Sudan Conflict & Tragedy News

November 21, 2009 — Sudan or “Bilaad-el-Sud”, which means in Arabic the Land of the Black, is geographically the largest country in Africa and historically has been marked with continuous conflict and turmoil. In 1899, Sudan came under Anglo-Egyptian rule...

Sudan on Sunday announced a six-day delay to long-awaited elections to make up for hold-ups in registering millions of voters in the oil-producing country. Election officials have faced huge logistical challenges in rolling out the first multi-party polls in 24...

Salva Kiir Mayardit, invited all Sudanese political parties, civil society organizations, national personalities and media to national dialogue in Juba on September 26 – 30. Juba and Khartoum as well as international organizations that are concerned about the situation as...

A new report by monitors of an UN-imposed arms ban on Darfur has documented the continuing flow of war materiel to the nominally embargoed region. Sudan’s westernmost province is the launching point for dry-season offensives against Chad, a battleground for...

The state authority of Central Equatoria has resolved to detach from Juba County administration a local Payam administration following the shooting of a Southern Sudan minister in the area. The minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr. Samson Kwaje, was shot...

The website of the UN-funded Miraya FM radio station confirmed Monday's incident, reporting that it disrupted voter registration for national and presidential elections due to be held in April next year. The process, which the south's leading party has said...

The major opposition parties in Sudan announced that they will formulate their final decision on whether they will participate in the upcoming elections by November 30th. Sudan will hold its first presidential and parliamentary elections in 24 years in accordance...

A minister in the Government of Southern Sudan narrowly escaped with gunshot wound on Sunday as his convoy was ambushed by unknown gunmen. Four were killed and five others wounded, two in critical condition, as the vehicle carrying minister Dr....

The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir vowed today that his government will facilitate conducting the April 2010 presidential and parliamentary elections in a fair and free manner. File photo showing Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (L) and his Eritrean counterpart...