CAIRO: Egypt's Minister for African Affairs Mona Omar reported that Chad has extended an offer to Egypt to import livestock such as camels and goats, while also requesting Egyptian professors to work in Chad.
“Chad is an important country in the (...)
Officials in Chad “presented an offer to Egypt to import camels and goats,” reported Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Mona Omar.
The officials also asked Egyptian professors to work in Chad.
Omar claims that Field (...)
A senior United Nations official on Tuesday hailed the action plan signed by the Government of Chad to end the use of children by the country's security forces, while highlighting important next steps on the path to eradicating the scourge of child (...)
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO launched more airstrikes Friday in Tripoli as Moammar Gadhafi's regime faced open defiance on the ground, with activists reporting gunfights between protesters and soldiers in several of the capital's neighborhoods.
The (...)
Morocco looks to extradite three allege terrorists
Morocco has asked Senegal to extradite three Moroccans accused of terrorism who were arrested in Dakar last month on their way to war-ravaged Somalia, their lawyer said on Friday.
The three (...)
KHARTOUM - President Omar Hassan al-Bashir returned to Sudan on later Friday after defying indictment for genocide by visiting Chad, a party to the International Criminal Court and so in theory obliged to arrest him.
Chadian President Idriss Deby (...)
AMSTERDAM-- The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday that Chad was obliged to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Bashir because it was an ICC member state.
“The main element concerning Chad and all other member states is to (...)
Dialogues and meetings by the new government reveal a changing constellation in Sudan, notes Gamal Nkrumah
By tradition, practice and Sudanese political lore, opponents have always had to resort to outsiders to mediate and iron out their (...)
Moroccan admits to funding al-Qaida
A Kansas City auto parts dealer faces up to 65 years in federal prison after admitting he sent money to al-Qaida.
Khalid Ouazzani pleaded guilty Wednesday to bank fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to (...)
N'DJAMENA - More than 100 rebels and nine government soldiers were killed in two gun battles in eastern Chad this week, a government spokesman said Thursday.
Chad's army also took 80 wounded rebels prisoner in the violence, which took place around (...)
KHARTOUM - Sudan's army clashed with Darfur's rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) hours before both sides agreed a ceasefire and signed an agreement paving the way to peace talks, rebels and a U.N. source said on Sunday.
JEM said it fought off (...)
Khartoum--Darfur's rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said Saturday it was ready to sign a temporary ceasefire with Sudan's government, saying a "framework agreement" on the terms of future peace talks could be imminent.
JEM, thought to (...)
KHARTOUM - Sudan agreed a ceasefire with Darfur's most powerful rebel group on Saturday as part of an agreement to "heal" the war in the western region, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said.
The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) (...)
KHARTOUM - Darfur's rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said Saturday it was ready to sign a temporary ceasefire with Sudan's government, saying a "framework agreement" on the terms of future peace talks could be imminent.
JEM, thought to (...)
DOHA/N'DJAMENA/NAIROBI — President Omer al-Bashir reiterated his support to the Qatari efforts to end the seven year conflict in Darfur, Amin Hassan Omar, government top negotiator said following a brief visit he paid to Doha on Thursday.
Bashir was (...)
Morocco, Malaysia partners in cyber security
CyberSecurity Malaysia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Morocco's Department of Post, Telecommunications and New Technologies to establish a cooperative relationship.
Signed on (...)
Thousands who fled the conflict in Darfur for safe refuge in Chad are now on the move yet again to escape unstable conditions in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, shining the spotlight on the African Union's inability to protect them. A steady flow (...)
We speak often and easily about Darfur. But what can we say with surety? By conventional short-hand, it is a society at war with itself. Rebels battle the government, the government battles the rebels. Yet the reality is more complicated, and sides (...)
In a move that affirms its belief that regional problems need regional solutions, Saudi Arabia scored yet another diplomatic victory by brokering a deal between Sudan and Chad to quell spillover fighting from the Darfur crisis. While the impact will (...)
Eva Dadrian wonders why Habré was the only African dictator to be indicted
Former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, currently accused of masterminding mass murder, torture and murder of political opponents while he was in power from 1982 to 1990, is (...)
Prospects of ending the Sudanese political crisis are gaining momentum, but tensions remain, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Conflicting signals are emanating from the corridors of power in Washington and at the United Nations. Sudan has emerged as a key issue (...)
Sudan's civil war in the south may be ending, but the people of Darfur need urgent protection and aid, writes Ahmed Reda
Bowing to international pressure, Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir finally ordered "complete mobilisation" to disarm all (...)