Los Angeles Times
September 30, 2008
The Ukrainian vessel’s cargo was headed for Kenya, according to that country and Ukraine. But U.S. officials and others suspect southern Sudan’s fledgling army was to receive the tanks.
Edmund Sanders
NOTE: Original has useful links to additional informtion.
NAIROBI, KENYA — This time it’s the booty, not the pirates, that everyone’s [...]
Category Archives: Sudan
Where were Russian tanks destined on ship hijacked off Somalia?
October 1, 2008 – 7:07 am
Eritrean opposition condemns refugees’ deportation by Sudan
September 26, 2008 – 7:59 pm
Sudan Tribune, France
September 25, 2008
Tefsa-alem Tekle
September 24, 2008 (ADDIS ABABA) — After Sudanese Authorities deport some 80 Eritrean asylum seekers last week, Addis Ababa based Eritrean opposition, Democratic Movement for the liberation of Eritrean Kunama (DMLEK) condemn the action saying as “irresponsible action”.
Sudanese authorities deported around 80 Eritrean asylum seekers to Eritrea. Sources say Sixty-four [...]
Sudanese defense minister arrives in Ethiopia for talks
August 17, 2008 – 10:13 am
APA
August 15, 2008
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Sudanese Defense Minister Lieutenant General Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein arrived in Addis Ababa on Thursday to hold talks with Ethiopian authorities.
Hussein arrived in Ethiopia when the country was preparing to send hundreds of its soldiers as peacekeepers to the joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur.
He met with Prime Minister Meles [...]
Eritrea says ICC accusations against Sudan president are an “insult”
July 24, 2008 – 9:06 am
Sudan Tribune, France
July 22, 2008
The Eritrean government has rejected accusations by the prosecutor of the international Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudanese president, Omer al-Bashir describing it as an “insult”.
On Monday July 14, The ICC’s prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked pre-trial judges to issue arrest warrants for Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Ocampo filed 10 charges: [...]
Ethiopia to work with Sudan on border security
July 12, 2008 – 8:18 am
Reuters
Fri 11 Jul 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia and Sudan will strengthen ways of resolving “minor” border clashes after Sudan said Ethiopian troops attacked a Sudanese army camp and killed about 19 people, Ethiopian state media said on Friday.
Sudan’s military said the attack happened on Monday in the Jabel Hantub area of Sennar state. Ethiopian officials [...]
UN Report to Security Council from Monitoring Group on Somalia
July 11, 2008 – 8:40 am
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Report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia, Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1766 (2007)
April 28, 2008
S/2008/274
Ethiopia denies attacking Sudanese police base
July 9, 2008 – 7:28 pm
AFP, France
July 9, 2008
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia on Wednesday denied Sudanese accusations it had launched a cross-border attack against a police base killing 19 people.
“This simply isn’t true,” Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s spokesman, Berekat Simon, told AFP.
On Tuesday, Sudan’s army spokesman claimed Ethiopian forces had attacked a police base 17 kilometres (11 miles) inside [...]
Ethiopian army occupies Mount Hantub in Sudan - statement
July 9, 2008 – 6:41 am
Borglobe, Sudan
Tuesday, 07 July 2008
KHARTOUM The Sudanese army announced Monday evening that the Ethiopian army has occupied Mount Hantub, 17 kilometers inside Sudanese territory.
Army spokesman Othman Mohammad Al-Agbash said that the Ethiopian army has attack Mount Hantub this morning and occupied the area, revealing the attack resulted in the death of several policemen [...]
Tension grows along Sudan-Ethiopia border
July 8, 2008 – 6:51 am
Sudan Tribune, France
July 7, 2008
Tuesday 8 July 2008
(KHARTOUM) – A row has erupted between the Khartoum and Addis Ababa following the defection of an Ethiopian official to Sudan.
The governor of Asosa town in Western Ethiopia Ahmed Khalifa fled to the capital city of Damazin in the Blue Nile state for unknown reasons, according to the [...]
Sudan says Ethiopia attacked military base
July 8, 2008 – 6:50 am
Reuters
Tue 8 Jul 2008
KHARTOUM - Sudan’s army accused Ethiopian troops on Tuesday of attacking a military camp in northern Sudan and killing about 19 people.
Ethiopian officials were not immediately able to comment on the attack which Sudan’s army spokesman said happened early on Monday in the Jabel Hantub area of Sennar state.
“They hit a camp [...]
