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Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 20, 2018
This interview is with members of the Sudan Taskforce on the Engagement of Women, which was formed in 2013 by Sudanese female civil society leaders and ... And we are impartial and transparent—we meet with the Sudanese government, opposition leaders, and armed groups to advocate for progress.
ABC News
April 19, 2018
South Sudan's government says it condemns the use of child soldiers and blames the opposition for recruiting children. "It's happening in areas not under our control," army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang, told AP. The opposition says the children in its ranks weren't recruited but were taken in after governmentÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 14, 2018
Most significantly, cross-border support to rebels has ceased – a far cry from when Juba backed Sudanese rebel groups and Khartoum backed the South Sudanese armed opposition. The two sides also have made progress on oil agreements: South Sudan has compromised on its original insistence thatÃâà...
IRINnews.org
April 14, 2018
When the third round of talks aimed at revitalising the chances of peace in South Sudan gets underway in Addis Ababa on 26 April, the country's influential former military chief wants to be at the table. Paul Malong's announcement on Tuesday, 10 April, that he was launching a new opposition party addedÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
April 6, 2018
The opposition alliance said the South Sudanese government should be "recused" because of the potential lack of impartiality " when IGAD Council of Ministers, or indeed any other IGAD institution, is acting as a mediator on the South Sudan conflict". The peace talks, dubbed High Level RevitalizationÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
April 6, 2018
In 6 April 1985, the Sudanese people managed to bring down the military regime of former President Gaafar Nimeiri through a popular uprising. In a statement seen by Sudan Tribune on Friday, the Broad National Front (BNF) led by Ali Mahmoud Hassanien vowed to continue its resistance until toppling theÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
April 5, 2018
The head of the opposition Reform Now movement, Ghazi Salah Al-Din Al-Atabani, told Quds Press that putting Al-Mahdi on trial over his political work is an escalation which will have negative effects on efforts to stop the war and achieve peace in Sudan. “Using the judiciary against a political opponentÃâà...
Anglicannews
April 4, 2018
[ACNS, by Kenyi Dube] Archbishop Paul Yugusuk, leader of the Church of South Sudan's internal Central Province, has called on the government and opposition groups to declare an end to violence before the next round of peace talks. The continuation of phase two of the talks is expected to take place inÃâà...
eNCA
April 4, 2018
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan's state security prosecutor has charged the country's main opposition leader, Sadiq al-Mahdi, with collaborating with rebel groups to overthrow the regime of President Omar al-Bashir, a media network reported on Tuesday. Bashir, backed by Islamists, toppled Mahdi's civilianÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
April 2, 2018
The statement further asserted the SCP's determination to deal with the opposition forces that agree with party's position over the regime overthrow and establishment of a democratic alternative. In April 2016, the Sudanese Communist Party participated for the last time in the Sudan Call meeting. At the timeÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
April 2, 2018
Last Friday, al-Mahdi rejected al-Bashir's veiled threats to punish the opposition parties allied with the rebel groups and vowed to return to Sudan as soon as he finishes his political tasks abroad. Addressing the Sudanese parliament on Monday, al-Bashir warned he would never allow combining the armedÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
April 2, 2018
At the same time, the allied opposition forces will respond to initiatives of the international community and the African Union to revive the roadmap for the Sudanese peace talks based on AU resolutions. In a statement on Friday, El Mahdi, currently chairman of the Sudan Call group, expressed his surpriseÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
April 2, 2018
April 1, 2018 (JUBA)- Sudan People's Liberation Movement In Opposition (SPLM-IO) has formally requested the unconditional release of its leader confined by the East African bloc of IGAD in South Africa. The major stakeholder in the peace revitalization forum made his claim in a letter to the nominatedÃâà...
WTOP
March 30, 2018
After fighting broke out in neighboring Sudan between the government and opposition fighters in the Nuba Mountains in 2011 and Osma's cousin and nephew were killed, the 24-year-old escaped with her daughters, 2 and 6 years old, to the world's youngest nation. Even as millions of South Sudanese fleeÃâà...
