Visitors to Rier, in southern Sudan, are welcomed by a large rectangular tank and a freshly-painted sign trumpeting the White Nile Petroleum Operating ...
Egypt recalled its ambassador in Algeria for "consultations" on Thursday after attacks against Egyptian football fans in Sudan and businesses in Algiers, the ...
A list of the world's most corrupt and least corrupt countries, according to watchdog group A look at the world's 10 most corrupt and 10 least corrupt countries according to the Corruption Perceptions Index report published Tuesday by watchdog Transparency International. The ...
US envoy Scott Gration will return to Khartoum and Darfur this week as part of US diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in the region, the State Department said Monday. Gration was expected to meet with members of the National Congress Party (NCP) ...
Sudanese parties on Monday condemned abuses in voter registrations for the first multi-party elections in 24 years set for April, calling for the enrolment period to be extended. "There are violations in the registrations" of voters, said Yasir Arman of former rebels ...
Five people were killed and seven wounded, including a minister in the south Sudan regional government, when a gunbattle erupted between rival ethnic groups, officials said on Monday. Gunmen ambushed the convoy of the south?s agriculture and forestry minister Samson Kwaje on ...
Oil production in Sudan's Unity state is contaminating water, spreading disease to humans and cattle and threatening the world's largest inland wetlands, according to a survey released Monday. Oil represents 95 percent of Sudan's exports and is both a source of huge ...
The kidnappers of a French Red Cross worker in east Chad have demanded a million euros to free him, a source close to the international peacekeeping force in the region said Friday. "The hostage on Thursday telephoned his superiors in Ndjamena to ...
UN children's agency official warns of looming famine in south Sudan, says more funds needed The deputy head of the U.N. children's agency said Thursday that a famine is looming in southern Sudan because of scarce rainfall and inadequate foreign funds for ...
Eleven people have been killed in fighting in south Sudan?s troubled Jonglei state, a military spokesman said on Thursday. Gunmen from the Shilluk ethnic group attacked the rival Dinka settlement of Pige in the northern Jonglei region early on Wednesday, Major General ...
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Nigerian football star on Thursday said he had been sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan after being wrongly convicted of drunk driving in Khartoum. Stephen Worgu, who signed a reported multi-million dollar contact with Omdurman club Al Merreikh ...
A Nigerian football star sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan for driving under the influence of alcohol insisted on Thursday on his innocence and said he could not imagine himself being flogged. "I am not guilty of this crime ... and I ...
