The Sudanese army says it has killed the leader of the main rebel group in the war-torn Darfur region. A statement released by Sudan’s official news agency says Khalil Ibrahim, leader of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), was killed in fighting Sunday near Wad Banda in North Kordofan state. The army gave no […]
Sudan Reports Death of Darfur Rebel Group Leader
Posted December 25th, 2011 at 2:15 am (UTC-5)
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Sudan Reports Death of Darfur Rebel Group Leader
Posted December 25th, 2011 at 1:05 am (UTC-5)
Sudan’s government says its forces have killed a prominent rebel leader in the Darfur region. The state-run Sudan News Agency says the army has announced the death of Khalil Ibrahim, leader of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement. The report says Ibrahim was killed in fighting Sunday near Wad Banda in North Kordofan state. Sudanese […]
South Sudan Rebel Chief Killed
Posted December 20th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
A renegade general who vowed to fight against the newly formed government in South Sudan is dead. South Sudan Vice President Rick Machar confirmed the death of George Athor Deng Tuesday. Machar said he was killed Monday during a clash with government troops, saying Athor had been the most dangerous rebel leader in the country. […]
Amnesty Says UN Failed to Prevent Exodus From Southern Sudan
Posted December 19th, 2011 at 10:20 pm (UTC-5)
An international rights group says United Nations peacekeepers failed to stop Sudanese troops from driving more than 100,000 people from their homes in the country’s southern border region last May. Amnesty International says the U.N. troops took no meaningful action to prevent Sudanese forces and allied militia from attacking people’s homes in the town of […]
UN: 2.5 Million in South Sudan to Need Food Aid
Posted December 15th, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations World Food Program says some 2.7 million people in South Sudan will need food aid next year because of crop failure and regional conflict. The agency said Thursday it is scaling up operations in the newly-independent country to feed the people in need. Erratic rains in the region have caused crop to […]
Clinton to South Sudan: Beware ‘Natural Resource Curse’
Posted December 14th, 2011 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned newly independent South Sudan against falling prey to the “natural resources curse” caused by poorly managed oil wealth. Speaking at a development conference for South Sudan in Washington on Wednesday, Clinton said the African country must use its vast oil resources to lift itself out of poverty. […]
UN to Move Refugees as Fighting Nears South Sudan Camp
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations says it is speeding up efforts to move refugees from a camp in South Sudan threatened by fighting along the border with Sudan. The U.N. refugee agency said Friday the violence appears to be nearing the Yida refugee settlement. Spokesman Melissa Fleming said the agency will move the camp’s 20,000 refugees to […]
South Sudan Says North Occupies Town
Posted December 7th, 2011 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
Newly-independent South Sudan has accused the north of invading its territory and occupying a town near the border. The South Sudan government said in a statement released Wednesday that the Sudan Armed Forces attacked the town of Jaw with mechanized infantry on December 3rd and occupied it. South Sudan said the attack led to heavy […]
China Sending Envoy to Mediate Sudanese Oil Dispute
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
China is sending an envoy to Sudan and South Sudan to help resolve a dispute over oil exports, of which China is a major customer. The foreign ministry in Beijing said Monday that China’s special representative on African affairs, Liu Guijin, will visit the two countries in the coming days. Sudan blocked the landlocked south […]
ICC Requests Arrest Warrant for Sudanese Defense Minister
Posted December 2nd, 2011 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has requested an arrest warrant for Sudan’s defense minister, who allegedly helped to plan atrocities in the Darfur region. Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein is accused of coordinating attacks against villages in Darfur between August 2003 and March 2004. The prosecutor’s office says the attacks followed a pattern in which the […]