RFI
March 30, 2018
Machar was an instrumental figure in South Sudan's fight for independence from Sudan. Yet since his exile, he has been frozen out of the peace process, angering members of his armed opposition. Moreover, the decision by IGAD to transfer the rebel leader to a country outside of the East African region,Ãâà...
africanews
March 25, 2018
Asmara also claimed that Doha provided Sudan with three Mig fighters and funding a joined Sudanese Ethiopian force deployed in Kassala, along the border with Sudan. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that the allegations made by the Eritrean Ministry of Information are baseless, and reminds thatÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
March 18, 2018
March 17, 2018 (PARIS) - The opposition umbrella Sudan Call Saturday has accused the government of reneging on the Roadmap Agreement signed in 2016 and renewed its rejection of the government-led national dialogue process. The alliance, which gathers political and armed opposition groups, metÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
March 9, 2018
March 8, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese authorities prevented the head of Darfur Bar Association (DBA) from boarding a flight heading to Cairo for medical treatment, said a press released on Thursday. JPEG - 34.4 kb; Passengers arrive at Khartoum's international airport September 13, 2012. (PhotoÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
March 6, 2018
Sudan Call factions are set to meet in Paris on 13 March to discuss a joint position on the African Union-mediated roadmap agreement they reached with the government in 2016. The meeting would gather the National Umma Party, the two factions of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), oppositionÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
March 2, 2018
February 28, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - The opposition Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP) has called to release its leader Omer al-Digair who is detained since ... "Al-Digair suffers acute ear infection, since December 2016 when he had been detained in Port Sudan prison and his treatment required a surgery,"Ãâà...
Sudan Tribune
March 2, 2018
The postponement of al-Mahdi's return comes within the party's efforts to "achieving a just and comprehensive peace and full democratic change and openness towards all political forces working for a new regime," said the statement. The Sudanese security used to block opposition leaders from travellingÃâà...
Voice of America
March 2, 2018
Nine South Sudanese opposition groups have formed an alliance to accelerate efforts to end the conflict in South Sudan. Kwaje Lasu, secretary-general of the South Sudan National Movement for Change, told VOA's South Sudan In Focus program Thursday that the various opposition groups had united.
AllAfrica.com
March 1, 2018
Khartoum — Members of the Sudanese opposition have criticised the decision by President Omar Al Bashir to re-appoint a former director of the Sudanese intelligence service, claiming the move does not change anything to an old structure. Salah Abdallah (known as Gosh) replaced Mohamed Atta ElÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
February 20, 2018
Following the failure of the African Union-brokered roadmap agreement to settle the Sudanese conflict, the Sudan Call forces and the NCF, which was opposed to the political process, agreed to join hands to peacefully topple down the regime of President Omer al-Bashir. The leaders of two left parties, theÃâà...
Voice of America
February 16, 2018
Ismail Wais, IGAD's special envoy for South Sudan, told delegates from the various South Sudanese stakeholders that his office would communicate a date for the resumption of the peace talks, dubbed High Level Revitalization Forum (HLRF). "Today we shall postpone phase two of the forum," he said.
africanews
February 14, 2018
the positions by the government. This comes as South Sudanese rebels and government forces clashed around a town in the oil-producing northeast on Sunday and Monday with each side blaming the. other for the violence that may complicate regional efforts to end a four-year civil war. The army said itÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
February 10, 2018
The leader of Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has accused the opposition of being mistaken for using anti-inflation protests to call for a change of regime, Anadolu reported on Friday. Abdel Sakhi Abbas told Anadolu that the opposition criticised price rises but used the protests to support itsÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
February 9, 2018
Since the release of the 2018 budget last month, peaceful protests erupted in a number of Sudanese states leading to the killing of a high school student in West Darfur State and detention of dozens of opposition activists across the country. In a statement seen by Sudan Tribune on Friday, the 27 NovemberÃâà...
africanews
February 3, 2018
Sudanese security agents have arrested the deputy head of the country's main opposition Umma Party after it held anti-government rallies to protest rising food ... Sporadic demonstrations have hit Khartoum and some other parts of Sudan since early January after prices of food, notably bread, more thanÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
December 31, 1999
March 29, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese authorities have released on Wednesday evening the leader of the Sudanese Congress Party, Omer al-Digair who had been detained last January, the opposition party announced on Thursday morning. Al-Digair was arrested on 7 January 2018 after the increaseÃâà...
gurtong
December 31, 1999
Aware of the need for unity of purpose, cooperation and collaborations, we, the leaders and representatives of South Sudanese Opposition Political Movements, Parties and Fronts ... 1) The South Sudan Opposition Alliance “SSOA” is hereby established in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.
Sudan Tribune
December 31, 1999
February 23, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - The National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Friday have arrested Khalid Omer Youssef the deputy chairman of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP). Last week the NISS released dozens of the political detainees from the National Umma PartyÃâà...
