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

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)

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)

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."

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

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)

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

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)

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 ...

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)

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)

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)

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.

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)

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)

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)

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.

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.

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.

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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.

' 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.