SUDAN popularity and SUDAN trends

Al congresso di Budapest, la Fifa ha oggi approvato numerose riforme. Tra esse l'ammissione della prima donna in assoluto al comitato esecutivo, Lidia Nsereka.

Less than a year after South Sudan became officially independent, Sudan is cracking down on anyone suspected of disloyalty to the authoritarian regime

Less than a year after South Sudan became officially independent, Sudan is cracking down on anyone suspected of disloyalty to the authoritarian regime

It has raised questions, relevant all over the developed world, about how much is owed to the impoverished migrants who manage to sneak in

South Sudan becomes the 209th member of football's world governing body, after being voted in by Fifa delegates on Friday.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- An African Union official says Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to resume talks over issues that brought the two nations to the brink of war: sharing oil wealth and establishing their border....

Unter Leitung des Vorsitzenden der Parlamentariergruppe Östliches Afrika, Patrick Meinhardt (FDP), werden die Johannes Selle (CDU/CSU), Johannes Singhammer (CDU/CSU) und Rolf Hempelmann (SPD) vom 29. Mai bis 06. Juni 2012 in die Republik Sudan, in die Republik Südsudan und zum Sitz des Generalsekretariats der Ostafrikanischen Gemeinschaft nach Arusha reisen. Im Mittelpunkt der Gespräche steh...

The United Nations refugee agency said today it is expanding relief operations for refugees in the Yida camp in South Sudan, where the number of people fleeing conflict in neighbouring Sudan has risen to more than 35,000.

JUBA, South Sudan -- South Sudan military forces tasked with carrying out a disarmament campaign among feuding ethnic groups are raping, torturing and killing members of a minority community, community leaders and aid workers say.The disarmament campaign follows two outbreaks of violence linked to cattle raids between the Murle and Lou Nuer tribes over the last year in the remote state of Jongl...

La creación de Sudán del Sur aumenta a 78 las naciones que persiguen legalmente . En siete se mantiene la pena de muerte

Since his first days in office, Ban Ki-moon has lived under the shadow of his predecessor, Kofi Annan, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was dubbed the "secular pope" and viewed by many U.N. boosters as the organization's moral compass. Ban, by contrast, was the guy engaging in secret talks with unsavory dictators and autocrats in places like Burma, or holding his tongue in th...

Foreign Ministry declines to comment on allegations that Israel behind explosion in area used as arms smuggling route to Gaza.

Sudan and South Sudan will this week set a date to restart face-to-face peace talks after bitter border conflict and the missing of a UN deadline.

The wife of an aid worker seized in Sudan says he has been released after being held in prison in Sudan for nearly three weeks.

Sudan has released four foreigners who were detained three weeks ago near the border with South Sudan following weeks of heavy clashes between the two African neighbours, officials said yesterday.

Nach einer erfolgreichen südafrikanischen Vermittlermission sind vier angebliche Spione aus Europa und Afrika im Sudan freigekommen. Sie waren in einer Ölregion an der Grenze zum Südsudan festgenommen worden.

Four, including a Briton, had been accused of illegally entering disputed border area last month to spy for South SudanSudan has released four foreigners detained near the border with South Sudan after weeks of heavy clashes, according to officials.Sudan said it had arrested the four – a Briton, a Norwegian, a South African and a South Sudanese – last month after accusing them of illegally ente...

The spiraling conflict between Sudan and South Sudan poses a threat to world oil prices, the prime minister of neighboring Kenya has warned.

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The chief of general staff of South Sudan's military has pledged that within a few months the country will acquire anti-aircraft missiles to defend its territory from attacks by neighbouring Sudan.

Since the beginning of the year, the ICRC has stepped up its efforts to respond to mounting humanitarian needs in South Sudan. In early April, needs increased further when hostilities erupted along the border with Sudan. The ICRC is striving to help people affected by armed violence in South Sudan.

Irán, Arabia Saudí, y Yemen, en Asia; Mauritania, Sudán, y las regiones del norte de Nigeria y el sur de Somalia, en África penalizan la homosexualidad con la pena de muerte

Headline Title:  Sudan: End clampdown on media amid arrest of journalist 15 May 2012 The Sudanese authorities must halt the ongoing harassment of independent media, Amnesty International said after a prominent journalist was re-arrested and copies of a national newspaper seize...

