Al Qaeda | al-Qa’eda

Sudan became a notorious refuge for militant Islamists in In the early 1990s, including Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden who was based in the country from 1991 to 1996.

Al-Qaeda’s presence led to American sanctions on Sudan that have continued ever since.

In 2011 Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by US special forces.

Al Jazeera English | Inside Story - Is N Africa Al-Qaeda’s new front? | 12 Dec. 2007

UN warns Darfur a potential “fertile ground” for jihadist groups
Monday 26 January 2015
January 25, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s troubled western Darfur region of may be “potentially fertile ground” for African jihadist radical groups currently active in the continent, particularly in North and West Africa, a report by a panel (...)
Ethiopia produces first military drone aircraft
Thursday 14 February 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle February 14, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian military source has told Sudan Tribune that the country has built the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone which could be used for multiple purposes. A US (...)
Ethiopia and Qatar restore diplomatic ties
Wednesday 24 October 2012
October 23, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia and Qatar have agreed to open diplomatic relations after both been at odds for more than four years, according to Ethiopian press. Ethiopia cut diplomatic ties with Qatar in 2008, accusing (...)
Leader of Al-Qaeda in Sudan killed in Mali: reports
Saturday 23 February 2013
February 22, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The leader of Sudan’s Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Niles group, Abu Hazim, was killed in an airstrike carried out recently by French warplanes on the positions of jihadists in northern Mali. An (...)
JEM rebels "sight" Malian rebels in north Darfur
Monday 18 February 2013
February 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), one of several rebel groups fighting a decade-long war against Khartoum in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Monday claimed that they have detected and documented (...)
Sudan served as a hub for receiving Al-Qaeda suspects nabbed by CIA: report
Tuesday 5 February 2013
February 5, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The CIA transferred five individuals suspected of having links to Al-Qaeda from Malawi to Sudan in 2003, according to a report released on Tuesday. A new report reveals Sudan provided assistance to the (...)
US fear of Horn of Africa radicals overblown-expert
Monday 7 February 2005
By Matthew Green ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Fears that the Horn of Africa could become an incubator for international Islamic extremism are overblown, partly because plans to sow such militancy have already failed, a regional (...)
South Sudan welcomes killing of Osama bin laden
Thursday 5 May 2011
May 4, 2011 (ABYEI) - A senior member of the South Sudan’s ruling party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) on Wednesday welcomed the death of terrorist leader, Osama bin laden, Pakistan following a raid by the United States (...)
UN clears Eritrea over allegations of arming Somali rebels
Wednesday 18 January 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle January 17, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – A UN monitoring panel says it has disproved allegations that Eritrea was supplying weapons to Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militants towards the end of 2011. Last November, the Kenyan (...)
Belgian police arrests Al Qaeda suspects
Sunday 11 July 2004
BRUSSELS, July 10 (Reuters) - Belgian police late Friday arrested two suspected Sudanese members of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda movement at the Brussels airport, Belgian VTM commercial television station said Saturday. VTM said the two (...)

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