Khartoum

Hundreds of thousands follow Sudan funeral

By MOHAMED OSMAN – 2 days ago KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese flooded the streets of Khartoum Wednesday for the funeral of a former president in a potent show of strength for one of Sudan's strongest...

Taha calls for alternative international Islamic economic system

Khartoum, Nov. 6 (SUNA) - Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha has called for the Islamic economic system as an alternative to the collapsed capitalist system in the world and establishment of humane international relations....

Sudanese people initiative forum wound session on Wedneday

Khartoum, Nov 7 (SUNA)- The Forum of the Sudanese People Initiative will end its meeting at the Friendship Hall on Wesnesday and issue its recommendations in a session taht will be addressed by the President of the Republic...

International Islamic Parliamentarians Forum Affirms its Solidarity with Sudan concerning False...

Khartoum, Nov. 7 (SUNA) - The International Islamic Parliamentarians Forum has affirmed its support to Sudan concerning the false allegations of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and called on the Islamic...

The deadly cult of Joseph Kony

Sakure is on the front line of a war that is not supposed to exist. Perched on the rim of the Congo basin, it looks out from South Sudan and into the vastness of the rainforest beyond. The victims of this war are strewn over...

Greek hotel a part of Khartoum modern history

By Alaa Shahine KHARTOUM (Reuters Life!) - Wars, protests, coups and famines -- Khartoum hotelier Thanasis Pagoulatos has seen them all. He even saw the man who almost killed him in a bomb attack at the hotel that he and his...

Darfur rebels shun conference, seek direct talks

Source: Reuters By Andrew Heavens KHARTOUM, Nov 7 (Reuters) - One of Darfur's strongest rebel groups on Friday said it had refused to take part in a planned peace conference in Qatar and demanded instead one-to-one ...

Across the River [Saifuddins Blog Picks]

Site/blog: Saifuddins Blog Picks Article: AFP, Sudans ex-president Mirghani to be buried Wednesday - AFP - Khartoum, SudanTuesday, November 4, 2008The body of Sudans late president Ahmed al-Mirghani will be flown to Khartoum...

SOUTH SUDAN: MEDIA: Battle on Two Fronts

JUBA, 03/11/08 (IPS) - South Sudanese media is under pressure to present a loyal front to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement government on the one hand and to toe the Sudanese government line on the other, both curtailing...

Thousands in Khartoum mourn former leader

Thousands of mourners crowded the streets of Khartoum on Wednesday at the funeral of former Sudanese head of state Ahmed Ali al-Mirghani. Mirghani was president between 1986 and 1989, when he was overthrown in a bloodless coup...