Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs Even though the actual fighting in South Sudan is led by local commanders in pursuit of localized self-interests, there have been repeated efforts to negotiate a political solution. While the United States is an interested party, given the lingering […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has imposed an unprecedented fine on a French bank accused of violating sanctions on Iran and Sudan. The Justice Department said France’s BNP Paribas pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Cuba, Iran and Sudan. Officials said BNP provided companies and individuals from these countries […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Sudan has ordered advanced military aircraft from Russia despite a UN report in March that said Sudan violated a Security Council resolution and written pledges to Belarus and Russia to not use aircraft purchased from them in Darfour by carrying out “aerial bombardments and intimidating flights.” Officials said Sudan has […]
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 — 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 — Sudan and its new southern neighbor have been advancing toward full-scale war. Western diplomats said fighting between Sudan and South Sudan has been the worst since the separation of the two entities in July 2011. They said both militaries appeared ready to fight a full-scale war. “For a while, both […]