TEHRAN, December 28 - Authorities in Sudan have arrested at least nine opposition leaders and activists, a group of civil society groups said on Friday, ahead of fresh anti-government protests expected after weekly Muslim prayers.
TEHRAN, December 27 - Egypt's foreign minister and intelligence chief visited Khartoum Thursday for talks with Sudanese government officials facing deadly protests and calls for President Omar al-Bashir to step down over price hikes.
TEHRAN, December 27 -An independent union of Sudanese journalists launched a strike Thursday in support of "legitimate" popular demands for freedom and democracy, the latest in a series of work stoppages and protests calling for longtime President Omar Bashir to step down.
TEHRAN, December 24 - Fans at a soccer match in Sudan's capital chanted slogans demanding President Omar Bashir step down and later clashed with police in the Khartoum suburb of Omdurman, according to activists and video clips posted online.
TEHRAN, December 23 -Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani called Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday to express his support for Sudan after days of anti-government protests, Bashir’s office said in a statement.
TEHRAN, December 17 -Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Syria’s capital of Damascus on Sunday in the first such visit by an Arab leader since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011.
TEHRAN, December 09 - At least seven local government officials were killed in a helicopter crash in Sudan's eastern al-Qadarif state on Sunday, state news agency SUNA reported.
TEHRAN, November 11 - The spokesman of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah Movement called on the Sudanese government to end participation in the Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen.
TEHRAN, November 02 - Amnesty International is urging the Sudanese government to halt what it describes as "relentless harassment, intimidation and censorship of journalists."
TEHRAN, September 14 - Sudan's ruling party unveiled a new 21-member cabinet Thursday after President Omar al-Bashir sacked the previous government for failing to tackle a growing economic crisis.
TEHRAN, September 10 - Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has dissolved the government and appointed a new prime minister in a move aimed at fixing the country’s ailing economy.
TEHRAN, August 16 - At least 21 students have drowned in the Nile in Sudan after their boat capsized, the country's state-run news agency has reported.
TEHRAN, August 15 - The state news agency SUNA reported that the small boat went down around 750 kilometers (470 miles) north of the capital Khartoum on Wednesday morning while it was crossing the river to a school in the village of Kabna.
TEHRAN, August 5 -South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his archfoe Riek Machar, the leader of the main rebel group in the African country, have signed a final power-sharing deal in an attempt to end a bloody civil war that engulfed the youngest nation in the world during the past five years.
TEHRAN, July 25 - South Sudan’s government and the main rebel group have inked a preliminary power-sharing agreement that reinstates rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, in an attempt to end a five-year civil war.
TEHRAN, July 10 - The United Nations human rights agency says at least 232 civilians have lost their lives and 120 women and girls raped this spring during attacks launched by South Sudan government soldiers and their allied forces in opposition-held rural areas.
TEHRAN, July 01 -The African Union (AU) has called for action regarding the situation in South Sudan, where a recent ceasefire agreement between feuding parties collapsed soon after it was reached.