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SUDAN: Natural resource management tops UN agenda

Sudanese officers to testify at ICC

Dozens of Sudanese soldiers, some of them high-ranking officers, are in The Hague to testify before the International Criminal Court. Radio Netherlands Worldwide learned of the soldiers' role in the trial from a well-informed source today.

The court i...

Lost Boys of Sudan: 'We have to let the world know our story.'

Peter Makuach lived the nightmares that haunt him now.

In those dreams, he is back at the Gilo River, which separates Ethiopia from his native Sudan. He hears the voice of a boy about his age — 9 or 10 — pleading for help, unable to navigate the river...

New Ebola Subtype Confirmed

ICC prosecutor seeks warrants for Darfur rebel leaders

THE HAGUE (AFP) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor on Thursday sought arrest warrants for three Darfur rebel leaders over a deadly attack on African peacekeepers in 2007.

"I will not let such attacks go unpunished," said Luis Moreno-O...

SUDAN: Funding woes continue to plague HIV fight

JUBA, 20 November 2008 (PlusNews) - For over a year, the South Sudan AIDS Commission (SSAC) has been setting up offices in the ten states that make up Southern Sudan, but a combination of funding delays and a population largely uninformed about HIV i...

Oil tanker pirates warn of 'disastrous' action unless Saudis pay £17m ransom

Somali pirates holding a supertanker with two British hostages aboard yesterday threatened 'disastrous' action unless a £17million ransom is paid within ten days. The ultimatum increased concern for the safety of the 25-strong crew, including two Bri...

Sudan's spy chief: Censorship won't be lifted

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudan's intelligence chief says state censorship will not be lifted under pressure. Sudanese journalists recently held demonstrations protesting state censorship of media. On Sunday, about 60 journalists were detained after they prot...

Japan Reaches Out

When Kensuke Onishi decided to use his foreign university degree and fluent English to help internally displaced refugees in Kurdish Iraq, his Japanese mother's friends told her they understood if she wanted to weep.

After all, shouldn't a dutiful Jap...

30-year-old Sudanese woman gives birth to quadruplets in Dubai

Dubai: A Sudanese woman gave birth to quadruplets at Al Wasl Hospital on Thursday morning, becoming the second person to do so in Dubai's recorded history, according to her family.

Nazik Awad Al Hassan, already a mother of one, gave birth prematurely ...