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ABDEL JALIL IBRAHIM

The Sudanese authorities have only just admitted the death of [...]

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"KENYAN PEACE" IN ILEMI TRIANGLE

The situation in the area known as the Ilemi triangle, in the far south-east of Sudan, sharing borders with Ethiopia and Kenya, is becoming tense. Since 1942, the Kenyan government has been responsible for the security of Ilemi (Kenya has [.

THE TAKING OF POCHALA TOWN

Sudanese government forces, 1,500 men, made up regular troops and people's defence militias (ad Diffa ash Shaabi), backed by about [...]

BERNARD KOUCHNER

French junior minister for humanitarian aid, Bernard Kouchner arrived on March 9, in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. During his visit [...]

SUDAN'S DIPLOMATIC MISSION

In a bid to escape from its international isolation, the Sudanese government is multiplying its diplomatic manoeuvres in the Horn [...]

SOUTH AFRICAN OIL LINK CONFIRMED

Rob Angell, managing Director of South African oil firm, Engen, has confimed that his company, a subsidiary of the Gencor [...]

OPPOSITION GETS ITS ACT TOGETHER

The attempted putsch within the Umma party (ION N°513) has come to an abrupt halt since Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil decided [...]

MOHAMED EL AMINE KHALIFA

Leader of the ruling junta, General Hassan Omar al Bashir, [...]

ENGEN CONFIRMS

Engen, the oil division of the South African mining group Gencor, is examining oil exploration and production possibilities in Sudan, [...]

Rift over maritime zones

A long-standing maritime border dispute between Egypt and Sudan has flared up anew following Khartoum's decision to deliver the Halaib [...]

DAWUD YAYA BULAD

Military leader of the SPLA rebels in southern Sudan, he [...]

MEETING BETWEEN GARANG AND AL BASHIR TO TAKE PLACE IN EGYPT

Sudan's vice president, brigadier al Zubair Mohamed Saleh is expected to arrive in Cairo soon to meet the Egyptian President [...]

SUDAN'S SOUTH AFRICAN SHOPPING LIST

A Franco-Tunisian businessman, known for his close ties with the banned Tunisian Islamic movement, Ennahdha, Mr Meherzi recently put in [...]

HASSAN AL TOURABI

Leader of Sudan's National Islamic Front (NIF), he made a [...]

SADIQ AL MAHDI'S SON ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF URANIUM SMUGGLING

One of the sons of the former prime minister of Sudan, Sadiq al Mahdi was arrested at Khartoum airport allegedly [...]

JOHN GARANG

The leader of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), is [...]

Since the recent military cooperation accords between Sudan and Iran, [...]

Ministers meeting in Khartoum at the end of December reached [...]

DISSIDENTS FROM SPLA ABOUT-TURN

The SPLA dissident's "foreign affairs" delegate, commander Lam Akol, was in London this week before embarking on a series of [...]