OPINION:Ordinary people are trapped in the violence on the border between North and South Sudan, writesMACRAM MAX GASSIS

The United Nations said Friday that South Sudan has pulled its police force out of the disputed Abyei region on the border with Sudan.

The sudden escalation of hostilities along the oil rich border between Sudan and South Sudan, and the aerial bombing of Heglig last month, have drawn the international community’s attention to the African region. History has been unkind to the Sudanese, who are ethnically, culturally and religiously divided into Christians (south) and Arabs (north). During British colonisation, the two ...

Oxfam America says peace, not war, will improve the lives of the Sudanese.

Years of fighting were supposed to be over when South Sudan won its independence from Sudan last July, but instead both countries are once again mobilizing for war.

Der Sudan hat südsudanesische Truppen sowie mit ihnen verbündete Rebellen aus mehreren Grenzregionen zurückgedrängt.

THE United Nations said bodies lie in the battle-damaged town of Girayda after a brief occupation by rebel troops in the war-plagued Darfur region of western Sudan.

Sudanese war planes have launched renewed air strikes against South Sudan, violating a UN Security Council resolution to end weeks of a bitter border conflict, the South's army has claimed.

Why did the United Nations stop reporting atrocities in Darfur?

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Sein Abgang erfolgte mit einem Knall, das Comeback ganz leise: Bereites Mitte April hat Alt-Bundespräsident Christian Wulff sein neues Büro in Berlin bezogen. Und auch im Vergleich zu seinen Vorgängern gibt sich Wulff bescheiden.Mehr zum ThemaStreit um Verhaftung - Ägypten und Saudi-Arabien versöhnen sichBesuch in Schweden - Gauck will Lebendigkeit statt steifes ProtokollGrenzkonflikt - Feuerpa...

Utl.: Klare Aufforderung an die beiden Staaten, wieder an den Verhandlungstisch zurückzukehren = Wien (OTS) - Vizekanzler und Außenminister Michael Spindelegger begrüßte die gestern in New York angenommene Resolution des Sicherheitsrates der Vereinten Nationen zu Sudan und Südsudan. …

The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution on Wednesday threatening Sudan and South Sudan with sanctions if they failed to halt escalating cross-border fighting.

Die UN drohen dem Sudan und dem Südsudan mit Sanktionen: 48 Stunden haben die beiden afrikanischen Staaten nun Zeit, um ihren Konflikt beizulegen.

Every few moments, Nyameat Nyak glances nervously at the sky. It’s been two weeks since Sudanese warplanes bombed her teashop as she was serving five traders, pregnant with her sixth child. Shrapnel sliced through the walls, covering her in flesh and blood. Read full article >>

South Sudan accused Sudan of launching a ground attack in an oil region of the newly independent state on Tuesday and said it was preparing to strike back, in rising tension that shows no sign of abating.

The SA embassy in Khartoum has not yet been successful in its attempts to gain access to an SA landmine clearer being held by Sudan.

South Sudan has told the United Nations it will pull all police out of a disputed region on its border with Sudan and is committed to halting all fighting.

Seit Wochen gibt es im ölreichen Grenzgebiet zwischen dem Sudan und dem seit 2011 unabhängigen Süden Kämpfe. Nun bemüht sich der Süden um Ruhe - und sagte in einem Brief an die UNO zu, alle seine Polizisten abzuziehen. Der Norden hingegen rief den Notstand aus - und nahm zudem vier Ausländer fest.

Sie werden beschuldigt, illegal die umstrittene Ölregion von Heglig betreten zu haben: Sudan hat einen südsudanesischen Soldaten und drei Ausländer festgenommen, darunter einen Uno-Mitarbeiter. Die Männer sollen in "verdächtige" Aktivitäten verwickelt sein.

China on Friday applauded a roadmap put forward by the African Union (AU) to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.

Der Südsudan hat das Öl, der Sudan die Infrastruktur. Für beide sind die Einnahmen überlebenswichtig. Deshalb stehen sie kurz vor einem Krieg, der niemandem nützt.

China will encourage more companies to invest in South Sudan and called on the country to create a better environment for investment and protect the safety of Chinese employees and their property.

Morning newspaper round-up: President Hu Jintao appeals for peace as he meets South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir.

The Times Editorial: Africa, and the international community, celebrated on July 9 last year when the world's newest nation, South Sudan, was born out of the ashes of two decades of civil war that killed millions of people.

