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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo lauded actions taken by states to isolate Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir who faces an arrest warrant for his alleged roles in the crimes committed in Darfur. Luis Moreno Ocampo,...

CPA talks, on NCP slow implementation of the remaining issues related to the democratic transition and the referendum. "This is totally unacceptable for us to because the Agreement is very clear and has mechanisms for arbitration when there is a...

This internal turmoil could be the most critical in the 80-year history of the officially banned party, some analysts say. The Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition group, is now debating its strategy for next year’s parliamentary elections...To prevent a repeat performance,...

The Russian special envoy to Sudan, Mikhail Margelov, will start on Thursday a six-day visit to Sudan at the head of a delegation of businessmen, media and press. Muawiya Osman Khalid spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry said the visit comes...

Petina Gappah became only the second short story writer to win the award in its 10-year history, the first being Yiyun Li in 2006. Gappah's collection of 13 stories, An Elegy for Easterly, tells of the lives of people, rich...

Stop attempts to sowing seeds of dictatorship in South Sudan December 2, 2009 — As the US administration has already expressed its concerns about the credibility of the elections in the Sudan come 2010, it is time that the whole...

Thousands of Western Equatorians on Tuesday gathered in the capital of Western Eqautoria State (WES) to commemorate the World Aids day, as the prevalence of HIV/AIDs is on the increase in the region. A girl taking part in a march...

The summit marked the end of more than four decades of military and political confrontation between the East and the West.

The Mpumalanga Department of Health and Social Development has warned communities and visitors to the Lowveld to take the necessary precaution against malaria because of the heavy rains that fell in the province. Department spokesperson Mpho Gabashane said malaria transmission...

One person was killed and another seriously injured when four armed gangsters raided a village near Nyahururu town on Tuesday night. Acting Nyandarua police boss Robbinson Mboloi described the attack as shocking because the victims were elderly and not well-to-do...