Politics
It is official: South Sudan to secede
afrol News, 31 January - The people of South Sudan have spoken. Over 99 percent of voters opted for secession, according to the first official, preliminary results. South Sudan will formally become independent on 9 July 2011.
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Politics
South Sudan referendum "a success"
afrol News, 17 January - Both the UN and international election observers hail last week's referendum on independence in South Sudan as a success. Meanwhile, the counting of the ballots has already started in Juba.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
1.5m Sudanese being moved from north to south
afrol News, 21 October - Ahead of the independence referendum in South Sudan, 1.5 million South Sudanese are "repatriated" from the north to the south to be able to vote. If they can ever return remains uncertain.
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Politics
Sudan referendum timetable spells trouble
afrol News, 7 October - Sudanese leaders have indicated it could e difficult to comply with the tight timetable to organise a referendum over the secession of South Sudan by 9 January. Now, the South threatens to go ahead with the vote alone, if necessary.
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Politics
Chad rebels fear for Sudan, CAR bases
afrol News, 4 October - The UFR rebels, which came close to topple Chad's government in 2008, are negotiating the closure of their Darfur bases with Sudanese authorities. An intended transfer to the Central African Republic meanwhile is becoming complicated.
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Politics
Sigh of relief over new Sudan unity govt
afrol News, 16 June - Despite a global rejection of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, the international community is relieved Mr al-Bashir's party and the SPLM of South Sudan managed to agree on a renewed unity government in Khartoum.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights
"Oil consortium behind Sudan war crimes"
afrol News / IPS, 9 June - The entry of a Swedish-led oil consortium into southern Sudan in 1997 triggered civil war and crimes against humanity, concludes a new report by a European coalition of aid agencies.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Sudan protests Uganda non-invitation of al-Bashir
afrol News, 7 June - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry demands an excuse from Uganda after the latter this weekend said Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir would not be welcome at the African Union (AU) summit in Kampala next month.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
"al-Bashir would be arrested in SA" - Zuma
afrol News, 28 May - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has explained that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir would be arrested and handed over to the ICC should he set foot in South Africa, even if it is only to participate in the FIFA World Cup.
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Politics | Society
Sudan's Islamist leader Turabi arrested
afrol News, 17 May - Hassan al-Turabi, once the influential ideologist behind Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, has again been arrested in Khartoum. Mr al-Turabi led the Islamist opposition in Sudan's recent elections.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Environment - Nature
Nile water resource dispute splits region
afrol News, 14 May - Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have signed a controversial deal to regulate and share the waters of River Nile, despite protests from downstream nations Sudan and Egypt. Ethiopia at the same time opened its first major dam on the Nile.
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Society | Human rights | Politics
Ugandan rebels increase terror in neighbour countries
afrol News, 14 May - There is now "a dramatic rise in the frequency and brutality of attacks" by the Ugandan armed group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) against civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and the Central Africa Republic. Uganda is asking neighbours to be allowed to take action.
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» 13.05.2010 - Population fears new clashes in Darfur
» 21.04.2010 - Sudan election results censored
» 16.04.2010 - What hope for Sudan...?
» 15.04.2010 - Sudan govt dismisses rights violation claims
» 30.03.2010 - Sudanese aircrafts banned by EU
» 22.03.2010 - Sudan "repression in north and south"
» 09.03.2010 - Fighting for Southern Sudan's future
» 26.02.2010 - Darfur mission receives helicopters
» 24.02.2010 - Ban calls for definitive settlement in Darfur
» 22.02.2010 - Sudan-JEM sign accord
» 22.02.2010 - AU-UN mission to improve Darfur’s prison environment
» 10.02.2010 - Sudan-Chad agree to end wars
» 09.02.2010 - ICC drops charges against a Darfurian rebel
» 04.02.2010 - Additional genocide charge for al-Bashir
» 03.02.2010 - UN-AU mission rejects Darfur accusations
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