Omar al-Bashir

Saudi Arabia- Companies to run GACA investment units

As part of moves to privatize the Kingdom's civil aviation sector, the Council of Ministers yesterday gave the green light to the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to establish companies for running its investment...

Egypt, Sudan: South Sudan warns Mubarak over regional chaos

Southern Sudan has warned Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak that regional instability could also destabilize his country and urged Cairo to put pressure on Khartoum to move ahead with a three-year-old peace agreement. "He said...

Sudan approves key electoral commission (AFP)

AFP - Sudan's parliament on Monday approved an independent electoral commission in a crucial step towards free elections due next year that was immediately overshadowed by a mass arrest of journalists.

FM denies buying support in UN vote

Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has denied claims that Turkey paid the membership dues of poor UN countries to buy their votes in an election last month for new non-permanent members of the Security Council.

DR Congo: dynamic of conflict, Gérard Prunier

Since August 2008 the situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has grown progressively worse in ways that seem hard to understand. Gérard Prunier is research professor at the University of Paris. He is...

Darfur rebels accuse Sudan of bombing

By Andrew Heavens KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Darfur rebels accused Sudan government forces on Saturday of bombing their territory, just days after the president announced a cease-fire in the region. But Sudan's armed forces denied...

East DR Congo: dynamic of conflict, Gérard Prunier

Since August 2008 the situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has grown progressively worse in ways that seem hard to understand. Gérard Prunier is research professor at the University of Paris. He is...

Darfur refugees seek justice over peace

Refugees in this crowded camp — where mass graves hold the victims of one of the bloodiest Sudanese government attacks against them — see little hope in a new drive for peace aimed at ending the nearly six-year war in Darfur....

Unconditional Cease-fire Proposal Questionable

Akwei's interview with Fouad Hikmat - Download (MP3) Akwei's interview with Fouad Hikmat - Listen (MP3) Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir this week announced an immediate ceasefire in the Darfur region of western Sudan,...

First Lebanon, then Sudan

Egypt's latest diplomatic moves show that its regional clout cannot be overlooked, Dina Ezzat reports With an unprecedented visit to Juba, south of Sudan, and an unusual press conference at the presidential headquarters with...

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