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North Kordofan State North Kordofan State
Governor: Mutasim Mirghani Hussain Zaki Dean
Capital: El-Obeid / Al-Ubayyid
Area: 185,302 km2 (71,546 sq miles)
Population: 2,529,370 (2006 est.)
Towns: Al-Nuhud, Er Rahad, Um-Rwaba/Um Rawaba, Bara, Gibaish, Sodari, Abu Zabad
Background: North Kordofan forms part of Sudan’s commercial heartland, is a hub for the country’s agriculture, livestock and gum Arabic industries.
- Tuesday 30 April 2013
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) –The spokesperson of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), Colonel al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa’ad, says that Khartoum has no evidence linking South Sudan to the rebels’ attack on the North Kordofan town of Um Rawaba. SPLM-N’s top (...)
- Saturday 11 May 2013
May 10, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s High Committee for Mobilisation and Alert has held a meeting with mosque imams to discuss the implications of the recent attacks in South and North Kordofan states by the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front (...)
- Tuesday 13 November 2012
November 12, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese oil minister Awad al-Jaz said today that the country has 762 million barrels of oil reserves as of 2012 and disclosed that his ministry is seeking to boost gas reserves as well. Sudanese (...)
- Sunday 11 November 2012
November 10, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s presidential assistant, Nafe Ali Nafe, has claimed that the government is in possession of documents proving that opposition parties are against the implementation of Islamic Shaira laws and trying (...)
- Monday 29 April 2013
April 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The governor of North Kordofan state, Muatassim Mirghani Zaki Al-din, accused unspecified opposition political parties of providing information to the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) that helped it carry out (...)
- Monday 13 May 2013
May 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s National Assembly speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir has issued a warning to the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) saying that its leaders will face death at the hands of the army so long as they are (...)
- Friday 17 May 2013
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Council of Defence and National Security (CDNS) discussed Thursday the recent attacks by the alliance of rebel groups, Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), while the foreign affairs minister is preparing to (...)
- Tuesday 30 April 2013
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) leading figure, Ibrahim Al-Sanossi, has dismissed allegations linking him to the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) weekend attack on Um Rawaba town in North Kordofan (...)
- Tuesday 30 April 2013
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese parliament held a closed session on Monday to discuss the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) weekend attack on Um Rawaba. Sudanese parliamentary speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir (Suna)
But the (...)
- Monday 13 May 2013
May 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan said today that rebels from the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) will face "disastrous consequences" if they dared to launch an attack on the capital city of Khartoum. Undated photo released by the SPLM-N (...)
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