpoint Abyei region
KHARTOUM | Sat May 4, 2013 7:39pm EDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A top tribal leader allied to South Sudan was killed in clashes involving a rival Sudanese tribe in the Abyei region disputed by the African neighbors on Saturday, both sides said, an incident that risks fuelling new tensions in the flashpoint area. Abyei, straddling [...]
Khartoum: only five killed in gold mine collapse
A senior official from Sudan’s Darfur region has said only five people died in the collapse of an unlicensed gold mine last week, disputing estimates that dozens perished. But a colleague of the miners, who earlier gave AFP figures for the number believed trapped, dismissed the official’s comment as a fabrication. Al-Fatih Abdel Aziz, acting [...]
Tribal leader killed in Sudan’s flashpoint Abyei region
KHARTOUM | Sat May 4, 2013 7:39pm EDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A top tribal leader allied to South Sudan was killed in clashes involving a rival Sudanese tribe in the Abyei region disputed by the African neighbors on Saturday, both sides said, an incident that risks fuelling new tensions in the flashpoint area. Abyei, straddling [...]
Darfur largely calm, says Khartoum
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s Interior Minister Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamed has said that the Darfur region is largely calm, despite tribal and other unrest which according to the UN forced almost 90,000 people to flee this month. “The minister has affirmed (the) calmness of conditions in all Darfur states except some looting operations carried out by the rebel [...]
