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Although the Arab-dominated government of Sudan and the semiautonomous region of Southern Sudan have been at peace for three years, there are signs that both sides are stepping up the pace of a cold war-style arms race.

In September, pirates off the coast of Somalia hijacked a shipment of Russian tanks reportedly destined for Southern Sudan. A month later Sudanese authorities seized an Ethiopian cargo plane they say was carrying ammunition and light armament in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. Later in October, Sudan recalled its ambassadors from Kenya and Ethiopia because the two nations were allegedly shipping arms to the south.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the Sudanese Government’s declaration today of an immediate ceasefire between its forces and the rebel movements in Darfur and also Khartoum’s stated plan to disarm …

“Egypt can also be destabilised by this regional instability. People are trying to help so that the situation does not get out of hand,” Wol added.

November 8, 2008 - One would hope that the Government of Sudan under the National Congress Party to learn lessons from Obama’s victory and prefer the Sudanese public interest and justice to the endless demands …

Island psychiatrist, Jane Newson-Smith teaching students on her recent trip to Southern Sudan.

Tens of thousands of Sudanese mourners lined the streets of Khartoum Wednesday for the funeral of a former president in a potent show of strength for one of Sudan’s strongest opposition parties.

By Henry Mukasa THE United Nations special envoy to Lord’s Resistance Army-affected areas, Joachim Chissano, has convened a meeting in Kampala to restart the stalled Juba peace-talks. The meeting, to be …

It quoted President Omar Al Bashir as announcing that Mirghani, who was deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and head of a Sufi religious Muslim group, died in the afternoon.

Juba Churches in Sudan will use the lessons learnt by their counterparts in Kenya to prepare for successful general elections slated for next year.

Sudanese police have found alive one of the kidnapped Chinese oil workers and another dead in south-western Sudan, a press statement published in Khartoum said Friday.