Sudan:   Bashir Invites Opposition to Join Govt as Referendum Nears

Sudan Tribune, 1 January 2011

The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir on Friday reversed defiant remarks he made earlier this week and called on opposition to join his government as the country inches… Read more »

Sudan:   UN Envoy Lauds Courage of Both Sides Ahead of Independence Vote in South

UN News, 31 December 2010

The top United Nations official in Sudan today praised the leaders of both North and South for their close cooperation ahead of the southern region's referendum on independence,… Read more »

Sudan:   Roman Catholic Bishop of Juba Calls for Separation of South

Sudan Tribune, 25 December 2010

The Archbishop of Southern Sudan Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro threw his weight today behind the calls for making the semi-autonomous region fully independent in the vote that… Read more »

Sudan:   South Set to Go Leaving the North to Settle Its National Identity Crisis

Sudan Tribune, 26 December 2010

The people of south Sudan following their long struggles for nationhood where they fought deadly wars with the successive Arab and Muslim dominated governments of Khartoum are now… Read more »

East Africa:   Sudan Referendum Important to EAC

New Vision, 22 December 2010

ON December 20 two notable newspapers carried the following headlines: "Museveni, Kiir discuss new dam on R. Nile" and Museveni and Salva Kiir to discuss Sudan referendum". Read more »

Sudan:   African Union Calls for Large Numbers of Referendum Observers

Sudan Tribune, 22 December 2010

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (PSC-AU) requested the AU Commission to take all necessary measures to dispatch as large as possible team of observers to… Read more »

Sudan:   Thousands Heading Back Ahead of Independence Vote - UN

UN News, 21 December 2010

With the referendum on independence for Southern Sudan just weeks away, the United Nations refugee agency reported today that thousands of southerners living in the north are… Read more »

Sudan:   The South - New Look of a New Nation

Sudan Tribune, 17 December 2010

In four weeks time, the South of the Sudan will know its long awaited political destiny. People there shall vote on January 9 2011 (22 days from today) and results are expected to… Read more »

Sudan:   South's Post-Secession Options of Governance - Lessons And Experiences

Sudan Tribune, 16 December 2010

This is an attempt to expose views, which are helpful in policy-making in Southern Sudan to enable decision-makers plan for good future of the newly emerging state. I am not sure… Read more »

Sudan:   Over 55,000 Southerners Return to South Ahead of Referendum

Sudan Tribune, 15 December 2010

The deputy representative of United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Southern Sudan, Mireille Girard, Sudan told Sudan Tribune on Wednesday that over 55,000 Southern Sudanese have… Read more »

Sudan:  Independence Ballot Will Begin Challenging Era

allAfrica, 9 December 2010

Five years ago last October, an agreement between Sudan's mostly Muslim north and largely Christian south formally ended a 22-year civil war that killed an estimated two million… Read more »

Sudan:  Church Leaders Urge International Action to Avert War

allAfrica, 9 December 2010

As the impoverished people of oil-rich southern Sudan prepare to vote on their future in a 9 January referendum, fears are rising that the expected vote for independence will not… Read more »

Sudan:  Church Envoy Pushes Peace in African, World Capitals

allAfrica, 9 December 2010

The Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia of Kenya, immediate past General Secretary of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches, has been relentlessly urging African and world leaders… Read more »