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Girls, 11 and 12, raped by uniformed men

From correspondents in Khartoum TWO girls aged 11 and 12, and three women, have been raped by men wearing military uniforms in Sudan's Darfur region. The joint UN/African Union UNAMID peacekeeping force said it would not...

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese follow funeral of former president

KHARTOUM, Sudan - 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 opposition...

Sudan: 2 newspapers strike against censorship

KHARTOUM — Two Sudanese dailies will suspend publication for three days and their journalists will go on a 24-hour hunger strike to protest state censorship, managers of the papers said Tuesday. The journalists said they are...

FINANCIAL AID-AFRICA: BADEA grants US$3.544 billion for Africa development

KHARTOUM, Nov. 5 (IPS) - The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has granted a total amount of US$3.544 billion as financial assistance since 1975 to the end of October 2008, according to a BADEA press release...

Foreign Minister Meets with African Fact-Finding Committee on Sudanese - Chadian Relations

Khartoum, Nov. 4 (SUNA)- The Foreign Minister, Deng Alor, met Tuesday with the visiting African fact-finding committee on the relations between Sudan and Chad. In a statement after the meeting, the minister said that the...

Al-Mirghani's burial date set

Khartoum - The body of Sudan's late president Ahmed al-Mirghani will be flown to Khartoum for burial on Wednesday, accompanied by his opposition leader brother who will be returning after years of exile. A government official...

Sudan journalists in hunger strike over censorship

By Andrew Heavens KHARTOUM (Reuters) - More than 150 Sudanese journalists and support staff Tuesday started a 24-hour hunger strike to protest against censorship by state security services, media executives said. "We are being...

Darfur peacekeeper deployment is growing, says envoy

The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. The top United States diplomat on Africa said on Monday that important progress has been made recently in the...

Top US ambassador visits Sudan for peace deal

Washington: US ambassador Jendayi Frazer visited Khartoum on Monday to discuss with Sudanese leaders a peace deal with southern Sudan and Darfur, the State Department said. Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood said Frazer is...

Minister of interior: Sudan's police has list of criminals kidnapping Chinese workers

KHARTOUM, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese Minister of Interior Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid announced on Monday that the Sudanese police had in its hand the list of criminals who abducted last month nine Chinese oil workers and killed...