Omar al-Bashir

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Sudan's Bashir runs for president despite warrant

Reuters US Online Report World News 49 days ago

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's ruling party nominated President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for re-election on Saturday despite an International Criminal Court warrant to arrest him for war crimes. The Hague-based court says the government of Bashir, who seized power in a 1989 military ...

Sudan's Beshir lifts censorship of newspapers

AFP Global Edition 55 days ago

President Omar al-Beshir on Sunday announced the immediate lifting of state censorship on the press, meeting a key demand of the media ahead of Sudan's first elections in almost 25 years. In a decree carried by the official SUNA news agency, Beshir ...

Sudanese president names new intelligence chief: state media

AFP Global Edition 100 days ago

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir has replaced the influential intelligence chief Salah Gosh with his close aide in the agency, the official Suna news agency reported early Friday. "President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omar Al-Beshir, has issued a Republican Decree appointing Salah ...

U.N. council extends mandate of Darfur peacekeepers

Reuters US Online Report World News 114 days ago

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously extended the mandate for the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission which has been slowly deploying in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region. The force's mandate has been extended until the end of July ...

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