South Sudan rivals meet in bid to salvage stalled peace deal
An August 2015 peace deal collapsed almost a year after it was signed and the conflict spread, drawing in more groups around the country
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‘Sudan sliding towards violent break-up’
Sudan is heading towards ”violent break-up” due to the lack of implementation of peace deals, the International Crisis Group warned on Thursday.
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France moves Africa summit to avoid inviting al-Bashir
A France-Africa summit will be held in France instead of Egypt after Paris made clear it did not want Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to attend.
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Obama has little choice on Sudan
To avoid disaster in the region, the US president must shift to a ”hugs not slugs” policy on Sudan, but fast results will be expected.
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Uganda cautions al-Bashir over Kampala trip
Uganda has said that a visit by Sudan President Omar al-Bashir could cause a ”diplomatic incident” amid pressure to arrest him for alleged war crimes.
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NGOs call on SA to cooperate with al-Bashir warrant
SA will be defying the Constitution if it refuses to cooperate with an ICC arrest warrant issued for Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, NGOs say.
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The bloody repercussions of the AU’s support for Al-Bashir
Foreign ministers voted not to cooperate with the indictment issued by the International Criminal Court against Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir.
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Darfur rebels sign deal with Sudan opposition party
Darfur rebels have signed an accord with one of Sudan’s main opposition parties, agreeing to push for a new transitional government, both sides say.
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Iran leader cancels visit to AU summit on African govt
Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cancelled his visit to Libya on Wednesday, sparing an African Union summit a diplomatic dilemma.
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Al-Bashir will face justice, says ICC
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir will eventually face justice, the prosecutor who indicted him for war crimes said on Friday.
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Mugabe takes helm of African trading bloc
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Sunday urged African countries to end conflicts and increase self-reliance to boost development.
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ICC chief seeks support in Africa after al-Bashir warrant
The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) began a five-day visit to Africa on Monday to try to drum up support for the court.
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Darfur rebels seize town from Sudan troops
Darfur rebels on Sunday seized the town of Umm Baru near the border with neighbouring Chad from Sudanese soldiers, the UN-African Union Mission said.
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Sudan’s leader, UN chief face off at Arab summit
The UN chief confronted Sudan’s president on Monday with demands to allow the return of aid groups to Darfur — and was met with a defiant response.
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Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir attends Arab summit
Presence of Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes in Darfur, is an extraordinary snub to the United Nations secretary general.
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Gunmen kill Darfur aid worker
Armed men have shot dead a Sudanese aid worker in Darfur in the latest of a string of attacks on international organisations in Sudan’s violent west.
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Sudan’s al-Bashir in Eritrea despite ICC warrant
Sudan’s president visited Eritrea on Monday on his first foreign visit since he was indicted by the ICC for war crimes in Darfur.
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Defiant al-Bashir visits Darfur
Militiamen welcomed the Sudanese president to Darfur on Wednesday, two weeks after an arrest warrant was issued against him for alleged war crimes.
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Al-Bashir: Darfur won’t need foreign aid in a year
Sudan will no longer need any international NGOs in war-ravaged Darfur in a year’s time, President Omar al-Bashir said on Monday.
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Sudan dismisses UN warning over aid agency expulsions
A Sudanese minister on Tuesday dismissed United Nations warnings that Khartoum’s decision to expel aid agencies would put thousands of lives of risk.
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UN scrambles to fill gaps in Darfur
The United Nations will try to fill life-threatening gaps left by Sudan’s expulsion of more than half the aid workers in Darfur.
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Sudan frees Islamist opposition leader
Sudanese authorities have released prominent Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi after two months behind bars, his family said on Monday.
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Fears mount of new humanitarian crisis in Darfur
Fears were mounting on Friday of a new humanitarian disaster in Darfur after Sudan ordered the expulsion of aid agencies.
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UN: Sudan aid group ban possibly a war crime
The United Nations human rights office will examine whether Sudan’s decision to expel aid groups constitutes a breach of basic human rights.
Sudan’s false dawn?
The ICC’s decision to indict the country’s president for war crimes may force the ruling party to confront its strategy of violence, writes Nick Grono
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Sudan expels NGOs, defies Hague court
Sudan’s president told supporters on Thursday an international call for his arrest on war crimes charges was a ploy set on grabbing the country’s oil.
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Al-Bashir lashes out at West as fears mount for Darfur
A defiant Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday dismissed an international arrest warrant against him for war crimes.
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ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudan’s al-Bashir
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Wednesday for war crimes.
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Sudan slams al-Bashir warrant
Sudan vowed on Wednesday not to work with the International Criminal Court in protest against the arrest warrant facing President Omar al-Bashir.
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Sudan tense ahead of ICC ruling on al-Bashir
Tension mounted in Sudan on Wednesday ahead of a decision by the ICC on whether to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir.
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Al-Bashir tells ICC to ‘eat’ arrest warrant
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir told the ICC on Tuesday to ”eat” the arrest warrant it is expected to issue against him.
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African leaders should support al-Bashir arrest, says Tutu
African leaders should support a bid to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Desmond Tutu wrote in a New York Times editorial on Tuesday.