Visitors to Rier, in southern Sudan, are welcomed by a large rectangular tank and a freshly-painted sign trumpeting the White Nile Petroleum Operating Company’s initiative to supply drinking water. But the inhabitants of this festering clutter of...

A HIGH profile Sudanese woman journalist is facing 40 lashes after being accused of wearing “indecent” clothes, with 10 women already whipped for similar offences against Islamic law. Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who writes for the left-wing...

Delivering a blow to hopes that he would soon reverse the expulsion of humanitarian aid agencies from Darfur, the Sudanese President Omar al Bashir has renewed his attack on the charities, accusing them of seeking to bring about a regime change. Mr...