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Five dead, minister wounded in south Sudan unrest

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

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 ...

Sudan calls for all sides to resume Darfur talks

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

An aide to Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Saturday called for all sides to take part in talks aimed at ending the Darfur conflict, which are due to resume in Qatar. Ghazi Salaheddine told reporters at the Sudanese embassy in Paris that ...

Sudan's Beshir cancels Turkey visit

AFP Global Edition 14 days ago

Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir, the target of an international arrest warrant, has scrapped a visit to Turkey to join key political negotiations in Khartoum, official SUNA news agency said on Sunday. Beshir rang Turkish President Abdullah Gul to say he can not ...

Darfur rebels threaten Sudan election workers

Reuters US Online Report World News 14 days ago

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region on Monday threatened to attack any election officials that came into their territory, underlining the challenges facing the country's first multi-party poll in 24 years. The insurgent Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) gave its warning ...

Sudan's Beshir cancels Turkey visit: state news agency

AFP Global Edition 14 days ago

Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir, who faces an international arrest warrant, has called off a planned visit to Turkey to join key political negotiations in Khartoum, official SUNA news agency said Sunday. Beshir, a participant in the China-Africa summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, ...

Sudan's Bashir to miss OIC summit after EU objected

Reuters US Online Report World News 14 days ago

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir pulled out of an Islamic summit in Istanbul on Sunday -- a trip that the European Union had objected to because of his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Bashir, against whom ...

Turkey: Indicted Sudan leader won't attend summit

AP News 15 days ago

Turkey says Sudan leader facing war-crimes charges won't attend Istanbul summit Turkey said Sunday that Sudan's internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul. Turkey had faced criticism for its planned welcome of al-Bashir, ...

Mideast Egypt China Sino African Forum

AP News 15 days ago

From left, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, look on at the opening of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt's Sharm el Sheik ...

Famine and conflict risks confront south Sudan: UN

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

Southern Sudan faces potential famine and the risk of further ethnic conflict, with over one million people already hit by serious food insecurity, the UN Children?s Fund deputy head warned Sunday. A second year of poor or badly timed rains, coupled with ...

TURKEY SUDAN

AP News 15 days ago

Turkish President Abdullah Gul, center, speaks at the opening of the meetings of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Turkey should arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir if he visits Istanbul because of an international warrant against ...

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