Sudanese security officials arrested opposition leader Hassan al Turabi after he urged President Omar al Bashir to surrender to the International Criminal Court. In 1990 Turabi invited Osama bin Laden to base his operations in Sudan; bin Laden and al Qaeda remained in Sudan until 1996. Turabi has also supported Hezbollah and the Abu Nidal […]
Sudan Arrests Militia Chief Facing Trial
The US warned that al Qaeda in the Land of the Two Niles threatened to attack US citizens and allies in Sudan. Embassy officials warned staff against using a Khartoum cafe popular with Westerners and wealthy Sudanese. Sudan denies al Qaeda has a presence in the country.
Sudan ‘retakes’ rebel strongholds
Sudan hijackers surrender in Libya
Sudanese jet hijackers want to fly to Paris
A man holding a knife hijacked a plane carrying more than 100 people. The plane left from Sudan’s troubled Darfur region and was diverted to Libya. Libyan aviation officials confirmed that the plane landed in Kufra, in a southern desert area close to the Sudanese border. Two senior commanders from different Darfur rebel factions, which […]
Sudan launches major offensive in Darfur
ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan’s President with Genocide
Sudanese government backed Darfur attacks, says Janjaweed commander
Sudan president in dock over Darfur
Darfur militia ambush kills 7 peacekeepers
Bin Laden host Hassan al-Turabi held after rebel raid on Khartoum
Sudan bombs Darfur school and market, 13 killed
Sudan troops clash with EU Force
Major Jihadi Cleric and Author of Al-Qaeda’s Shari’a Guide to Jihad Sayyed Imam vs. Al-Qaeda
Militia kill 21 in West Darfur-residents, rebels
Janjaweed leader to advise Sudanese regime – Telegraph
A group called Ansar al Tawhid, or the Partisans of Monotheism, claimed responsibility for the murder of an American diplomat and his driver on New Year’s Day in Khartoum. “The soldiers of monotheism carried out their operation in killing the U.S. diplomat John Micahel Granville and his Sudanese driver, who sold his faith for nothing […]
US investigators heading to Sudan to probe shooting
Gunman kills US diplomat, driver in Sudan
Bin Laden Message Urges Holy War In Darfur
Sudan delaying peacekeepers with red tape: UN
Darfur town razed after peacekeeper raid
Ethiopia pledges 5,000 peacekeepers to Darfur
African Union peacekeepers outnumbered, outgunned in Darfur: commander
Al Qaeda’s Infiltration of Sudan – The Result of Preaching to Jihad by the Sudanese Government
Over 1,000 rebel troops were responsible for overrunning the African Union peacekeeper Haskanita base. Over 150 AU troops manned the base, 10 were killed, and 20 are still missing as Sudanese troops took up positions to guard the relief effort. Senegal threatened to withdraw its troops from Darfur after the incident.
The African Union’s Haskanita peacekeeper base in Darfur was attacked. Up to 10 AU troops were killed and seven wounded. Over 40 troops may be missing. The government and Darfur rebels blamed each other for the attack. Al Qaeda’s Ayman al Zawahiri called for attacks on AU troops on September 20.