Former Sudanese president Nimeiry dies at 79

September 30th, 2009 Report: Sudanese refugees face rape daily in ChadNAIROBI, Kenya — Women and girls who fled the fighting in Darfur face rape and other violence daily in eastern Chad, even inside the very refugee camps where they have sought sanctuary, according to a report released Wednesday. The Amnesty International report says the women and girls are attacked by villagers living nearby, members of the Chadian army and aid workers in the camps.

August 13th, 2009 Sudanese who killed American spared death sentenceKHARTOUM, Sudan — An appeals court commuted the death sentences for four men convicted of killing an American diplomat and his Sudanese driver after the driver's family decided to pardon the murderers, a news agency reported Thursday. Sudanese law stipulates that if a victim's family chooses to pardon the murderer, the person cannot be sentenced to death and the prison term cannot exceed 10 years.

August 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A Sudanese female journalist who faces up to 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public says she is not afraid of being flogged, and dared Islamic judges to have her whipped for the crime. Lubna Hussein is due to go on trial on Tuesday charged with dressing indecently in public.

July 13th, 2009 Sudanese women flogged for wearing trousersCAIRO — Sudanese police arrested 13 women in a raid on a cafe and flogged 10 of them in public for wearing trousers in violation of the country's strict Islamic law, one of those arrested said Monday. The 13 women were at a cafe in the capital, Khartoum, when they were detained Friday by officers from the public order police, which enforces the implementation of Sharia law in public places.

July 6th, 2009 Former Defense Secretary McNamara diesWASHINGTON — Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara died Monday, according to his wife.

June 24th, 2009 Sudan: 4 sentenced to die for US diplomat killingKHARTOUM, Sudan — A Sudanese court convicted five people Wednesday in the slaying of an American diplomat last year and sentenced four of them to death. Gunmen firing from a car killed John Granville and his Sudanese driver on Jan.

May 25th, 2009 KHARTOUM - At least 20 Sudanese soldiers and 43 insurgents have been killed in fighting in the restive Darfur region, as rebels fought a pitched battle with the security forces before being crushed, leaving more than 300 people homeless, officials said Monday. The fighting started Sunday after the armed rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) group attacked the government soldiers to gain control of the Umm Baru area in North Darfur State.

May 10th, 2009 Chad president lacks confidence in AUN'DJAMENA, Chad — President Idriss Deby said on Saturday Chad lacks confidence in the African Union's ability to resolve the crisis with Sudan, the first time an African leader is questioning the body's authority in its six-year history. Deby's statement comes after the army fought with Chadian rebels in eastern Chad Thursday and Friday, battles during which the government says 225 rebels were killed and 22 soldiers.

May 8th, 2009 Sudan: American aid groups considered for DarfurKHARTOUM, Sudan — The Sudanese government said Thursday that it would consider applications from American aid organizations to replace more than a dozen groups that were expelled from Darfur earlier this year. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir expelled 13 international aid groups and three local ones in March after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

April 27th, 2009 5 US lawmakers, others arrested at Darfur protestWASHINGTON — Five members of Congress have been arrested while protesting the expulsion of aid groups from Darfur in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington. They were among eight people led away in handcuffs Monday after crossing a police line.

April 27th, 2009 Sudanese seek answers in Maine police shootingPORTLAND, Maine — Police officials met with members of the city's Sudanese community to try to calm fears after police officers shot and killed an armed 26-year-old Sudanese man, the second violent death of a Sudanese immigrant in seven months. Two Portland officers fired multiple shots at the man Saturday night when he reached into his waistband and brandished a gun, police said.

April 27th, 2009 2 US lawmakers, others arrested at Darfur protestWASHINGTON — Eight activists protesting the expulsion of aid groups in Darfur have been arrested in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington. Humanitarian leaders and U.S.

April 23rd, 2009 Paris talks don't budge Sudan on aid groupsPARIS — French and British negotiators failed at talks this week to persuade Sudan to allow expelled aid groups back into Darfur, officials said Thursday. "These NGOs are not going to be let back into Sudan," Nafie Ali Nafie, adviser to President Omar al-Bashir on Darfur issues, said on France-24 television Thursday.

April 21st, 2009 NY judge frees up money for Cole victims' kinRICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge in New York has unfrozen more than $13 million from Sudanese bank accounts to compensate the families of the 17 sailors killed in the attack on the USS Cole.

April 14th, 2009 NAIROBI/KHARTOUM - Nine men from the restive Sudanese province of Darfur have been hanged for the beheading of a prominent newspaper editor, media reports said Tuesday. Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, editor of al-Wifaq newspaper, was kidnapped from his home in 2006.