Rulers in the two countries face pressure from powerful domestic politicians who advocate confrontation and deplore compromise with their opponent, analysts say.

The president of newly independent South Sudan told China's president that attacks by Sudan amount to a declaration of war on his country.

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Sudans Präsident Baschir hatte dem Südsudan bereits mit Krieg gedroht. Nachdem südsudanische Truppen ein Ölfeld besetzt hatten, droht nun die Situation zu eskalieren. Hunderte südsudanesische Soldaten wurden getötet.

L'escalade des violences entre le Soudan et le Sudan du Sud depuis fin mars...

Sudán y Sudán del Sur se ha enfrentado en varias ocasiones al punto de llegar a una guerra total en los últimos meses a causa de asuntos no resueltos sobre las ganancias petroleras y una frontera en conflicto

Weeks of fighting over a major disputed oil field along an ill-defined border between Sudan and the world's newest nation, the breakaway Republic of South Sudan, has escalated to the brink of war.

An der Grenze zwischen Sudan und Südsudan sind offenbar erneut Kämpfe ausgebrochen. Die Afrikanische Union rief den UN-Sicherheitsrat auf, sich mit dem Konflikt zu befassen. mehr...

Seit Monaten befinden sich Sudan und Südsudan in einem bewaffneten Konflikt. Es geht um die unklaren Grenzen, aber zuletzt vor allem um ein Ölfeld. Nun hat Sudans Präsident dem Süden sogar damit gedroht, dessen Regierung zu stürzen.

The wife of a diplomat from Sudan was hit with a stray bullet earlier this week as she walked with her young children in Astoria, according to published reports.

A strange illness has been killing thousands of young people each year, and recently it has started claiming even more victims in Africa. Called nodding disease, it usually strikes children at the age of 4 or 5 years and starts with occasional bouts of uncontrolled nodding. As the disease progresses through adolescence, the nodding often [...]

The military hardware that led to this boy's horrific injuries (pictured left) started life closer to home than you might think.

Both Sudan and South Sudan have assured India that its $2.5 billion investment in the oil industry spanning the trans-national border are safe.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Today, the President authorized the use of up to $26 million from the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to respond to the unexpected and urgent needs resulting from the conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states of Sudan.  The emergency funds will be used to support the effor...

Forget what you learned in math class. In Washington, four can be greater than five. Take the recent move by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to designate NATO ally Turkey as a “country of particular concern” (CPC) — putting Turkey on a par with serious malefactors Burma, China, North Korea, Sudan, Uzbekistan and the other usual suspects. Read full article >> ...

The African Union will launch a 5,000-strong military force today in Juba, Southern Sudan, to hunt down fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, whose global profile shot up recently thanks to a celebrity-backed Internet campaign to bring him to justice.

The Egyptian army says it has "lost contact" with a desert patrol close to its remote southern border with Sudan.

Only a few days following his arrest after participating in a protest on Friday, George Clooney is feelin' like a free man and wants to be heard! The actor hit up all of the talk shows on Sunday to bring more attention to the violence in Sudan, including CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, NBC’s Meet the Press [...]

Utl.: Am 22. März ist Weltwassertag Wien (OTS/Rotes Kreuz) - In weiten Teilen Afrikas südlich der Sahara ist sauberes Trinkwasser nach wie vor Mangelware. "Große Probleme mit einer flächendeckenden Versorgung gibt es zur Zeit insbesondere im Sudan", sagt Max Santner, Leiter der ...

Actor and activist George Clooney shares this Sunday’s show spotlight with Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Both Clooney, who was arrested Friday in a protest at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, and Romney, in a rare Sunday show appearance, are on “Fox News Sunday.” And Clooney appears as well on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” to discuss hi...

STAR is led away in handcuffs at protest against Sudan's president in Washington

The 50-year-old actor and a number of other protesters had been given three verbal warnings by officers not to cross a police line outside the Sundanese Embassy before being taken into custody.

Nur wenige Stunden nach seiner noblen Festnahme wegen zivilen Ungehorsams – ein offensichtlich erfolgreicher Versuch, Aufmerksamkeit auf die Krise im Sudan zu lenken – wurde George...

Free at last! A few hours after his noble arrest for civil disobedience—a valiant and clearly successful attempt at bringing attention to the Sudan crisis—George Clooney has...

