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- WITNESS: Battling to borrow money in sanctions-hit Sudan
(Reuters)
Reuters - Andrew Heavens is a reporter and photographer who has worked with Reuters since 2005, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and now Khartoum, Sudan. His African career followed 10 years of reporting for newspapers in Britain and the United States. In the following story, he recounts his experience of U.S. economic sanctions on the country whose president Omar Hassan al-Bashir is accused of masterminding human rights abuses in Darfur.
- Sudan searching for kidnappers in Darfur: official
KHARTOUM, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese security forces were searching for kidnappers who took two foreign aid workers in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur, a Sudanese official said on Saturday. 'The operation of searching for the kidnappers is
- Sadomba: From Maputo to Sudan overnight
ZIMBABWE international striker Edward Sadomba last night spoke of his shock at ending up at Sudanese giants Al Hilal when a move to Greece appeared done and dusted. The former Dynamos forward last week joined the Sudanese giants from South African
- Irish charity worker is kidnapped in Darfur
Fears are growing that an Irish aid worker kidnapped near Darfur was seized by an Islamist militia linked to the Sudanese regime, Irish government sources said last night. Sharon Commins is the fourth western hostage taken following the indictment for
- Sudan tries to free Irish hostage
The Sudanese government is attempting to secure the release of an Irish aid worker and her Ugandan colleague who were taken hostage by gunmen in the Darfur region of Sudan on Friday. Sudanese officials are said to be liaising with rebel groups and local
- UPDATE 1-Sudan police search for kidnapped aid workers
KHARTOUM, July 4 (Reuters) - Sudanese security services were searching on Saturday for two kidnapped female aid workers, one Ugandan and one Irish, taken from their compound in Darfur, said Irish humanitarian group Goal which employs the women. Armed men
- African move on Bashir dismissed
The African Union's decision not to help arrest Sudan's president will not affect the international court's work, its prosecutor says.
- Africa leaders want payment of ransoms made illegal (Reuters)
2:05 am US drone attack kills at least seven in Pakistan July 4, 2009, 12:49 am African leaders discuss new mandate for Somali force July 4, 2009, 2:53 am After deal on African Authority, summit mulls Sudan warrant July 4, 2009, 2:53 am U.S. drone kills
- Somalia, Iraq most dangerous places for minorities: NGO
LONDON - Somalia remains the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human rights group said Thursday. The five were in unchanged positions from last years Minority Rights Group
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