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A MURKY TALE

Several new twists have been added to the jumble of Sudanese projects revolving around Chevron's discoveries. Within the space of a few days the political-industrial-financial saga took on dimensions far beyond what would be considered normal for a country that [.

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COHEN AND SAHLOUL HEAD ON

In response to a certain number of reservations expressed over the deployment of US troops in Somalia (silence from Kenya, denunciation in Sudan, Ethiopia's call "not to harm the pride of the Somali people"), Herman Cohen, the United States deputy [.

AL FATEH ORAWA

Adviser to the Sudanese President on security matters, al Fateh Orawa is on his way to becoming the top man [...]

Iraq has pledge to aid Sudan develop its Unity, Higlig [...]

ALI AHMED SAHLOUL

The present Sudanese minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Ahmed Sahloul may be leaving for Geneva, Switzerland to represent the Khartoum [...]

ISLAMIC RADIO STATION IN PORT SUDAN

According to an Arab diplomatic source, the Khartoum authorities intend to set up a radio transmitter in Port Sudan with [...]

HERMAN COHEN

Some sources claim that the deputy secretary of State for [...]

According to Africa, Energy and Mining newsletter (Indigo Publications), French [...]

TOTAL SPURNS SALE

Although Khartoum has cast a covetous eye on a permit that Total operates in southern Sudan the French group has [...]

IMPORTANT AGREEMENT WITH IRAN

Ayatollah Mohamed Yazdi led a 32-member Iranian delegation on November 28 to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum to discuss "strategic cooperation" [...]

INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS

Four different intelligence services are operating concurrently in Sudan. The general security service is run by a military man, Assem [...]

NEW ARMY STRUCTURE

The Sudanese authorities are restructuring their armed forces around a hard core that will act like a kind of "Republican [...]

NASIR FACTION'S PEACE PLAN

The Nasir faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) led by Lam Akol and Riek Machar has announced its [...]

SEEKING SAUDI OPPOSITION STANCE

The former speaker in the constitutive assembly of Sudan from 1986 to 1989, and former Umma party representative in Washington [...]

JOHN GARANG

The Torit faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) has submitted to the Nigerian government, the mediator in the [...]

After several days of talks in Khartoum, on November 17, [...]

OPPOSITION DIVIDED

The Declaration of Cairo, made public on November 2, a sort of charter drawn up by the Sudanese opposition, has [...]

AL ZUBEIR MOHAMED SALEH

The vice-president of the Sudanese junta, Al Zubeir Mohamed Saleh visited Iraq last week, and met with his counterpart, Taha [...]

SAYEED AHMED HARDELLO

After lengthy diplomatic procedures between Khartoum and Sanaa, the former Sudanese ambassador to Yemen finally reached Sudan on November 11. [...]