Der US-Schauspieler ist bei einer Protestaktion in den USA in Handschellen abgeführt worden. Clooney hatte gegen Menschenrechtsverletzungen im Sudan demonstriert.

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George Clooney was arrested at Sudan's embassy in Washington during a protest against an escalating humanitarian emergency in Sudan.

The 50-year-old actor and a number of other protesters had been given three verbal warnings by officers not to cross a police line outside the Sundanese Embassy before being taken into custody.

Actor George Clooney is arrested during a protest outside Sudan's embassy in Washington DC.

George Clooney's kinky ass is used to being in handcuffs, but this morning he was thrown into a pair of Lohan bracelets for a different reason. No, George wasn't arrested for the hurtful acts of shittery he committed by doing Batman & Robin. George and his father Nick Clooney were arrested for protesting outside of the Sudanese embassy in DC. Getting arrested was...

George Clooney has been arrested in Washington, D.C. during a protest over the Sudan crisis.Clooney was leading a protest in front of the Sudanese embassy in D.C. when he was hauled away by secret service agents. Clooney's publicist Stan Rosenfield…

WASHINGTON (AP) -- George Clooney's capital blitz to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis in border regions between Sudan and South Sudan arrived at the Oval Office on Thursday, and the actor said he came away from a meeting President Barack Obama encouraged that there is high-level interest in doing more to help a region that soon could suffer mass starvation....

Zwei Ethnien bekriegen sich im Sudan. Die Wurzeln des Konflikts liegen angeblich in den fünfziger Jahren. Wie hoch ist die Zahl der Opfer wirklich? Deutsche Polizisten sollen im Namen der UN den Fall rekonstruieren.

Nearly 500 elephants have been killed in a Cameroon national park in less than two months by poachers from Sudan and Chad, a park official told AFP on Thursday.

Oil traded above $120 a barrel as world consumers grappled with supply disruptions ranging from Iran to Sudan to the North Sea.

RAWALPINDI  - A Pakistan Army contingent left for United Nations mission at Darfur, Sudan on Friday. According to the ISPR statement, the contingent comprises 22 officers, nine junior commissioned officers and 214 soldiers. At present, a contingent comprising 500 troops of Pakistan Army including engineers and doctors are rendering valuable services in Darfur. Pakistani troops are ...

RAWALPINDI  - A Pakistan Army contingent left for United Nations mission at Darfur, Sudan on Friday. According to the ISPR statement, the contingent comprises 22 officers, nine junior commissioned officers and 214 soldiers. At present, a contingent comprising 500 troops of Pakistan Army including engineers and doctors are rendering valuable services in Darfur. Pakistani troops are ...

By Tansa MusaYAOUNDE (Reuters) - Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a "massacre" fuelled by Asian demand for ivory.A local government official said heavily armed poachers from Chad and Sudan had decimated the elephant population of Bouba Ndjida National Park in Cameroon's far north in a dry season killing spree."We are talking about a very serious cas...

Every year Canadian musician Denise Pelley travels more than 11,000 kilometres to run a music camp in South Sudan

Im Schatten der Tragödie in Ägypten finden am Wochenende die Viertelfinalspiele beim Afrika-Cup statt. Mit Schweigeminuten vor den Partien werden die Spieler den schrecklichen Ereignissen gedenken. Der Topfavorit Elfenbeinküste hatte mit Äquatorial-Guinea leichtes Spiel, der zweite Co-Gastgeber Gabun trifft auf Mali. Mit Ghana und Tunesien stehen sich zwei alte Bekannte gegenüber, im Duell der ...

Zambia are the first team through to the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals after a clinical 3-0 win over struggling 10-man Sudan.

The southern Africans earned their first semi final ticket in 16 years in style with their victory over the only east African representatives in the tournament

Beim Afrika-Cup hat Sambia als erste Mannschaft das Halbfinale erreicht. Sambia setzte sich am Samstag in Bata, der Hauptstadt Äquatorialguineas, gegen den Sudan mit 3:0 durch und trifft am Mittwoch im Kampf um den Einzug ins Finale auf den Sieger der Partie zwischen Ghana und Tunesien. Als zweiter Semifinalist steht die Elfenbeinküste fest.

Readers of a travel magazine have named the top ten places they think will be topping our wishlists including Pakistan, Mongolia and Tajikistan.

