ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia condemned the murder of an Ethiopian peacekeeper and a tribal leader in the volatile Abyei region. The region is contested by both Sudan and South Sudan and peacekeepers are on the ground in an effort to ensure violence doesn't (...)
Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir will not be pilloried for the rest of his life as a fugitive from justice. He arrived in South Sudan last Friday for the first time since Africa's once-largest country split in 2011, raising cautious hopes (...)
On 8 March, in Addis Ababa, Sudan and South Sudan signed an agreement intended to resolve the outstanding security issues between the two countries. The Sudanese and South Sudanese ministers of defence witnessed the signing of the accord which is (...)
The Sudanese government unexpectedly signed a ceasefire this week with one of its traditionally deadliest adversaries — the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Yet some of the spoils of the latest French military intervention in Mali, the former (...)
Mohamed Amr, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs has held long talks with the Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Karti. The talks tackled the developments of the negotiations conducted over the issues between Sudan and South Sudan; especially (...)
The Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr held talks with the president of the African Union Mediation Committee on Sudan, Sambo Mbeki, on Friday to discuss efforts made to ensure peace and stability between Sudan and South Sudan.
The meeting was held (...)
Here we go again. Something good could finally be happening between Sudan and South Sudan, thanks to Ethiopia. Doomsayers must not be given a chance to crow. Yet amid the crowing, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegn urged the teetering, (...)
South Sudan is willing to withdraw its army from the disputed border with Sudan, President Salva Kiir said, signaling a possible compromise at a summit with his Sudanese counterpart.
Kiir and Sudan's Omar Hassan al-Bashir agreed in September to (...)
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir is willing to meet Sudanese counterpart Omar Al-Bashir to resolve conflicts and resume vital oil flows, a South Sudan minister said Friday after Bashir agreed to hold a summit.
The neighbours agreed in September to (...)
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Wednesday he was ready to meet his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir to try to move forward with setting up a demilitarized border zone and restarting oil flows.
His comments raise the prospect (...)
KHARTOUM - The African Union on Saturday called for urgent talks between Sudan and South Sudan over the flashpoint Abyei region but backed off from a threat to refer the matter to the UN Security Council.
The AU's Peace and Security Council had (...)
Al-Sadeq Al-Mahdi ,who is the imam of the Sufi sect Al-Ansar and former Sudanese prime minister — his second term as prime minister ended in 1989 when his government was overthrown in a coup led by Colonel Omar Al-Bashir.
Al-Mahdi offered to mediate (...)
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia and Sudan continued their discussions over the Abyei issue on Saturday with Sudanese Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn meeting for talks on the topic.
Sudan's President (...)
South Sudan needs a lasting peace with Sudan and to meet major challenges such as weak state institutions and a lack of infrastructure to unlock its economic potential, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday.
Last month, South Sudan (...)
Sudan and South Sudan pledged to work together to rebuild their shattered economies and not to return to war in a joint plea for foreign investment after signing a critical trade and border agreement last month.
In their first high-profile (...)
ADDIS ABABA: The accord inked by Sudan and South Sudan in Addis Ababa last week is a crucial step, said Italy's Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi in New York.
“I wish to extend my warm congratulations to the governments of Sudan and South Sudan for the (...)
The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan reached a border security deal on Wednesday that will restart badly needed oil exports, but failed to solve the other main conflicts left over when Africa's largest country split last year.
The deal, reached (...)
Leaders from Sudan and South Sudan will meet on Sunday to try to agree on border security so that South Sudan can start exporting oil again, a lifeline for both economies.
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and South Sudan's Salva Kiir will (...)
The African Union mediation has set Sept. 21 as a date for Sudan and South Sudan to sign a deal on all outstanding issues between the two countries, Khartoum's Al- Sahafa daily reported Thursday.
The African mediation has handed the two countries' (...)
Former civil war foes Sudan and South Sudan are to resume talks on Tuesday in Ethiopia that mediators hope will produce a deal to secure the volatile joint border and clear the way for the two countries to resume oil exports.
The countries have been (...)
South Sudan called on the United Nations to impose sanctions against Sudan for "continued aerial and ground attacks" on its territory, according to a statement Friday.
Juba filed a complaint with the UN Thursday over the alleged attacks, which South (...)
Sudan and South Sudan need peace and Khartoum is committed to all security agreements it has signed, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki on Saturday quoted the Sudanese leader as saying after talks.
“President Bashir confirmed that he believes the (...)
The African Union (AU) is calling on Sudan and South Sudan to abide by a plan that will see both parties pull forces out of a disputed border area.
A senior AU official called for hostilities to cease in areas bordering lucrative oil fields.
The (...)
The United Nation Security Council has called for an “immediate" ceasefire between Sudan and South Sudan amid escalating border tensions and growing fears of an all-out war between the two neighbors.
A statement released collectively by the 15 (...)
Sudan and South Sudan have signed a "non-aggression" pact over their disputed border following talks in Addis Ababa where African Union-led negotiations between the two sides are being held.
The deal was signed by Thomas Douth, the head of South (...)