Omar al-Beshir

08/05/2012

African press review 8 May 2012

The kwacha takes a tumble. SA's manufactiring loses its edge. The Swazi king's wife leaves, claiming emotional and physical abuse.

21/12/2011 - Kenya

Kenya-Sudan relations on hold as court backs Beshir arrest warrant

The Kenyan government on Tuesday saw its hopes of restoring diplomatic and trade ties with Sudan knocked back after the Court of Appeal in Nairobi declined to quash an arrest warrant against ...

05/10/2011 - Sudan - SPLM-N interview

Beshir risks new Sudan civil war, says SPLM-N chief

Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir could start a new civil war in Sudan, says Yasser Arman, the secretary general of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement’s northern branch (SPLM-N).

08/07/2011 - South - Africa - Sudan - South Sudan - report

Zuma to raise Sudan violence en route to South Sudan independence ceremony

South African President Jacob Zuma was set to raise his country’s concerns about violence in Darfur, South Kordofan and Abyei in a meeting with his

22/05/2011 - Sudan

Clashes on Sudan north-south border raise fear of civil war

South Sudan has warned the north's ‘illegal occupation’ of Abyei risks tipping the country back to full-scale civil war.

06/05/2011 - Sudan - Hassan al Turabi interview

Bin Laden burial at sea offensive, Sudanese Islamist Turabi says

Sudanese opposition leader, Hassan al-Turabi, has slammed the US military for burying Osama bin Laden at sea and compared the al Qaeda leader to Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara.

19/03/2011 - Syria

Syrian police fire teargas at protester funerals

Several people were wounded when Syrian security forces fired tear gas at mourners who had gathered to bury two protesters killed Friday in the southern city of Daraa. The government has formed a committee to investigate the deaths