Angry protests follow deadly West Darfur market attack
One person died and five others were seriously injured after a group of armed men opened fire in the market...
Darfur displaced renew call to hand remaining war crimes indictees to ICC
The General Coordination of the Displaced and Refugee Camps have renewed their demand for the transitional government to hand over...
Sudan govt, SPLM-N delegations adjourn to consider draft agreement
The mediation in the South Sudan capital of Juba, has adjourned the negotiations between the Sudanese transitional government and the...
OCHA: 151.300 people around El Geneina remain displaced and do not feel safe to return
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued a report yesterday on the emergency situation in West...
UNITAMS head warns that conflict and gender-based violence threaten Sudan’s stability
Despite Sudan's progress towards peaceful transition, the ongoing intercommunal conflict, “unanswered” violence against women, and delays in establishing key representative bodies threaten...
ICC: Amal Clooney pleads on behalf of Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb’s victims
During the closing arguments at the hearing to confirm* 31 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes against the former...
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UN mission chief calls on Juba parties to ‘grasp chance for peace’ in Sudan
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Integrated Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes,...
ICC Judges adjourn to consider confirmation of charges against Darfur janjaweed ‘Colonel of Colonels’ Ali Kushayb
The hearing to confirm 31 charges* of crimes against humanity and war crimes against the former Darfur janjaweed leader, Ali...
Sudan govt talks with SPLM-N El Hilu begin in Juba
The long-anticipated official negotiations between the transitional government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), under the leadership...
Sudan court hears names of 1989 Al Bashir coup plotters
The Khartoum court that is trying deposed former president Omar Al Bashir and 27 former officials for the 1989 coup...
Khartoum information director arrested
The Director of Information in Khartoum state, El Tayeb Saad Eddin, was arrested yesterday for alleged involvement in leaking state...
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