Tag Archives: Sudan

Mani Martin for Bayimba International Festival

26 Apr 2013

Famed singer, Mani Martin has been selected to participate in the Bayimba International Festival in Uganda. He is the only Rwandan who will partake in the festival. The 6th edition ...

Lutembe, the threatened bird paradise

24 Apr 2013

A mixed flock of gulls make for interesting watching at the site. PHOTO/Matthias Mugisha

LUTEMBE – Numbering millions, they fly at once in patterns, blocking light from the sky. In a mind-boggling display, they land. In less than a minute, it is quiet again. ...

Sudan to host 2013 Cecafa/Kagame Cup

23 Apr 2013

The 2013 Kagame Cup will be held in Sudan from June 18 to July 2, the Council for East and Central African Football Association (Cecafa) has announced. Cecafa awarded Sudan ...

Zanzibar hosts Sudan peace talks

16 Apr 2013

Second Vice-President, Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi

Senior officers from Sudan and South Sudan (SS) have been meeting in Zanzibar in a fresh bid to defuse tensions over oil, territory and other disputes, with the Second Vice- ...

Sudan Darfur donor conference raises $3.6bn

8 Apr 2013

As many as two million people have been unable to return to their homes in Darfur

Donor countries have pledged $3.6bn (£2bn) for the development and reconstruction of Sudan’s Darfur region, to be paid over six years. The announcement was made at the end of a ...

Eastern Africa to have Standby Force by 2015

4 Apr 2013

Maj Gen Kamanzi (L) and Col. Kalimba are representing Rwanda at the meeting in Kampala. The New Times/ Gashegu Muramira.

Preparations are now ongoing to have a fully operational regional standby force to handle conflict resolution by the year 2015, regional military officials have said. The Eastern Africa Standby Force ...

Rwanda and Sudan sign cooperation pact

20 Mar 2013

Mushikiwabo (R) with her Sudanese counterpart, Ali Ahmed Karti, in Kigali during the opening. The New Times/ Timothy Kisambira.

Rwanda and the Republic of Sudan on Tuesday signed a five-year bilateral cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed by Foreign Affairs and Cooperation minister Louise Mushikiwabo and her Sudanese counterpart, ...

UN Official Commends Rwanda On Peace Building

20 Feb 2013

A top official at the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) has extolled Rwanda on peace building, saying the country is now a role model. The ...

Two French charity workers jailed in ‘false orphans’ case

12 Feb 2013

Two French charity workers have been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally trying to fly 103 African children from Chad to France in 2007. Eric Breteau, who founded ...

Sudan, Darfur rebels sign ceasefire deal in Qatar

11 Feb 2013

DOHA - The government of Sudan has signed a ceasefire deal in Qatar with a main Darfur rebel group in a fresh bid to end a decade-old conflict in western Sudan, ...