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The Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur peace process urged today all the parties to the six-year conflict to agree to a cessation of hostilities and to work for the improvement of security on the ground. Djibril Yipènè Bassolé, Joint African...

announced today that some 1500 people from Unity State have defected from the Southern Sudan ruling party and joined its ranks...Kisanga who welcomed the move said he called on the youth to mobilize and get all the members to register...

Sudan needs to redouble efforts to register voters ahead of its first elections in 24 years, international observers have said, amid denunciations of “irregularities” and even calls for a boycott.  The Carter Center, a democracy group set up by former...

A 16-year old Christian girl from southern Sudan has been lashed 50 times for wearing a skirt deemed indecent by authorities in the north who enforce a strict version of Islamic law. Silva Kashif said Friday she was arrested by...

Sudan offers to mediate Egypt-Algeria soccer row Sudan has offered to mediate between Algeria and Egypt in a furious row over soccer violence during their qualification battle for next year's World Cup, a presidential adviser said on Thursday.   Algeria...

Sudan may be unable to hold credible elections in coming months because the ruling party and opposition cannot agree on ground rules for the polls, the U.S. Wednesday they would delay a decision on whether to boycott April's elections in...

International Indictments Stir Angry Debate Mary Kimani 25 November 2009 analysis In July 2008 Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced his intention to prosecute President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan for human rights violations related...

An armed group from the restive region of Darfur said today they are targeting French aid workers to force French government to change its policy. A Darfur based gunmen kidnapped two French aid workers on Sunday evening in the northeast...