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 [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — South Sudan has reported the renewal of crude oil production. Officials said South Sudan resumed oil production more than 14 months after it was halted because of the conflict with neighboring Sudan. The officials said Juba’s oil output was expected to reach the pre-suspension level of 375,000 barrels per day. [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israel Navy has been recruited to protect against infiltration by African migrants. Military sources said the General Staff has ordered the Navy to increase patrols of the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea amid concern that African migrants would try to infiltrate the Jewish state. The sources said migrants [...]
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 WASHINGTON — The United States has determined that a British bank helped money-laundering with Iran, Libya and Sudan. Federal prosecutors filed charges against Britain’s HSBC Holdings for allegedly violating international sanctions on several countries deemed by Washington as supporters of terrorism. The Justice Department said the London-based bank engaged in money-laundering transactions [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Iranian Navy has resumed operations in the Red Sea. The Iran Navy has sent two warships to Sudan as part of an effort to expand cooperation with the African state. The Iranian Navy vessels, expected to encounter counterparts from the Pakistan Navy, were scheduled to arrive in Port Sudan [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan has again blocked a resumption of southern oil to export markets. The Khartoum regime is said to have imposed new conditions on South Sudan to pump its oil through its northern neighbor. South Sudanese President Salva Kiir said Sudan now demanded that Juba (the capital city of South Sudan) [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan has reported a military coup attempt against President Omar Bashir. The Bashir regime said 12 military commanders were arrested on suspicion of trying to overthrow the government. Officials said the detainees included former National Security Service director Salah Gosh, regarded as close to the United States. “They have been [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Rebels have reported the downing of a Sudanese Air Force bomber. The Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement-North said it shot down an Antonov An-26 air transport of the Sudanese Air Force. They said the An-26 was used by the Khartoum regime as a bomber in air strikes on the war-torn South [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com Global Information System Israel’s precision air strike on Oct. 24, against the Yarmouk weapons production facility in the suburbs of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, was — apart from destroying a facility which provided rockets and missiles to Hamas to use against Israel — clearly intended to send a direct message to the [...]
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