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CAF: A Brief History of African Football
...in 1957 in Sudan, it had only three participating nations at the time; Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia. South Africa was also a founding member, but did not participate in the first African Nations Cup comp...
Drive to disarm South Sudan
A disarmament drive in Sudan is underway.In South Sudan’s regional capital Juba, security forces blocked roads in a dawn operation and soldiers searched houses for illegal weapons.Major General ...
Peace deal signed by Sudanese foes
Northern and Southern Sudan have signed a deal allowing both sides to agree on how to take the country through to next year's election. The two opponents have been at war for twenty-two years and hav...
South Sudan seeks fair referendum
...atened to gain unilateral independence if a fair referendum does not take place for the people of South Sudan. Amum accused the governing National Congress Party (NCP) of obstructing plans to go ahead...
Presidential elections delayed in Sudan
...ompleting the national census the elections had to be postponed from February to April next year. Southerners are anxious of any postponement because it could affect the long-awaited referendum on whe...
Al Bashir boasts of industrial progress despite sanctions
... a punishment for the president’s alleged involvement in war crimes in the Darfur region of Southern Sudan- the country boasted double digit annual growth with its economy before the financial g...
South Sudan river ambush prevents UN food aid supply
27 Boats carrying United Nations food aide were ambushed by tribal fighters in South Sudan on Friday, reported the UN World Food Programme. 40 people, both civilians and South Sudane...
Split in South Sudans SPLM
Sudan’s former foreign minister Lam Akol, anounced on Saturday a decision to split from South Sudan’s ruling SPLM (Sudan People's Liberation Movement)and confirmed the establishment of a n...
Mbeki attends meetings in Sudan
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki arrived in Sudan's capital Khartoum today, ahead of a series of meetings with various stakeholders on the Darfur conflict. The head of the African Union ...
Gin sachets banned in Uganda after 19 die
...d not confirm reports that additional deaths had occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo and southern Sudan after the contaminated alcohol found its way into the neighbouring countries....
Emmanuel Jal live in concert in the UK
...el Jal will be live in concert with special guests and DJs. An event to increase awareness of the South Sudan January 2011 referendum and to raise funds for My Start project ( Windle Trust Internation...
First results from satellite watch over Sudan
...he recent referendum have been released. The Satellite Sentinel Project was launched just before South Sudan voted on separation from the North (9–15 January). By hiring satellite capacità, the huma...
