Tag: Sudan
Sokoto to sponsor 164 students to Sudan
The Sokoto State Government said on Saturday that it had approved N331.63 million for the sponsorship of 164 medical and…
Cameron condemns Sudanese death sentence
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday he was “appalled” by the “barbaric” death sentence given to a Sudanese woman…
Woman ordered to hang for renouncing Islam ‘gives birth in jail’
A Christian Sudanese woman, sentenced to hang for apostasy in a case that has sparked international outcry, has given birth…
Peacekeeper killed, three wounded in Darfur
A Rwandan peacekeeper was killed and three others were wounded in a gunbattle Saturday after trying to mediate a tribal…
Sudan judge sentences woman to death for converting from Islam to Christianity
A Sudanese judge on Thursday sentenced a Christian woman to hang for apostasy, despite appeals by Western embassies for compassion…
Ogwuche, fleeing Nyanya bomber arrested in Sudan
Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, one of the two suspects declared wanted on Monday by the State Security Service in connection with…
Banks sever transactions with Sudan
Major European and Saudi banks have stopped dealing with Sudan, diplomatic and other sources say, adding to the sanctions-hit country’s…
AU sets deadline for Sudan peace deal
Sudan’s government and rebels in war-torn Blue Nile and South Kordofan states have until April 30 to reach a peace…
Sudan’s Bashir names two new vice presidents
KHARTOUM (AFP) – Sudan’s ruling party on Sunday named as senior vice president a man once dubbed a “sinister” defender…
400 Nigerian Policemen On UN Mission To Liberia, Sudan
Four hundred Nigerian policemen left Nigeria today on United Nations peace mission to Sudan and Liberia. The cops were from…
Sudan marchers want Al Bashir overthrown
About 1,000 people marched in the Sudanese capital calling for the overthrow of the government of President Omar Al Bashir,…
Protests in Sudan over fuel price hikes
Sudanese demonstrators angry over oil price hikes set fire to the ruling party’s headquarters in the capital’s twin city of…
Fugitive Sudanese leader scurries out of Nigeria
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has scurried out of Nigeria with the International Criminal Court demanding his arrest, but Sudanese officials…
Presidency: Why Nigeria can’t stop Sudan’s al-Bashir
Nigeria’s presidency on Monday defended welcoming Sudan President Omar al-Bashir to the country for an African Union health summit despite…
ICC indicted Sudan’s Bashir heads to Nigeria for AIDS talks
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir travelled on Sunday to a health summit in Nigeria, official media said, after Human Rights Watch…