Tag Archives: Sudan






Bahrain

Graphic: Political unrest in North Africa and the Middle East



Egypt

Six countries in the Arab world where ‘winds of change’ are blowing


Egypt

Egypt, Jordan, and the Arab world’s ‘watershed’ moment




Sudan

Sudan: Women are punished with ‘600,000’ lashes a year


Russia

Moscow’s gray weapons market: Russian intelligence supports dubious arms deals


Sudan

The US will drop Sudan from the list of countries designated as state supporters of terrorism if elections are held in January 2011 and the results are fair. “We like to consider this a pay-for-performance operation,” an Obama administration official said.



Libya frees ex-Gitmo detainee

As part of its reconciliation process with terrorists and extremists, the Libyan government has freed a former Gitmo detainee who served al Qaeda and the Taliban for almost a decade.





Sudan

Four Islamists sentenced to death for the murder of a USAID employee and his driver escaped from jail and engaged in a gunfight with police. The Islamists belong to a group called Ansar al Tawhid. One of the men convicted of the murder served as an officer in the Sudanese military.


Iraq

Foreign fighters gain influence in Somalia’s Islamist al-Shabab militia



Cuba

US hopes Internet exports will help open closed societies


Israel

Details behind the Attack on Arms Smugglers in Sudan



Sudan

Unconfirmed reports indicate a convoy transporting weapons to Gaza was hit by either a US or Israeli airstrike. “A major power bombed small trucks carrying arms – burning all of them,” Sudan’s state minister for highways said. The attack supposedly took place in January; the US military denied involvement.


Sudan

Ayman al Zawahiri told the Sudanese people to prepare for “a long guerrilla war” with the “crusaders” and called on President Omar al Bashir to “repent” for shunning jihad. “So will the Bashir regime take the path of Islam and jihad and abandon the political maneuvers, diplomatic ruses and international smooth-talking, which has not — […]



Iran

Iran, militant groups support Sudanese president


Sudan

Sudanese security officials arrested opposition leader Hassan al Turabi after he urged President Omar al Bashir to surrender to the International Criminal Court. In 1990 Turabi invited Osama bin Laden to base his operations in Sudan; bin Laden and al Qaeda remained in Sudan until 1996. Turabi has also supported Hezbollah and the Abu Nidal […]