Reuters: Sudan News

S.Sudan says aims to obtain anti-aircraft missiles

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:52:38 +0000

JUBA, May 16 (Reuters) - South Sudan will soon acquire anti-aircraft missiles to defend its territory against air attacks it says are frequently carried out by warplanes from neighbouring Sudan, the South Sudanese military said on Wednesday.

Sudan's Bashir says no S.Sudan oil exports without security

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:20:40 +0000

KHARTOUM, May 16 (Reuters) - Sudan will not allow South Sudan to export any oil through its territory unless the two states settle all disputes over border security, President Omar al-Bashir said on Tuesday.

Soccer-African Confederation Cup draw

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:20:49 +0000

CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Draw for the fourth round of the African Confederation Cup made on Tuesday: Maghreb Fes (Morocco, holders) v AC Leopards (Congo) Al Hilal (Sudan) v Club Olympique Bamako (Mali) Academie Football Amadou Diallo (Ivory Coast) v Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) Al Merreikh (Sudan) v Black Leopards (South Africa) Djoliba (Mali) v Club Africain (Tunisia) Dynamos (Zimbabwe) v InterClube (Angola) Stade Malien (Mali) v Olympique Meknes (Morocco)

India ONGC Videsh 2011/12 output down 7.35 pct y/y

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:40:59 +0000

NEW DELHI, May 15 (Reuters) - India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp produced 7.35 percent less oil and oil equivalent gas from its foreign assets in 2011/12 from a year ago due to the difficult geo-political situation in Syria and Libya, the junior oil minister said on Tuesday.

Airlift of South Sudanese from Sudan gets under way

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:51:47 +0000

KHARTOUM/JUBA, May 14 (Reuters) - The first group of around 12,000 South Sudanese ordered out of Sudan last month as conflict flared between the two neighbours flew into the southern nation's capital Juba on Monday in an internationally backed humanitarian airlift.

UPDATE 1-S.Sudan police withdraw from disputed Abyei-UN

Fri, 11 May 2012 23:21:39 +0000

* U.S. welcomes Juba's move, urges Khartoum to act (Adds U.S. reaction, paragraphs 11-12)

S.Sudan police withdraw from disputed Abyei - UN

Fri, 11 May 2012 18:10:44 +0000

UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (Reuters) - South Sudan has withdrawn its police from the disputed Abyei region on its border with Sudan, the United Nations said on Friday, after the U.N. Security Council threatened the African neighbors with sanctions to try and stop an escalating conflict.

UN official condemns Sudan for "indiscriminate" bombing

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:55:01 +0000

JUBA, May 11 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s top human rights official on Friday said she was outraged by Sudan's "indiscriminate" aerial bombing of South Sudan and warned that attacks that hurt civilians could be considered international crimes.

UPDATE 2-Oil likely to stay high despite good supply - IEA

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:30:30 +0000

* Agency raises world oil demand growth forecast slightly

Oil likely to stay high despite good supply - IEA

Fri, 11 May 2012 08:00:01 +0000

LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Oil prices are likely to stay high due to geopolitical risks despite a dramatic improvement in world supply resulting in a big build in stocks, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.