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Sudan

Civil Rights Financial International 

Human Rights

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 BRIEF
banks, Class Action, human rights, New York, refugees, Sudan

A group of Sudanese refugees have sufficiently alleged that BNP Paribas cooperated with the Sudanese regime and knew or should have known that it was contributing to the regime’s human rights abuses, a federal court in New York ruled, finding the refugees may pursue some of their claims against the French bank.

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International Politics 

Sudan Says It Signs Deal on Normalizing Ties With Israel

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Diplomacy, Israel, Sudan, Trump administration

Sudan on Wednesday said it had signed an agreement with the United States that paves the way for the cash-strapped African nation to normalize relations with Israel.

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Criminal Government International Politics 

US Jettisons Sudan From Sponsor-of-Terror Blacklist

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 ALEXANDRA JONES
Diplomacy, Israel, Sudan, Terrorism, Trump administration

The Trump administration took Sudan off a federal terrorism blacklist Monday, less than two months after the country agreed to normalize its relations with Israel.

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International 

Sudan Braces for up to 200,000 Fleeing Ethiopia Fighting

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sudan

Up to 200,000 refugees could pour into Sudan while fleeing the deadly conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, officials say, while the first details are emerging of largely cut-off civilians under growing strain.

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Government International Politics 

Normalizing Relations with Israel, Sudan to Move Off US Terror List

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 ADAM KLASFELD
Sudan, Terrorism, Trump administration

The White House quoted the president on Friday as having told Congress he will formally remove Sudan from the list of U.S. state sponsors of terrorism in exchange for the country paying up $335 million to victims.

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Government International Trials 

Sudan Trial Defense Rejects Case Against Ousted Bashir

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coup, International Criminal Court, military, Sudan, war crimes

The trial of Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir and others over a 1989 coup heard defense arguments Tuesday dismissing charges of illegal use of military force.

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Government International 

Trump Says Sudan to Be Removed From Terrorism List

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sudan, Terrorism, Trump administration

President Donald Trump on Monday said Sudan will be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism if it follows through on its pledge to pay $335 million to American terror victims and their families.

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Criminal International 

International Court Appeals Judges Uphold Detention of Darfur Suspect

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
crimes against humanity, detainees, International Criminal Court, Sudan, war crimes

Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court upheld Thursday the detention of an alleged Sudanese militia leader charged with more than 50 crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Darfur conflict.

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Health International 

Sudan’s ‘Silent Death’ From Flesh-Eating Cuts

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, diseases, Sudan

It seemed little to worry about: Sudanese farmer Khadija Ahmad was planting onions when she stepped on a thorn that pierced her sandal and cut her foot.

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Environment International Science 

Sudan Floods Threaten Ancient Archaeological Gem

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
floods, history, Sudan

Rising Nile floodwaters are threatening to swamp an ancient archaeological site in Sudan, after some of the highest ever recorded river levels, archaeologists said Monday.

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Health International Science 

UN Says New Polio Outbreak in Sudan Caused by Oral Vaccine

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, diseases, Sudan, United Nations, vaccines

The World Health Organization says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad — a week after the U.N. health agency declared the African continent free of the wild polio virus.

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Arts International 

Gold-Hunting Diggers Destroy Sudan’s Priceless Past

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, Gold, history, Sudan

Sudan is Africa’s third largest producer of gold, after South Africa and Ghana, with commercial mining bringing in $1.22 billion to the government last year.

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International Politics 

Sudan Inks Provisional Peace Deal With SPLM-N Rebels

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Sudan, treaty

Sudan’s transitional government has signed a provisional peace deal with a leading rebel group that foresees its fighters being integrated into the army by November 2023, ending decades of conflict.

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Business Government International 

Peanut Traders Baffled by Sudan Export Ban on Key Cash Crop

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Agriculture, exports, food, Sudan, Trade

Sudan has been a top producer of peanuts for so long that the nutritious variety is called the “Sudani” — but a government export ban has left traders reeling.

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Criminal International Politics 

Sudan’s Ousted Strongman Bashir on Trial for His Life

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coup, Sudan

Sudan’s former Ppresident Omar al-Bashir, ousted in a popular pro-democracy uprising last year, went on trial Tuesday for the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago.

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Criminal Government International 

Militia Leader Hauled Before Hague Court Denies War Crimes

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
Africa, crimes against humanity, International Criminal Court, Sudan, war crimes

Making his first appearance Monday at the International Criminal Court, a former Sudanese Janjaweed militia leader disputed the 50 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity he faces.

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Appeals Civil Rights Criminal International 

Justices Reinstate Punitive Damages for Embassy Bomb Victims

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 MEGAN MINEIRO and TIM RYAN
Al-Qaida, Bombing, Embassies, Sudan, Terrorism, U.S. Supreme Court

Sudan owes more than $10 billion for sponsoring the simultaneous 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings by al-Qaida that killed 200 people in Kenya and Tanzania, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, refusing to eliminate punitive damages.

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Appeals Civil Rights Criminal Government International 

Embassy Bomb Victims Call on High Court to Reinstate Punitive Damages

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 TIM RYAN
Bombing, Embassies, immunity, punitive damages, Sudan, Terrorism, U.S. Supreme Court

Emphasizing the U.S. military response to Sudan for having supported a pair of embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, a lawyer for the victims argued Monday at the Supreme Court that punitive damages were appropriate.

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Appeals Civil Rights International 

Supreme Court Hears From Victims of Embassy Bombings

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Al-Qaida, Bombing, Embassies, Sudan, Terrorism, U.S. Supreme Court

Doreen Oport was pulled from the rubble of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1998 covered in blood. Her hair was burned from the bombing. Pieces of metal and glass were embedded in her skin.

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International 

UN Report: South Sudan’s Rival Sides Are Starving Civilians

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, children, military, poverty, Sudan, United Nations

South Sudanese officials have diverted millions of dollars of state funds that are badly needed by civilians as the country staggers away from civil war, a United Nations commission said Thursday, and it accused rival fighters of deliberately starving people for strategic gain.

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