Ein halbes Jahr nach der Spaltung streitet der Süden mit dem Norden um das schwarze Gold. Der Kampf um die Exporteinnahmen bedroht die notleidende Wirtschaft beider Landesteile. Experten fürchten einen Bürgerkrieg.

China has sent a team of officials to Sudan to secure the release of 29 Chinese workers held by rebels in South Kordofan, its foreign ministry says.

Drei Spiele, drei Siege: Die Elfenbeinküste ist ohne Probleme in die KO-Runde eingezogen. In der Gruppe B konnte sich als zweites Team Angola durchsetzen.

Sudans Fußballer haben nach einem Erfolg gegen Burkina Faso überraschend den Einzug ins Viertelfinale des Afrika-Cups geschafft. Angola unterliegt der Elfenbeinküste.

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- South Sudan's minister of petroleum and mining says the nation will not restart oil production unless Sudan accepts a list of demands....

Unter keinem glücklichen Stern steht bislang der Ausflug von Nando Rafael zum Afrika Cup in Äquatorial-Guinea und Gabun. Der Stürmer des FC Augsburg durfte zwar erstmals für Angola gegen den Sudan ran, doch sein Auftritt dauerte nicht lange. Zudem musste sich der frühere deutsche Junioren-Nationalspieler mit den "schwarzen Antilopen" letztlich mit einem Remis begnügen. Das Viertelfinalticket si...

South Sudan agrees a deal with Kenya to build an pipeline to Lamu, potentially reducing its dependence on its northern neighbour Sudan to export its oil.

In Knesset speech, Netanyahu cites genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Sudan, implies ongoing genocide in Syria.

JUBA - At least 120,000 South Sudanese have been affected by an explosion of ethnic violence in the troubled state of Jonglei, as the world’s newest nation reels from weeks of revenge attacks, the UN said Friday. “The violence in Jonglei hasn’t stopped... Only two weeks ago we launched a massive emergency operation to help 60,000 people,” said Lise Grande, the UN’s ...

The violence has already forced about 417,000 people to flee their homes, more than 80,000 of them to South Sudan, the United Nations estimates

SIMILARITIES mark the birth of both nations.

Just four months ago, sisters Rital and Ritag Gaboura, who were born in Khartoum, Sudan, were separated by a team of doctors at Great Ormond Street after being born joined at the head.

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel’s premier and president pledged their support for the fledgling state of South Sudan on Tuesday in talks with visiting President Salva Kiir, official statements said.Kiir met Israeli President Shimon Peres during the morning, then held a working lunch with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a flying visit of less than 24-hours, his first to the Jewish state.“I am very...

Die umkämpfte Grenzregion Abyei zwischen dem Sudan und dem seit einem halben Jahr unabhängigen Südsudan bleibt unter Aufsicht von Friedenshütern der Vereinten Nationen. Der UNO-Sicherheitsrat verlängerte die Mission UNIFSA (UN Interim Force for Abyei) am Mittwoch um sechs Monate. Die Blauhelme wurden vom mächtigsten UNO-Gremium angewiesen, beiden Seiten bei der Vermessung und Ergründung der gen...

The Government has announced it is provide €250,000 in emergency funding for Sudanese refugees fleeing conflict in the region.

SEC clamps down on activity in Iran, Syria, Sudan and Cuba as part of ongoing reviews of companies’ investment risks to security holders

South Sudan, independent since July, is underlining a growing problem for China: its increasing dependence on energy imports.

The model knows how it feels to go hungry. She grew up in Southern Sudan during the civil war where her family survived off food their mother had grown in the garden.

Manchester, N.H., has taken in more than 2,000 refugees from countries like Somalia and Sudan, but officials there say they now need a break.

Scientists have isolated and analyzed an antibody that neutralizes Sudan virus, a major species of ebolavirus and one of the most dangerous human pathogens.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Hundreds of Sudanese protested in the city of ad-Damir Sunday, demanding the government do more to help villagers whose homes were flooded by an electricity-generating dam, witnesses said.

Christina Galitsky is Technology Review's 2006 Humanitarian of the Year and one of this year's TR35. The Lawrence Berkeley Lab scientist employs her training in chemical engineering to find solutions to environmental problems in the U.S. and abroad--particularly in poor countries such as Sudan and Bangladesh. She spoke to us recently about how seeing her innovations in action inspires h...