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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
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 (...)
Wednesday 27 February 2013 February 26, 2013 (PARIS) - Malian rebels who seized control of their country’s northern region last year may have crossed into Sudan, a well-placed diplomatic source told Sudan Tribune. Chad President Idriss Deby sits during the (...)
Monday 12 July 2004 BRUSSELS, July 12, 2004 (AP) — Belgian authorities have no immediate plans to press terrorism charges against two Sudanese citizens detained for traveling on false papers and quizzed over possible al-Qaida links, officials said Monday. (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Friday 4 January 2013 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
January 3, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia’s security forces have arrested 15 individuals alleged to be members of a terrorist cell affiliated with Al Qaeda’s network in the East African region, the country’s (...)
Tuesday 3 May 2011 May 2, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The West should withdraw its forces from Afghanistan after the United States announced that it has killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, an official in the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan said (...)
Monday 12 November 2012 November 11, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti told lawmakers today that the government continues to work on normalizing relations with the United States. FILE - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti (L) (...)
Friday 2 November 2012 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
November 1, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - The African Union (AU) on Tuesday urged the United Nations Security Council to review an arms embargo imposed two-decades ago on war-torn Somalia.
The Commission of the African (...)
Thursday 17 January 2013 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
January 16, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - A court in Ethiopia on Tuesday passed jail terms against nine individuals including one Kenyan national who are alleged to be members of a terrorist cell affiliated with Al Qaeda’s (...)
The power struggle dividing the country2014-03-07 09:47:48 By Nikolai Hegertun
The root cause of the conflict in South Sudan was the bitter power-struggle within the leadership of SPLM. The party that got 170 out of 180 seats in the election in 2010 has (...)
From the ashes of war, seeds of peace2014-03-07 06:23:22 By Ban Ki-moon
March 6, 2014 - What was once the biggest United Nations peacekeeping operation in the world winds down this month, and the most extraordinary part of this historic development is (...)
The SPLM third party and its implications in the peace process2014-03-07 06:20:27 By Peter Gai Manyuon
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and loves have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem (...)
Human Rights Watch calls to investigate war crimes in South Sudan2014-03-01 07:48:04 Human Rights Watch press release: war crimes should be investigated in Malakal, Bentiu, AU commission of inquiry needs to begin work
February 27, 2014 - (NAIROBI) Both pro and antigovernment (...)
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The power struggle dividing the country 2014-03-07 09:47:48 By Nikolai Hegertun The root cause of the conflict in South Sudan was the bitter power-struggle within the leadership of SPLM. The party that got 170 out of 180 seats in the election in 2010 has (...)
From the ashes of war, seeds of peace 2014-03-07 06:23:22 By Ban Ki-moon March 6, 2014 - What was once the biggest United Nations peacekeeping operation in the world winds down this month, and the most extraordinary part of this historic development is (...)
The SPLM third party and its implications in the peace process 2014-03-07 06:20:27 By Peter Gai Manyuon "When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and loves have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem (...)
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