Cyprus detains 'Sudan arms ship'
Cyprus detains a Sudan-bound ship carrying military equipment while inspectors check its cargo does not breach arms embargos.
2010. June 22. 15:27
Floods swamp south Sudan region [BBC NEWS] Sept. 1. Some 57,000 people have been forced from their homes because of dramatic floods in south-western Sudan over the past month, officials say. South Sudan to end child soldiers [BBC NEWS] Aug. 31. The army in south Sudan pledges to demobilise all child soldiers by the end of the year. South Sudan plans mass return [BBC NEWS] Aug. 24. South Sudan's government prepares to repatriate some 1.5 million people from the north and Egypt ahead of the 2011 referendum on independence. Sudan suspends BBC Arabic radio [BBC NEWS] Aug. 9. Sudan halts BBC Arabic broadcasts on FM radio stations in four northern cities, including the capital Khartoum. Cross-dressers flogged in Sudan [BBC NEWS] Aug. 4. A group of men are flogged in Sudan after a court rules they broke strict moral codes by dressing and dancing in a "womanly" way. Sudan to monitor UN peacekeepers [BBC NEWS] Aug. 1. Sudan says UN peacekeepers in Darfur must inform the government of all travel plans, insisting they have failed to stop violence at refugee camps. Bashir's party doubts Sudan vote [BBC NEWS] Jul. 29. President Bashir's NCP says the referendum on south Sudan's secession cannot happen until the internal border is decided. Sudan leader ignores arrest calls [BBC NEWS] Jul. 21. Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir arrives in Chad for a landmark visit, his first trip to a country required to arrest him for war crimes. Sudan dissent 'brutally quelled' [BBC NEWS] Jul. 19. Sudan's security services are accused of a campaign of violence and intimidation against anyone expressing opposition to the government of President Omar al-Bashir. Churches call for Sudan to split [BBC NEWS] Jul. 14. Religious leaders in south Sudan have called on people to vote for independence in a referendum to be held January next year. Sudan releases opposition leader [BBC NEWS] Jun. 30. Sudanese authorities release Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi after six weeks in detention, his secretary says. Sudan to close border with Libya [BBC NEWS] Jun. 29. Sudan announces it is closing its border with Libya to protect travellers from attack by Darfur rebels.
