Sudan
جمهورية السودان
Watching South Sudan Collapse
Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, Haaretz
Around the World, Energy War Heating Up
Michael Klare, The Nation
Time for the U.S. to Arm South Sudan
Andrew Natsios, Washington Post
Sudans Brace for a War Both Thought Was Over
Josh Kron, NY Times
The Silence in Sudan
Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy
When the state of South Sudan came into existence last July, with great fanfare, Israel was one of the first nations to recognize it, having provided support for South Sudanese lea...(full article)
Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since...(full article)
North and South Sudan are at war. The reasons for the conflict are complex, but the solution is not: To stop the killing, the international community must arm South Sudan. Unlike i...(full article)
South Sudan's years of conflict were meant to be over when it won its independence from Sudan last July after generations of fighting with the people of the north. But the jubila...(full article)
Why did the United Nations stop reporting atrocities in Darfur?...(full article)
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South Sudan's Disastrous First Year - Armin Rosen, The Atlantic
The new African country, founded in part to escape from the northern government's violence, is showing some hostility of its own....
A Civil War Would Be Good for Sudan - Gerard Prunier, New York Times
LESS than a year after South Sudan declared its independence, it appears headed for war once again with its northern neighbor, Sudan. At the same time, marginalized northerners are...
Sudan on the Brink - Irish Times
THE IDEA that the major unresolved differences between Sudan and its seceding South Sudan provinces could be resolved amicably once the latter were granted independence last year w...
Hands Behind Sudan's War - Ramzy Baroud, Japan Times
Expecting the Security Council to act in political tandem seems a bit too optimistic, however. Considering that the U.S. is arming and supporting South Sudan, and that Russia and...
U.S. Lends Support in Hunt for Joseph Kony - Nima Elbagir, CNN
Kony, who became a household name when a video about him went viral on the Internet this year, is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. He and ...
The Other War Criminals Awaiting Trial at the ICC - The New Republic
When Liberian dictator Charles Taylor was convicted by the International Criminal Court this week of committing, aiding, and abetting crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone's ci...
The Case for Giving Tyrants an Escape Plan - Alasdair Palmer, Telegraph
Calls by the international community for 'justice' may make dictators determined to hang on to power at all costs....
The Sudan Challenge - The Hindu
The sudden escalation in the long-simmering tension between Sudan and South Sudan is something neither country can sustain without inflicting serious hurt on their respective popul...
Obama's Naive Response to Sudan - Armin Rosen, The New Republic
When Barack Obama released a video message to Sudan and South Sudan last Sunday, he urged the people of both countries to reject armed conflict and return to negotiations. Obama gr...
Bashir Directs Populist Anger at South Sudan - Pascal Fletcher, Reuters
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir likes to wave a stick when he speaks in public, and he does not speak softly....
Action Needed as Sudan Heads Toward War - Carnegie Endowment
In December 2010, before Mohammad Bouazizi ignited the Arab Spring, regional and international attention was focused on Sudan. After years of war and failed negotiations between th...
Sudans on Brink of All-Out War - Peter Goodspeed, National Post
No one is even trying to maintain the pretense of peace in Sudan and South Sudan these days. Sporadic skirmishes and border shootouts are on the verge of becoming all-out war and...
The Sudans Are Now Openly at War - Alan Boswell, Time
The road to Heglig has no sign or post marking the border between northern and southern Sudan, where Sudan's new war began on Saturday. Instead, there is a sudden trail of rotting ...
A Looming Disaster in Sudan - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
As clashes spread between the north and south, why are guarantors of the peace agreement not helping to prevent war?...
Why Africa's Conflicts Never End - Jeffrey Gettleman, Foreign Policy
There is a very simple reason why some of Africa's bloodiest, most brutal wars never seem to end: They are not really wars. Not in the traditional sense, at least. The combatants...
More Suffering in Sudan - Daily Telegraph
South Sudan's invasion of its neighbour's territory is reckless behaviour....
A Global Assault on Religious Liberty - Doug Bandow, Forbes
Despite its best efforts, America cannot make the world free. But at least Americans can work to make the world freer. They should support religious liberty as they go out into...
Sudan Rebels Talk of Marching on Khartoum - Alex Perry, Time
n the shade of a thorn tree on a plain of cracked earth and yellow grass, Brigadier General Namiri Murrad lays out how the rebels of South Sudan plan to unite and overthrow Presi...
Arab States Redraw the Map of Alliances - Jamal Khashoggi, The National
While Syria's army cruelly and stupidly shells its own people and storms its cities, the so-called "axis of resistance" stretching from Tehran to Damascus is falling apart. Said ...
Sudan Unleashes Yet Another Crisis - Armin Rosen, The New Republic
The Yida refugee camp, just south of the disputed border between the Republic of Sudan and newly-independent South Sudan, rarely feels like the edge of a warzone. Children chase d...
Clooney and Satellite Spying - Daniel Tovrov, Int'l Business Times
Business News l Skip to Main ContentBy Daniel Tovrov: Subscribe to Daniel's RSS feed March 16, 2012 10:38 AM EDTGeorge Clooney believes that he has found evidence of the Sudanes...
