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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 (...)
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 (...)
Saturday 28 September 2013
September 27, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia on Friday accused arch-rival Eritrea of continuing to destabilise the East African region by supporting armed groups and terrorists organisations such as Al-Qaida allied Al-Shabaab.
Ethiopia (...)
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 (...)
Sunday 26 August 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
August 25, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - US president, Barack Obama, has spoken with Ethiopia’s acting prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, who has become nation’s new leader following the death of his predecessor on 21 (...)
Saturday 16 October 2004
By Paul de Bendern
ALGIERS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - African governments agreed on Thursday to push for tougher action to root out the terrorism that still threatens the continent despite the anti-terror campaign in force since September (...)
Sunday 11 March 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
March 10, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian forces will hand over two recently captured towns in Somalia which were the strongholds of the Al-Qaida allied Al-Shabab Islamist militants in Somalia to African Union (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
When threatened, nature fights back: A case for wetlands2016-09-26 10:24:12
By Dr. Abdulkarim Seid
At a glance, wetlands – large expanses of swamps – seem like public nuisances, a waste of space; occupying prime land which could otherwise be turned into sprawling shopping (...)
UNHRC Meetings: Is it a “diplomatic conspiracy” and “CSOs camouflage”?2016-09-26 06:01:34
Notions From the United Nations Human Rights Council in its 33rd Session on Sudan:
Is it a “Diplomatic Conspiracy” and “CSOs camouflage”?
By Mohamed Yassin
As an attendee of the UN Human Rights (...)
Sudan: No justice for protester killings2016-09-23 08:03:30
(Nairobi, September 22, 2016) – Sudanese authorities have yet to provide justice to victims of a violent crackdown on anti-austerity protesters in Khartoum in September 2013, the African Centre (...)
Kiir’s rope -à-dope2016-09-08 12:57:35
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September 6, 2016
By Pa’gan Amum Okiech for South Sudan Reborn
The United Nations Security Council, with all of its strength and power, is now being challenged by a diplomatic (...)
Sudanese students, activists are at risk of torture: HRW2016-05-25 14:40:51
Human Rights Watch
Sudan: Students, Activists at Risk of Torture
Free Detainees; Investigate Abuses
(Nairobi, May 25, 2016) – Sudanese national security officials have detained dozens of (...)
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When threatened, nature fights back: A case for wetlands 2016-09-26 10:24:12 By Dr. Abdulkarim Seid At a glance, wetlands – large expanses of swamps – seem like public nuisances, a waste of space; occupying prime land which could otherwise be turned into sprawling shopping (...)
UNHRC Meetings: Is it a “diplomatic conspiracy” and “CSOs camouflage”? 2016-09-26 06:01:34 Notions From the United Nations Human Rights Council in its 33rd Session on Sudan: Is it a “Diplomatic Conspiracy” and “CSOs camouflage”? By Mohamed Yassin As an attendee of the UN Human Rights (...)
U.S. interests with the Sudan made the Darfur issue disappears from the radar 2016-09-23 20:21:06 By Mahmoud A. Suleiman U.S. only Cares for Interests U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesperson, John Kirby, stated on September 20, 2016 that the United States welcomes cooperation (...)
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