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Sudan's President Accepts Southern Secession Vote

Sudan's beleaguered president, Omar al-Bashir, announced today that he accepts the results of a vote by his country's south to secede and form its own country -- a move that will ultimately diminish his power over roughly a third of Africa's largest nation. Almost 99 percent of voters in southern Sudan voted last month in...

Sudan Arrests Opposition Leader Amid Tunisia Uprising

Sudan arrested a prominent Islamic opposition leader early today in a wave of arrests coinciding with neighboring Tunisia's popular revolt, suggesting that other North African dictators may be seeking to tamp down similar uprisings before they happen. Tunisia's longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country...

Opinion: A Sudan Reality Check

In the 1980s, I lived in Sudan and Ivory Coast, and since then both countries have succumbed to civil war, ethnic conflict and political corruption, and have dallied with diplomatic isolation and pariah status. I am, it would seem, the guest from hell, leaving chaos in my wake wherever I go. This is absurd -- at least, I...

For Jubilant Voters in Southern Sudan, New Country Nears

JUBA, Sudan -- Men and women walked to election stations in the middle of the night Sunday to create a new nation: Southern Sudan. Some broke out into spontaneous song in the long lines. And a veteran of Sudan's two-decade civil war, a conflict that left 2 million people dead, choked back tears. "We lost a lot of people,"...

A Former Child Soldier Fights to Save His Homeland

"My country is on the brink of war. On Jan. 9, Southern Sudan will vote for its independence to be free from a government who has slaughtered and displaced our people for 43 years. The time to prevent genocide is now." So explained Emmanuel Jal, a 30-year-old Sudanese musician and former child soldier, less than a...

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Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict

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06/02/12 Dozens killed in Darfur clashes Source: Aljazeera.com Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region have launched an attack on government troops, with both sides claiming to have inflicted heavy casualties.
06/02/12 Crisis briefing: Darfur conflict Source: AlertNet Sudan agrees to stop military operations in Darfur and asks AU to request rebels do same.
06/02/12 Stuart Loving's hunger strikes against fossil fuels... Source: Anorak News IN 2007, Start Loving, formerly Jay McGinley, sat outside the Sudan embassy in Washington and refused to eat until the war in Darfur ended.
06/02/12 Darfur Refugees Close In on Viva World Cup Source: Voice of America (VOA) Darfuri refugees are about to fulfill their dream of playing in an international soccer competition: the upcoming Viva men's World Cup for stateless teams.
06/01/12 U.S. Is 'Fully Supporting' Implementation of Doha... Source: AllAfrica.com He said this after meeting Tijani Sisi, the president of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) in Khartoum on Thursday.

Background on darfur

Darfur ( ', ) is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into five federal states: Central Darfur, East Darfur, North Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur.

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