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Chinese, Russian arms fuel Darfur abuse: Amnesty
KHARTOUM — Chinese-made bullets and aircraft bought from Russia are used to commit rights violations in Sudan’s Darfur under an ineffective UN arms embargo, Amnesty International said on Thursday. The London-based rights watchdog aired similar concerns five years ago but its latest report comes after “a new wave of fighting”…
Sudan closer to war than peace with south: Bashir
Sudan is closer to war than peace with the breakaway state of South Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir said on national television on Friday, with a dispute over oil and other issues stoking tensions. “The climate now is closer to a climate of war than one of peace,” he said. Bashir…
S. Sudan threatens legal action over oil ‘theft’
South Sudan will take legal action against Sudan and any companies engaging in the “theft” of its oil exports, the country’s oil ministersaid on Friday. Stephen Dhieu Dau branded any sale of southern oil confiscated by Sudan “an illegal act,” in response to Khartoum’s announcement on Wednesday that it would take 23 percent of…
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