Sudan Killing Machine Finds a New Victim - Josh Scheinert, Toronto Star
You might remember Sudan from such other atrocities as the 20-year north-south civil war that killed 2 million people, and the genocide in Darfur that killed 300,000 and displace...
More False Dawns in Africa? - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
The development in many countries is certainly something to be optimistic about, but it's worth remembering sometimes that press coverage on Africa tends toward the over-optimist...
Dodging Bombers in Sudan - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
We heard the whine of a bomber overhead, and the families I was interviewing suddenly scrambled to their feet....
In Sudan, Seeing Echoes of Darfur - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
For some in the Nuba Mountains, living in thatch huts far from electricity or paved roads, the sharpest acquaintance they are making with 21st-century technology is to be bombed ...
Religion Increasing Source of Strife in Africa - Gwynne Dyer, Japan Times
Christianity and Islam have been at war most of the time since Muslim armies conquered half of the then-Christian world, from Syria to Spain, in the 7th and 8th centuries. There ...
In South Sudan, Oil Shutoff Sparks National Pride - Robyn Dixon, LATimes
The move stems from a dispute over Sudan's oil transit fees. South Sudanese say they are prepared for hardship, but outsiders warn it could mean another war....
Liberal Hawks Ready to Soar over Syria - David Rieff, Foreign Policy
Liberal interventionists were never as shaken by the lessons of Iraq as was commonly supposed....
Sudan Tests China's Foreign Policy - Daniel Large, World Politics Review
In December, with a dispute over oil-transit fees between Sudan and South Sudan exacerbating already tense post-independence relations, the world looked to China to save the day. B...
South Sudan Dream Is Turning Sour - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Rows over oil ... Khartoum attacks on rebels with suspected Juba links ... U.S. double-dealing. Independence is proving tough....
Libya's Nasty New Friend - Los Angeles Times
Sudan President Omar Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He's not someone Libya's new leaders should be hos...
South Sudan, Israel's New Ally - Daniel Pipes, Washington Times
It's not every day that the leader of a brand-new country makes his maiden foreign voyage to Jerusalem, capital of the most besieged country in the world....
Famine as a Weapon in Sudan - George Clooney & John Prendergast, Time
"We left our homes with not even a cup like this one," recounted the woman from a Sudanese refugee camp in Ethiopia last month, gesturing toward a red plastic cup lying in the dirt...
Recovering South Sudan's Optimism - Los Angeles Times
Rebellions, an unresolved border dispute, questions about dividing oil revenues with the north and South Sudan's developmental hurdles have deflated the euphoria around last summ...
Can Omar Bashir Be Toppled? - David Ottaway, Foreign Policy
The first civilian uprising against a military dictator in the Arab world occurred 47 years ago in Sudan. Beginning on Oct. 21, 1964, tens of thousands of doctors, lawyers, student...
Time to Act on Sudan Atrocities - John Prendergast, Global Post
Since South Sudan became the world's newest nation in July, the state of Sudan it left behind has become engulfed in a civil war of its government's own making. The Khartoum regime...
Sudan's Massive Crisis Far From Over - Eric Reeves, The New Republic
In a matter of days, or hours, the northern Sudanese state of Blue Nile seems likely to be the scene of the most violent military confrontation in Sudan for almost a decade. The Sa...
China's African Mischief - Yuriko Koike, Project Syndicate
Given China's Libyan duplicity, the world should now determine whether it is a country that obeys international rules only when doing so suits its interests....
Make Dictatorships Illegal - Mark Palmer & Patrick Glen, Washington Post
What the international community needs is a framework that makes clear such forms of governance are violating international law....
Sudan's Bloody War to Engulf Region Again - Peter Goodspeed, National Post
Sudan's military have used Antonov bombers and fighter jets in the region, along with thousands of ground troops equipped with armoured personnel carriers, battle tanks and towed...
Sudan's Widening Arc of Instability - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
American attention is focusing on developing South Sudan's oil wealth and infrastructure two months after the world's newest state declared its independence from Khartoum...
Is China Rethinking Non-Intervention? - Isabella Mroczkowski, China Power
Iran provides an interesting case study, as there are indications that a similar shift in Chinese posturing may be in the offing....
Serial Genocide in Sudan - Nina Shea, National Review
Ever since taking power, Bashir has waged total war against his own people....
A New Genocide Brewing in Sudan - Eric Reeves, Christian Science Monitor
Yet again, Sudan shows all the signs of accelerating genocide, this time on its southern border....
The Nuba Mountains War Isn't Going Away - Julie Flint, Daily Star
One thing is clear about the new war in the Nuba Mountains region of South Kordofan, the first war of the shrunken Republic of Sudan presided over by President Omar al-Bashir: No...
About Sudan
- Republic of Sudan
- Population: 39,379,000 (33rd)
- Area Size: 967,495 sq mi (10th)
- GDP: $46.23 billion (65th)
- Currency: Sudanese Pound (SDG)
- Official Language: Arabic & English
- Capital City: Khartoum
- Largest City: Omdurman
Sudan Prosperity Rank: 105 |
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