Special to WorldTribune.com Iran may be losing its grip on its gateway to Africa as Sudan moves closer to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has deposited $1 billion in the central bank of sanctions-hit Sudan over the past two months, the Sudanese state minister for finance said on Aug. 12. “We received a deposit for the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has maintained cooperation with Sudan despite atrocities in Darfur and weapons shipments to the Hamas regime, a report said. A leading U.S. analyst asserted that the administration of President Barack Obama has maintained cooperation with the Khartoum regime amid continued human rights violations and the killing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan has been battling the worst unrest in decades. Nearly 1,000 people have been arrested by the regime of President Omar Bashir in a crackdown on protesters. Sudanese police and security forces have confronted rioters attacked government buildings and gasoline stations in wake of price rises by Khartoum. “The people […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — South Sudan plans to again halt crude oil production. Officials said South Sudan intends to end oil production by August amid a renewed dispute with the Khartoum regime in Sudan. Officials said the Juba government has been trying to sell 6.4 million barrels of oil surplus before the shutdown. “This […]
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 CAIRO — South Sudan has offered to withdraw its army from the border with its northern neighbor. South Sudan President Salva Kiir said the new republic was ready to pull out its troops from the disputed border with Sudan. Kiir said the withdrawal marked a condition for the resumption of crude oil […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan and its new southern neighbor have signed an oil export agreement. Under the agreement, South Sudan agreed to pay $9.48 per barrel to transport crude oil through the pipelines of its northern neighbor, Sudan. The oil would be pumped to a Red Sea port for export. A statement by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan and South Sudan have failed to reach agreement to establish a demilitarized zone. Officials said the Khartoum regime and its new southern neighbor presented significantly different maps in trying to delineate a demilitarized zone. The officials said Juba cited British maps from the 1950s that sought to separate the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Heavy fighting has been reported along the border of Sudan and its new independent southern neighbor. The fighting has taken place along the disputed border in which up to 150 Sudanese Army soldiers were reported killed. The rebels reported the capture of a Sudanese Army outpost in South Kordofan. “The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — South Sudan plans to end its energy dependence on the north. Officials said the South Sudan government intends to build a refinery and crude oil pipeline. They said the pipeline would head south through Kenya rather than north, through the Republic of Sudan. “We had to look for alternative route […]