Topic: Blue Nile State
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George Clooney: Village burnings in Sudan are 'a war crime'
George Clooney, co-founder of the Satellite Sentinel Project, which monitors acts of war in Sudan and South Sudan, said that the recent village burnings that took place in the region are 'a crime against humanity.'
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Sudanese rebels shell southern city during visit by defense minister
Rebels shelled Kadugli, a major oil-producing city in south Sudan as the defense minister was addressing worshipers during a prayer service. It was the fourth shelling of Kadugli this month.
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Sudan and South Sudan strike 'partial peace' deal
Though analysts call the peace deal between Sudan and South Sudan 'partial,' President Obama praised the move, calling it an 'important step' away from conflict.
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Sudan allows aid into border areas after oil deal struck with South Sudan
The border areas are facing an impending famine. An oil transit fee deal between Sudan and South Sudan is a move toward ending conflict between the two nations.
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Opinion: Vast humanitarian crisis in Sudan – again
Hillary Rodham Clinton's brief visit to South Sudan provided an opportunity for the United States to show leadership in countering a vast humanitarian crisis in the border region between Sudan and South Sudan. Once again, the world is looking away.
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Africa Monitor
Why do the Sudanese protests get so little news coverage?The Bashir administration's hold on power is precarious. But you won't see that story on TV news or your newspaper's front page.
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Africa Monitor
United States' new sub-Saharan African plan: trade not aidThe Obama administration is signalling that the US is changing the way it does the aid business, promoting bilateral trade rather than one-way grants and loans.
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Keep Calm
Rains cool off war in South Sudan (+video)The six month rainy season gives time for Sudan and South Sudan to make progress in resolving differences. But the wet weather will strain the sanitation systems in refugee camps.
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Keep Calm
Fighting continues between Sudan and South Sudan, as economies collapseAt this time last year, South Sudan was preparing to become Africa's newest nation. Now the dispute between South Sudan and Sudan may turn both into the latest failed states.
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Keep Calm
UN Security Council prods Sudan and South Sudan back to talksThe UN Security Council voted to impose economic sanctions on Sudan and South Sudan if they don't stop fighting immediately and restart mediation over oil revenues and borders.
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Terrorism & Security
Amid dispute over oil, Sudan bombs South Sudanese towns (+video)When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan, it took three quarters of the formerly united country's oil, which has since been a source of tension and conflict.
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Sudan vows quick response to South's oil field occupation
The government in Khartoum says they will not stand by after an oil field was occupied by South Sudanese forces.
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Africa Monitor
New censorship strategy in SudanSudanese authorities have a long history of closing newspapers and silencing journalists, but the government is now pushing papers out of business by targeting their sales, writes a guest blogger.
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Will new talks between Sudan and South Sudan end oil dispute?
In January, South Sudan cut off oil production, accusing its northern neighbor of stealing its oil. Now the African Union is aiming to settle things down.
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29 Chinese kidnapped workers held in Sudan released (+video)
Twenty-nine Chinese workers abducted by rebels in Sudan more than a week ago have been released, state media said.
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Africa Monitor
The UN standard to prevent genocide, 10 years laterTen years after the UN created the 'Responsibility to Protect,' standard still stymied by politics and competing interests.
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Ethiopia's 'grand dam' rouses citizens, dismays critics
In April, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi announced plans to build Africa's largest hydropower plant along the Blue Nile river. The project is popular, but lack of transparency is a concern.
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Africa Monitor
Sudan, South Sudan take step toward resolving border and oil disputesSudan and South Sudan's leaders met this weekend to begin addressing disputes that have spurred violence in the tense border region.
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Africa Monitor
Egypt's new leadership more inclined to share resources with EthiopiaEgypt and Ethiopia used to be at odds over shared usage of the Nile River's water resources, but Egypt's new leadership seems to prefer cooperation.
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Sudanese government cracks down on remaining southern sympathizersDespite hopes of pluralism, Sudan's government is cracking down on Sudan People's Liberation Movement members who stayed behind when South Sudan seceded.
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Africa Monitor
North Sudan's post-independence conflict spreads to Blue Nile stateThe leader of the northern arm of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement says the growing conflict is "about democracy and transformation," not land.
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Africa Monitor
Fighting rages in Sudan's Southern KordofanClashes have centered around the state capital, as northern artillery hit the southern army's positions. North and south were to jointly run the state until a vote to determine future leadership.
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Northern Sudan tells UN peacekeepers their time is upKhartoum says that the mission of the UN peacekeepers in Sudan will be finished when South Sudan becomes independent on July 9.
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Africa Monitor
As Sudan referendum nears, the south isn't only place facing changesWhile the referendum portends huge changes for South Sudan, which is likely to become independent, it will also bring political changes to the north, including a possible return to sharia law.
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Africa Monitor
Ban Ki-moon tells Sudanese political groups to not risk stalling South Sudan referendumUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to work through political differences so the negotiations ahead of the south Sudan referendum could begin.
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