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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 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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Tuesday 4 September 2012 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
September 3, 2012(ADDIS ABABA) – The US government is committed to further deepen its partnership with the new leadership of Ethiopia, the US permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Susan Rice has said. (...)
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 (...)
Abyei: Peace cannot be achieved through partial solutions2014-04-16 06:23:14 By Maiwen Dot Phoet
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April 14, 2014 - In May 1981 a Muslim called Ali Agca attempted to assassinate His Holiness Pope John Paul II. However, after his recovery, the Pope not only prayed for (...)
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H.E. President Thabo (...)
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Abyei: Peace cannot be achieved through partial solutions 2014-04-16 06:23:14 By Maiwen Dot Phoet April 15, 2014 - Over the past month, reports received from sources on the ground in Abyei confirm the withdrawal of soldiers affiliated with South Sudan’s army and police (...)
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