Sudan
Telecommunications were interrupted in Sudan, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday, a day after the country’s military seized power in a coup and a health...
Sudan PM, ministers detained in apparent military coup (Update 3)
Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan’s cabinet on Monday in what the information ministry called a military coup, prompting opponents of the takeover...
Cyprus and South Sudan establish diplomatic relations
Cyprus and South Sudan have signed a Joint Communique establishing diplomatic relations. The communique was signed by Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides and South Sudan’s deputy...
Prehistoric cemetery in Sudan shows war has been hell forever
All was not well among the peoples who inhabited the east bank of the Nile River in northern Sudan some 13,400 years ago, as revealed...
Sudanese factions sign accord on transitional government
Sudan‘s main opposition coalition and the ruling military council on Saturday signed a final power-sharing agreement, paving the way for a transitional government following the...
Bush fire guts four villages in South Sudan, kills 33
A bush fire fanned by gusty winds has gutted four villages in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal region, killing 33 people, the president’s spokesman...
Sudan’s flirtation with democracy doomed. The army will return
By Gwynne Dyer It’s moving fast now. For three months the protesters in Khartoum got nowhere with their demand that “the people want the fall of...
Eleven killed in Sudan protests including six ‘state forces’
Eleven people were killed in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday, including six members of “state forces”, the government’s spokesman said on Wednesday, as protesters...
Sudan’s Bashir declares state of emergency, dissolves government
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, facing the country’s biggest popular protests since he came to power 30 years ago, declared a one-year state of emergency on Friday...
Teen bride who killed ‘rapist’ husband appeals death sentence
A Sudanese teen sentenced to death after killing her husband as he tried to rape her has appealed the ruling amid growing support by celebrities and...