By Nangayi Guyson – Khartoum At least 37 people were killed and 26 injured on Thursday when two buses collided in the northern Sudanese state of White Nile, the director of Sudan’s traffic police said. “The accident came after bus tried to overtake a truck, but it failed and it collided into a minibus coming the other way, setting the minibus on fire”, Mohammed Tahier Fadl said. Thirty-seven people were recorded dead and 26 others were injured in the crash,” with four children among the dead. The accident happened near the settlement of Alrader, some 60km south of the capital... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, September 18th 2010 |
BY NANGAYI GUYSON IN KAMPALA UGANDA – Khartoum – At least seven people have been killed and 20 injured in clashes at a refugee camp in Sudan’s Darfur region by armed men on Saturday in a sign of mounting violence in and around the area’s displacement centres, peacekeepers said. The clashes came two days after rebels said pro-government fighters killed up to 54 people at a market in North Darfur’s Tabarat village. Most of the reported victims were residents of a nearby refugee camp. According to Darfur’s joint UN/African Union (Unamid) peacekeeping force , gunfire broke out at the Hamidiya... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, September 6th 2010 |
ADDIS ABABA – The African Union Commission said it has noted with grave concern statements attributed to some members of the UN Security Council as well as the decisions ICC-02/05-01/09 of 27 August 2010 of the ICC Pre Trial Chamber informing the United Nations Security Council and the Assembly of the States Parties to the Rome Statute about Omar Al-Bashir’s presence in the territories of the Republic of Chad and the Republic of Kenya. The said statements and the decisions assert that the two African Union Member States have “a clear obligation to cooperate with the Court in relation to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, August 30th 2010 |
Two Russian pilots have been kidnapped in Sudan’s western Darfur region, the country’s state-run Suna news agency has reported. They work for Sudan’s Badr Airlines and were abducted in the town of Nyala on Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile, the foreign ministry says a female US aid worker, held for more than 100 days in Darfur, has been freed unharmed and is now in Nyala. There has been a spate of abductions in the last year targeting foreigners. Correspondents say that most kidnappings appear to be for money. But the kidnappers said they had released the woman, who works for Samaritan’s Purse,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, August 30th 2010 |
By Mark Oloo (Nairobi) – Kenya today promulgated a new constitution at a colourful ceremony attended by controversial Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir. But today’s visit to Nairobi by the Sudanese leader wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) has raised questions over Kenya’s commitment to the Rome Statute, which established the Hague-based court. Under the statute, Kenya, having domesticated the Rome statute, is required to have arrested Bashir for handing over to the ICC over crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Sudan’s Darfur region. His conspicuous presence among other African leaders at the event elicited mixed reactions from the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, August 27th 2010 |
