| 5,867,969 |
13.62639 |
25.35594 |
Sudan |
|
Darfur's only Arab rebel leader has been killed in fighting in the war-torn western region of Sudan, where minority rebels are locked in conflict with the central government. Ibrahim al-Zubaidi, the head of the United Revolutionary Force Front, was killed in battle with Sudanese troops. |
| 5,867,973 |
13.62639 |
25.35594 |
Sudan |
|
Hundreds of citizens in Sudan's North Darfur State shouted slogans, condemning the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and supporting the Sudanese president upon the arrival of a UNSC delegation in the state's capital of El Fasher. The demonstrators raised banners bearing slogans condemning the UNSC, the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, and shouted slogans such as "No for ICC," and "we all sacrifice ourselves for you, Bashir." |
| 5,867,978 |
13.62639 |
25.35594 |
Sudan |
|
As the U.N. delegation arrived in Darfur, armed men raided a residence housing three international peacekeepers in downtown El Fasher, the capital of the North Darfur state, according to UNAMID spokesman Chris Cycmanick. 8 Cycmanick said three gunmen initially grabbed the peacekeepers and made away in a UNAMID car. Two of the abducted managed to escape from the moving vehicle, while the third -- a Hungarian civilian -- is still missing. It was the first attack on the mission in central El Fasher. Cycmanick said the getaway car was later found abandoned in town. |
| 5,867,983 |
13.62639 |
25.35594 |
Sudan |
|
Sudanese army acknowledged today attacking rebel controlled areas in central Darfur mountainous area of Jebel Marra, saying it has successfully cleared the presence of Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Abd al-Wahid Al-Nur in different locations. |
| 5,867,988 |
15.57253 |
32.53635 |
Sudan |
|
Clashes with separatists erupted in the Sudanese capital on Saturday as opponents of the country's potential breakup in a southern independence vote due in January demonstrated during a visit by UN ambassadors. Police used batons to disperse around 30 southern independence supporters who were staging a counter-demonstration during the government sponsored pro-unity rally, an AFP correspondent reported. |
| 5,867,992 |
9.59525 |
28.43493 |
Sudan |
|
Troop movement: UN troops are to be moved to the tense north-south Sudan frontier to head off violence ahead of a referendum. |
| 5,921,390 |
1.25917 |
34.75389 |
Uganda |
|
Kenyan Pokot kill four Ugandan policemen |
| 5,868,007 |
9.59525 |
28.43493 |
Sudan |
|
Reports that remnants of Galgala militias led by Sheikh Mohamed Said Atom are in the mountainous eastern coastline of Somaliland. |
| 5,868,012 |
15.57253 |
32.53635 |
Sudan |
|
South Sudan's governing party accused the Khartoum controlled Sudanese army of harassing southern civilians attempting to cross from north to south Sudan ahead of the regions self determination referendum in January. |
| 5,868,017 |
15.57253 |
32.53635 |
Sudan |
|
Five people sustained various injuries during clashes over plots of agricultural land between the police and army on one side and citizens of Al-Si'dah village, at the outskirts of Bahri [Khartoum], on the other. One of the area's residents told Al-Sahafah that the problem began three days ago when a group of policemen came to the area to carry out a survey of the agriculture land in order to construct the Africa City for Science and Technology. |
