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Juba — Hundred of citizens from the contested region of Abyei demonstrated across South Sudan and in the United States on Monday, according to an official from the area, in protest at the failure of the Sudanese government to withdraw troops from the area. A resolution from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on May 2, as per a roadmap
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One person was killed when a car exploded on Sudan's Red Sea coast on Tuesday, state media reported, about a year after Sudan blamed Israel for an air strike in the same region. There was no immediate word on the cause of the blast, which witnesses said left two holes in the road. "A car exploded inside Port Sudan and
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Khartoum - One person was killed when a car exploded in the Sudanese city of Port Sudan, state news agency SUNA said on Tuesday. It gave no reason for the explosion at the Red Sea port. SUNA showed a picture of the damaged front of the car. Government officials contacted by Reuters declined to comment, saying the incident was under
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The UN Security Council has called on Sudan and South Sudan to reach an agreement on the status of the disputed, oil-rich Abyei border region and extended the UN security force's mission there by six months. The council passed a resolution on Thursday calling the situation a serious security threat and demanding the creation of a jointly administered Abyei police
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Khartoum - An Indian special envoy headed to South Sudan on Tuesday after holding talks in Khartoum following a UN Security Council resolution that seeks to end border fighting between Sudan and the South. India is a non-permanent member of the Security Council which passed the 02 May resolution that also aims to resolve a series of protracted disputes over
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Sudan's parliament rejected on Monday a United Nations call for talks with rebels who have been fighting government troops for almost a year. It also said it would not allow foreign aid agencies into rebel-held areas of South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, as proposed jointly by the United Nations, African Union and Arab League. Rebels of the Sudan People's
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Khartoum - Sudan says it is ready to hold talks with South Sudan about outstanding issues between the two countries. Sundan's foreign ministry said on Saturday that the "security question" should top the agenda. The ministry's statement comes just days after South Sudan accused Khartoum of resuming bombing of the south in violation of calls for peace. The countries were
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Khartoum - Neither the United Nations nor the African Union can impose its will on Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir said on Thursday, after fresh fighting along the border with South Sudan. "We will implement what we want and, what we do not want, no one can impose upon us - neither the UN Security Council nor the African Union Peace
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Sudan's army said it fought with South Sudan along the disputed border on Wednesday while the South alleged it came under Sudanese air attack, violating a four-day-old UN-imposed ceasefire. The army in Khartoum said it had expelled South Sudanese troops and their rebel allies from two areas, Kafindibei and Kafia Kingi, in South Darfur state across from the South's Western
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Tripoli - One man was killed and four people wounded as Libyan security forces on Tuesday repelled armed demonstrators who attacked government headquarters in Tripoli, a senior official said. The country's interim prime minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib read out a statement on television denouncing the violence and vowing not to give way to "outlaws" making demands at the end of
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Sudanese war planes have launched renewed air strikes against South Sudan, violating a UN Security Council resolution to end weeks of a bitter border conflict, the South's army said Wednesday. "The Republic of Sudan has been randomly bombarding civilian areas," said Southern army spokesman Kella Kueth, who said the air strikes hit the border states of Upper Nile, Unity and
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Khartoum - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region said on Tuesday they had seized control of a town from government troops, the latest in a reported upsurge of fighting in a region that has seen nearly a decade of unrest. "Today our joint troops took control of Girayda after fighting with SAF," the Sudanese Armed Forces, said Abdullah Moursal, spokesperson for
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The landscape in southern Blue Nile state is pockmarked by bomb craters and dotted with empty villages. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes to escape a war between the government and insurgents. But many say the government has targeted civilians too. Sitting under the shade of a tree, Omar Idris lifts his shirt to show a large
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Khartoum - Four children were killed and four others were wounded when leftover munitions exploded in Sudan's Darfur region, the African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission (Unamid) told AFP on Monday. A Unamid spokesperson said the incident occurred when a UXO (unexploded ordnance) detonated in Jealjeala, 60km from the West Darfur state capital El Geneina. He could not immediately give other
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Khartoum - South Sudan on Friday accused Sudan of launching an air strike on one of its oil regions, imperilling the chances of a promised ceasefire between the two former civil war foes, but Khartoum denied the charge. The 1 800km-long border between the two countries had been largely quiet for the past 48 hours, raising hopes that they could
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Sudan pledged on Thursday to cease hostilities with South Sudan in accordance with a UN Security Council resolution, hours after the South alleged fresh Sudanese bombing of its border region. While welcoming the United Nations resolution which on Wednesday gave Sudan and the South 48 hours to stop fighting, including air raids, Khartoum's foreign ministry warned it retains the right
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Khartoum on Thursday said it seeks peace with South Sudan and hopes the small country responds favourably to African Union and UN resolutions for ending hostilities. "The government of Sudan confirms her own strategic calls to have peace between the two states and it hopes the government of South Sudan gives a positive reaction to the African and UN Security
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The UN Security Council hopes to vote Wednesday on a resolution that could threaten Sudan and South Sudan with sanctions if they do not stop fighting, diplomats said. China and Russia, veto-wielding permanent members, are however leading resistance to any warning of international action against the rival countries, which many fear are headed for all-out war. Sudan on Tuesday warned
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The British embassy said on Tuesday it had met with one of its citizens allegedly detained by Sudan's army along the tense southern border and he is in good condition. Chris Fielding has been held for at least three days along with Norwegian John Sorbo, South African Thabo Siave and an unidentified South Sudanese. Sudan's army said on Saturday it
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Khartoum — As Sudan and South Sudan sink deeper into full-scale conflict and hostile rhetoric nine months after the country split in two, people from both sides of the border are tweeting a very different message, one of peace, solidarity and frustration with their leaders. These voices are galvanized around the microblogging site's keyword-marking hashtag "#NewSudans" - a pluralized echo
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Khartoum — Sudanese president, Omer Hassan al-Bashir on Sunday has declared the state of emergency in some cities of three states neighbouring the Republic of South Sudan. The presidential decree comes after heavy clashes between the Sudanese and south Sudanese armies over Heglig. The SPLA pulled out its troops on 20 April after controlling the oil producing area for ten
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A surging number of hungry refugees are fleeing fighting between Sudanese troops and ethnic rebels, with some reduced to foraging in the wild, the United Nations said on Monday. There has been "a notable increase in the number of new arrivals" who have crossed the border from South Kordofan into South Sudan's Unity state, the UN humanitarian agency (OCHA) said
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Khartoum - Four foreigners investigating the debris from recent fighting between Sudan and South Sudan have been captured in the Heglig oilfield area, Khartoum's military said on Saturday. Sawarmi Khaled Saad, the army spokesperson, identified the foreigners as a Briton, a Norwegian, a South African and a South Sudanese. He was speaking to reporters after the four were flown to
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The United Nations wants to cut more than 5,300 peacekeeping troops and police in Darfur even though the UN Security Council said Thursday it remains concerned about conflict in the Sudanese region. A plan to cut the African Union-UN force, which currently numbers about 23,500, was put to the Security Council by the head of UN peacekeeping Herve Ladsous. He
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Khartoum - Government agencies in bankrupt Sudan must slash their use of petrol while civil servants donate part of their salaries to support the army, the official SUNA news agency said late on Wednesday. The order follows weeks of border clashes with South Sudan. Minister of Finance Ali Mahmud al-Rasul told state institutions and companies to allocate part of their
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