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Amnesty International - Sun Nov 22, 3:48 am ET
Amnesty International has learned that the Danish government has invited Sudanese President al Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, to attend a meeting in Copenhagen on climate change in December.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sun Nov 22, 7:13 am ET
Doha - Qatar, which hosts talks between the government of Sudan and rebels from its western Darfur region, has expressed hope that a peace deal can be reached soon between the warring sides, media reports said Sunday. Minister of State for Foreign Af...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 3:57 pm ET
Sudan's National Electoral Commission said on Sunday it is giving people another week to register to vote in the country's first elections in 24 years, scheduled for April.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 18, 1:22 pm ET
Qatar hosted what it billed as the ceremonial launch of Darfur peace talks on Wednesday but neither Sudanese government nor rebel representatives took part.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 2:21 pm ET
Sudan on Sunday announced a six-day delay to long-awaited elections to make up for hold-ups in registering millions of voters in the oil-producing country.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 14, 1:22 pm ET
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.
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New York Times - Wed Nov 18, 11:37 pm ET
As Egypt and Algeria’s powerhouse soccer teams squared off for a chance to go to the World Cup, the host Sudanese were not playing games.
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U.S. Department of State - Thu Nov 19, 3:42 pm ET
U.S. Special Envoy Gration to Travel to Sudan Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC November 19, 2009 U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration is currently traveling in Sudan from November 16, 2009 to November 23, 2009, where he will visit Khartoum, Abyei, and the Darfur region. Today, Special Envoy Gration is traveling to Abyei to assess progress on the implementation of the Permanent Court ...
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Amnesty International - Sat Nov 21, 3:48 am ET
Amnesty International has learned that the Danish government has invited Sudanese President al Bashir to attend a meeting in Copenhagen on climate change in December.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sun Nov 22, 12:57 am ET
A few months after she was arrested for wearing pants, Lubna Hussein was lounging around her home in a shady, upper-class neighborhood in this capital along the Nile River.
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Bloomberg - Thu Nov 19, 9:51 pm ET
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- China National Petroleum Corp. , the nation’s largest oil company, signed agreements with Sudan to expand a refinery in Khartoum and swap oil production assets.
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UPI - Thu Nov 19, 10:29 pm ET
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- UNICEF is asking religious leaders to pray Friday for Sudan's children on the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Right of the Child, an official said.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Nov 20, 4:16 am ET
China National Petroleum Corp., the country's biggest oil and gas producer, said Friday it has signed agreements with Sudan to expand a refinery and swap oil production assets.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 2:12 am ET
Visitors to Rier, in southern Sudan, are welcomed by a large rectangular tank and a freshly-painted sign trumpeting the White Nile Petroleum Operating Company's initiative to supply drinking water.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 15, 6:40 am ET
Qatari-hosted talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels due to begin on Monday in Doha have again been postponed, a mediator said on Sunday, amid a lingering split in rebel ranks.