Africa Conflict & Tragedy News

Egypt will organize a meeting for the Islamic Conference Organization (OIC) countries in order to discuss ways to participate in the development and rehabilitation efforts undertaken in Darfur region. "The meeting tends to review how the Islamic countries can contribute...

General Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice-President of the Republic of Sudan and President of the semi-autonomous region of Southern Sudan, has on Wednesday 24, in both Moyo and Adjumani Districts of Uganda, urged Ugandans to lead recognition of the independent...

Headquarters (Juba, Khartoum) White House President Obama United Nation (New York) US State Department (Washington DC) Secretary Hillary Clinton US State Department (Washington DC) Special Envoy Major Gen. Chapters leadership in the United States unequivocally rejects the process.

The US special envoy to Sudan retired General Scott Gration toured various areas in Darfur and Abyei with focus on voter registration centers ahead of the general elections starting in April 2010. US envoy to Sudan Scott Gration (AFP) At...

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...

Sudan’s dominant National Congress Party on Sunday signed cooperation agreement of mutual interest. The agreement was signed between Ethiopian foreign affairs minister Seyoum Mesfin and Sudanese presidential advisor Dr. Mustofa Osman Ismail. "We have signed agreement of common interest...

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...

The federal court of Ethiopia on Thursday handed down guilty verdict on 27 retired and serving Army officers who were accused of conspiring coup plot earlier on the year. "The evidences and witness brought by prosecutors against the stated 27...