International Business News - Sudan http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The dirt roads are still lined with burned huts, and many of the scattered residents say they are too frightened to return and rebuild, half a year after north and south Sudanese forces battled over this small town, claimed by both sides in an oil-rich flashpoint region. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/184872-mideast-sudan-disputed-town.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/flashpoint-sudan-town-tense-months-after-battle.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/flashpoint-sudan-town-tense-months-after-battle.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:42:31 EST The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that international aid for millions of Darfur residents can not go on indefinitely and said the Sudanese government and rebels must negotiate a solution that would allow the displaced to return home. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/un-says-aid-to-darfurians-cant-go-on-indefinitely.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:26:05 EST The secretary general of a Sudanese opposition party was killed in a car crash Saturday on a highway outside the capital, dealing a blow to the party as it prepares for elections expected next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/sudanese-opposition-leader-killed-in-car-crash.htm Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:41:15 EST Darfur rebels clashed with Sudanese government forces in northern Darfur on Thursday, leaving at least five rebels and one soldier dead, the government and rebels said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/rebels-sudanese-troops-clash-in-darfur.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:53:57 EST A U.N. panel says the Sudanese government and rebel groups in Darfur have flagrantly violated a U.N. arms embargo and have chosen a military solution to the conflict over peace talks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/un-panel-denounces-darfur-arms-violations.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:04:58 EST A senior commander of international peacekeepers in Darfur said Tuesday the mission is working to persuade rebel groups to accept a government cease-fire offer--a task made difficult by recent violence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/peacekeepers-persuading-darfur-rebels-to-ceasefire.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:36:21 EST Sudanese authorities arrested dozens of journalists Monday who gathered in front of the parliament building to protest state censorship, said eyewitnesses and those who were detained. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/dozens-of-protesting-journalists-arrested-in-sudan.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:55:25 EST A Darfur rebel group is accusing Sudanese troops of attacking an area in northern Darfur despite a government-declared cease-fire. The Justice and Equality Movement says the group repelled an attack Saturday from government vehicles backed by helicopters and suffered no losses. Rebel spokesman Ahmed Hussein says the attack indicates the cease-fire is a "big lie." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/rebels-accuse-sudans-government-of-darfur-attack.htm Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:39:04 EST Refugees in this crowded camp--where mass graves hold the victims of one of the bloodiest Sudanese government attacks against them--see little hope in a new drive for peace aimed at ending the nearly six-year war in Darfur. What they want is justice. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/175516-sudan-talking-justice.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/darfur-refugees-seek-justice-over-peace.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/darfur-refugees-seek-justice-over-peace.htm Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:58:15 EST President Omar al-Bashir offered a ceasefire in Darfur on Wednesday and promised to disarm militias, a top rebel demand, in a new push by his government to show it is serious about ending the nearly 6-year-old conflict. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/sudan-president-announces-darfur-ceasefire.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:57:53 EST The Egyptian government is working to delay any formal indictment of Sudan's president by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide in Darfur, Egyptian state media reported Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/egypt-seeks-to-delay-charges-for-sudans-president.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:57:25 EST A senior U.N. official warns that issuing an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide in Darfur could trigger "an uncontrolled reaction" against U.N. peacekeepers in the country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/warrant-for-sudans-president-could-trigger-unrest.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:40:55 EST Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese flooded the streets of Khartoum Wednesday for the funeral of a former president in a potent show of strength for one of Sudan's strongest opposition parties. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/168893-mideast-sudan-mirghani-funeral.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/hundreds-of-thousands-follow-sudan-funeral.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/hundreds-of-thousands-follow-sudan-funeral.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:39:00 EST Two Sudanese dailies will suspend publication for three days and their journalists will go on a 24-hour hunger strike to protest state censorship, managers of the papers said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/sudan-2-newspapers-strike-against-censorship.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:12:20 EST Two Sudanese dailies will suspend publication for three days and their journalists will go on a 24-hour hunger strike to protest state censorship, managers of the papers said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/sudan-2-newspapers-strike-against-censorship.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:13:21 EST The U.S. envoy for Africa said Monday that Washington was ready to airlift as many as 4,000 peacekeepers, including Ethiopians and Egyptians, for the joint U.N.-African Union mission to Darfur. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/us-offers-to-airlift-4-000-darfur-peacekeepers.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:01:10 EST Sudan's deposed former president Ahmed al-Mirghani has died at the age of 67 in Egypt. Al-Mirghani was removed from power 19 years ago by a military coup that brought the current regime to power. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/former-sudan-president-dies-in-egypt.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:30:50 EST Sudanese authorities have found one of the kidnapped Chinese oil workers alive in southwestern Sudan, China's ambassador to Khartoum said Friday. The development leaves only one Chinese from the originally kidnapped group still missing. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/164363-mideast-sudan-china-kidnap.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/1-kidnapped-chinese-found-alive-in-sudan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/1-kidnapped-chinese-found-alive-in-sudan.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:51:54 EDT Gunmen opened fire on a group of South African peacekeepers guarding a well in Darfur, killing one and seriously wounding another, a spokesman for the joint U.N.-African Union mission said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/gunmen-kill-south-african-peacekeeper-in-darfur.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:04:52 EDT China sent officials to Sudan on Thursday to urge the government there to rescue two missing Chinese workers from a group kidnapped in oil fields near the western region of Darfur. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/163369-mideast-sudan-china-kidnap.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/china-officials-to-press-sudan-to-rescue-kidnapped.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/china-officials-to-press-sudan-to-rescue-kidnapped.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:15:40 EDT