Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations has been urged to procure unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor the disputed border area between Sudan and South Sudan. UN special envoy to South Sudan Hilde Johnson said UAVs could help help international peacekeepers monitor the Sudanese border. Ms. Johnson told the Security Council that UN and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan has been accused of renewing air strikes on its southern neighbor. South Sudan said the Khartoum regime has ordered Air Force and Army operations along their disputed border. The South Sudan military said the Sudanese Air Force bombed targets in the disputed area of Jau on July 5. “This […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The governments of Iran and Sudan are preparing for a major strategic surge into western Africa, into both the Sahel and the shores of the Gulf of Guinea. The moves have already gained momentum and challenge Iran’s and Sudan’s major sponsor, the People’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Sudan and its new southern neighbor have reinforced troops along their contested border. The Satellite Sentinel Project said Sudan and South Sudan deployed their militaries in at least 14 locations along the border. The U.S. group, which monitors the border region through satellite imagery, said the two militaries were operating […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory R. Copley, Global Information System/Defense & Foreign Affairs Egypt’s Morsi government has initiated a return to covert war against Ethiopia, which controls the source of the Blue Nile, Egypt’s and Sudan’s principal source of water. The result will almost certainly lead to an increased level of insecurity in the strategic Red […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — In a surprise move, Sudan has broken away from Egypt in the latter’s campaign to stop a hydroelectric power plant along the Blue Nile. The regime of President Omar Bashir said Khartoum supports the so-called Great Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia. Sudanese officials said the regime envisioned that the dam would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A Sudanese commander deemed a war criminal has been spotted in the Darfour region. The U.S. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Mohammed Ali Abdul Rahman, commander of the regime-backed Janjaweed militia, was seen in an attack on a tribe in central Darfour in April. HRW said Abdul Rahman, also known […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Peacekeeping is fraught with risk, but it is also filled with promise, stated UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. “Our Blue Helmets bring hope to millions of people in some of the most troubled parts of the world,” advised the Secretary General in a somber ceremony honoring fallen peacekeeping troops, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan has again threatened to block crude oil exports by neighboring South Sudan. Sudanese President Omar Bashir said he was prepared to shut the oil export pipeline from South Sudan. Bashir said South Sudan, despite a series of agreements, continued to aid rebels in Sudan’s Darfour and South Kordofan. “We […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Darfour rebels have been advancing toward the capital of Sudan. The rebel Justice and Equality Movement has launched an offensive from the war-torn Darfour province toward the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. On April 27, the rebel coalition, amid the first formal peace talks with the government in two years, attacked […]