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People who fled fighting in South Sudan are seen walking at sunset on arrival at Bidi Bidi refugee resettlement camp near the border with South Sudan, in Yumbe district, northern Uganda December 7, 2016. REUTERS/James Akena/File Photo

Sudan: SPLM Releases 125 Prisoners of War

by Ahmed Younes and Mustafa Sirri | Mar 6, 2017 | World

Khartoum, London – Sudan People’s Liberation Movement announced it has freed 132 prisoners of war it had captured while fighting with government forces in Blue Nile and South Kordofan in 2011. Sudanese army said that only 125 persons have been freed, but it...

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Members of the Justice and Equality Movement, a rebel group in Sudan’s Darfur conflict. (AFP/Getty Images)

Sudanese rebels call for no-fly zone over South Kordofan

by Mustafa Sirri | Jun 21, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudan’s armed opposition have called on the international community to establish a no-fly zone over South Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur to protect civilians. This comes after the Sudanese air force allegedly bombed a Doctors Without Borders...

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SPLA-N fighters practice with an anti-tank cannon near Jebel Kwo village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan. (Reuters)

Sudan, SPLM exchange accusations of targeting civilians

by Mustafa Sirri | Nov 30, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Sudanese government and insurgents exchanged accusations that the other side has been targeting civilians in South Kordofan following unrest in the region this week. At least 24 were killed and 30 injured after the Sudanese military shelled...

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Political prisoners from Kober prison in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, speak to the press following their release in the early hours of April 2, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ASHRAF SHAZLY

Sudan’s Bashir Orders Release of All Political Prisoners

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 2, 2013 | World

Khartoum, Reuters—Sudan’s President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir on Monday ordered the release of all political prisoners, a move cautiously welcomed by the opposition in the tightly-controlled African country. The announcement comes after Sudan and South Sudan agreed...

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Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha gestures as he speaks during a press conference in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on March 26, 2013. (AFP)

SPLM-N Rejects Vice President’s Offer for Negotiations

by Mustafa Sirri | Mar 31, 2013 | World

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Northern Sector of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) has rejected an offer of negotiations by the Sudanese First Vice President, Ali Othman Taha. The group has instead opted to hold negotiations with the Sudanese...