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New Hope for People in Darfur

The world's attention has been focused in a remote corner in Sudan for the last few years, as yet another tragedy unfolded. (AllAfrica)


Two Privately-Owned Newspapers Closed for Indefinite Period By Press Council

Reporters Without Borders condemns a decision by the National Press and Publications Council (NPPC) on 1 September 2008 to suspend two privately-owned English-language national dailies based in the south of the country, "The Citizen" and "Sudan Tribune", for an indefinite period. (AllAfrica)


Food Riot At Refugee Camp in Darfur Kills One, Injuries Six Others - UN

One person was killed and six others were injured during a food riot inside a camp that houses Chadian refugees in the Sudanese region of Darfur, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports. (AllAfrica)


Sudan Catholics turn to Darfur saint

By Andrew Heavens and Skye Wheeler

KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - In a dusty church in Khartoum's Jeberona camp for displaced persons, the congregation claps and sings beneath a portrait of a smiling woman who has become a focus of hope for a divided country.

Josephine Bakhita, a former slave who died in 1947, has risen from obscurity to become the first saint from Darfur in western Sudan, a region convulsed by war for the past five years.

"I would say she was a gift from God ... an offer from God," said Bishop Daniel Adwok, the Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Khartoum. "She has come on time for the conflict here in Sudan."

(Topix.net)


Gulu-Juba Road Frustrates Traders

GULLIES and potholes best describe the Greater-North Gulu-Juba Road which links Uganda with Sudan. (AllAfrica)


Joint UN-African Union Mission in Darfur Steps Up Presence At Troubled Camp

The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur is stepping up its presence in and around a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) where dozens of people were shot dead last week during clashes with Sudanese security forces. (AllAfrica)


Sudan, Govt to Revive Bilateral Agreements

Sudanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Awad Taha, has stated that plans are underway to revive bilateral agreements and trade between Nigeria and Sudan. (AllAfrica)


SUDAN: MSF seeks assurances before returning to North Darfur

NAIROBI Monday, August 04, 2008 (IRIN) - The staff of the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), who were evacuated from two locations in the western Sudanese state of North Darfur, may return to the area if they are assured improved security on the ground, a spokeswoman said. (irinnews.org)


South Sudan to harmonize irregular salary structures

The Government of Southern Sudan has passed a resolution calling for quick harmonization of irregular salary structures for constitutional post holders in the executive, legislative and judiciary organs at all ...

(Topix.net)


Darfur Rebels Support Salva Kiir's Presidency

Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), a rebel force fighting Field Mashal Omar Bashir's government, have said they will support Salva Kiir, in the forthcoming presidential polls. (AllAfrica)


Press Council Closes Two English-Language Dailies Indefinitely

Reporters Without Borders condemns a decision by the National Press and Publications Council (NPPC) on 1 September to suspend two privately-owned English-language national dailies based in the south of the country, The Citizen and Sudan Tribune, for an indefinite period. (AllAfrica)


China Boosts Its South Presence With New Office

Beijing Hotel straddles a patch of land in the prime area of Juba, separated by only a dirt, unpaved road from the sprawling United States consulate. Close to this hotel constructed out of cheap prefabs and metal bars, its name long a symbol of Chinese influence in Sudan, a Chinese Consulate is taking shape. (AllAfrica)


UN: Sudan forces build up outside Darfur camp

Sudanese forces accused of killing more than 30 people in a raid on a Darfur camp have started to build up their position outside the settlement, raising fears of a new attack, peacekeepers said on Wednesday.

(Topix.net)


Juba's Cubans - a Special Diaspora

Bona Bol's ambitions are even bigger than his 6 ft 5 frame. Together with his partner Majok Wek, he has already started a company importing goods into war-devastated Southern Sudan. (AllAfrica)


GLOBAL: Food aid on the back burner as WTO talks collapse

JOHANNESBURG Monday, August 04, 2008 (IRIN) - As countries grapple with high food prices, attempts to draw attention to an inefficient food aid delivery system have been pushed to the back burner after the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks collapsed last week. (irinnews.org)


GLOBAL: What climate change does - The 2nd in a three-part series

JOHANNESBURG Thursday, July 31, 2008 (IRIN) - The world can expect to become about 0.2°C warmer per decade for the next two decades, according to several scenarios prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC). Even if the concentrations of all greenhouse gases and aerosols were kept constant at the levels they were in 2000, further warming of about 0.1°C per decade would still be expected. (irinnews.org)


Sudan's first vice president meets Chinese special envoy

Sudanese First Vice President Salva Kiir Mayardit met on Monday with visiting Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun who was here as a special envoy of the Chinese government.

(Topix.net)


South Sudan: Juba's Cubans -- a Special Diaspora

Bona Bol's ambitions are even bigger than his 6 ft 5 frame. Together with his partner Majok Wek, he has already started a company importing goods into war-devastated Southern Sudan.

(Topix.net)


Bangladeshi officer dies in Sudan traffic accident

KHARTOUM, Sudan : A U.N.-operated radio says a Bangladeshi observer was killed and nine other officers injured in a traffic accident in southern Sudan.

(Topix.net)


Govt to Import Crude Oil From Sudan

Kenya has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Sudan to facilitate the importation of 500,000 barrels of crude oil monthly into the country. (AllAfrica)


Six Killed in Raid By Rustlers From Sudan

At least six people were killed over the weekend in Turkana by suspected Toposa raiders from southern Sudan. (AllAfrica)


Country Bans Check Points for Taxes

Sudan has banned all check-points for taxes throughout the country, an official of the embassy has said. (AllAfrica)


Govt Writes to South Sudan Over Bandits

Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written to the government of Southern Sudan demanding the return an 18-year old man abducted during a bandit raid in Turkana North District. (AllAfrica)


Kotoko Snatch Late Win

Eric Bekoe scored an 86th minute winner for Kumasi Asante Kotoko in an absorbing game against Sudan's El-Merreikh at the Baba Yara Stadium that gave them their first points of this year's CAF Confederation Cup. (AllAfrica)


Bashir's Victory Lap to South of Country

His journey was billed as a routine visit, but with the International Criminal Court (ICC) likely indictments hanging over his head, Sudan President Omar al Bashir's trip to Southern Sudan was always going to be nebulous. (AllAfrica)


Junior Wasps Sink Sudan in Khartoum

Rwanda's youth team got to a brilliant start in the first round of the 8th African championships as they defeated Sudan 2-1 in Khartoum on Saturday. (AllAfrica)


Keep the Paris-Dakar Rally, But Don't Touch Sudan's Al-Bashir

After a few weeks when Sudan President Omar al-Bashir was not sleeping well over threats by the International Criminal Court prosecutor to seek an indictment against him for the killings in Darfur, he must have gone back to having his full undisturbed slumber. (AllAfrica)


Sudanese Raiders Kill Six in Turkana Attack

At least six people were killed on Saturday in Turkana by suspected Toposa raiders from southern Sudan. (AllAfrica)


Sudanese Security Agents Seize Newspaper

Sudan security officials seized, and all but shut down one of the leading English dailies, following months of threats and seizures. (AllAfrica)


Sudan trial opens for US diplomat killing

Five men in shackles and religious dress went on trial in Khartoum on Sunday for allegedly killing a US diplomat and his driver in charges that would see them hanged if found guilty.

(Topix.net)


Sudan's senior presidential assistant condemns deadly Darfur camp attack

' Sudan's senior presidential assistant Minni Arcua Minnawi condemned Monday's raid by Sudanese soldiers and security officers on a refugee camp that killed at least 30 people and injured many more.

(Topix.net)