Salva Kiir Mayardit

By Hereward Holland JUBA, May 17 (Reuters) - Sudan's foreign minister said on Friday neighbour South Sudan had promised him it would not let rebels operate across their shared border, defusing a row that had threatened a key oil deal. The countries,...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti will visit South Sudan on Friday, state media said, the first high-level meeting between the neighbors since Khartoum accused Juba of supporting rebels who launched a major attack three weeks...

Sudan and South Sudan sign a deal to resume oil exports: Oil exports are set to resume from Sudan and South Sudan after their leaders signed trade and security agreements....

Sudan and South Sudan reach oil deal: Uneasy neighbors, Sudan and South Sudan reached a deal on oil transit fees, Friday, a day after the expiry of a UN Security Council deadline for them to reach a deal or face sanctions, it was announced Saturday....

If the ideals of the Olympics as expressed in its charter still ring true in any way, the most resonant moment of the last Summer Games was the sight of Lopez Lomong, a refugee from civil war in the Sudan, carrying the U.S. flag into the opening...

Sudan and South Sudan renew talks, after tilt towards war, as southern president admits $4 billion stolen by corrupt officials: Sudan and South Sudan held high level talks in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Monday on disputes over oil revenues and...

Who knew the United Nations could be so funny?...

Sudan and South Sudan teetered dangerously on the edge of war Thursday after South Sudan refused to withdraw its forces from a conquered oil field, despite calls to do so by the U.N. and African Union. Sudan, furious about South Sudan's seizure of the oil...

Sudan and South Sudan inch back from from the brink of war: South Sudan forces began a withdrawal from the strategic Sudanese oil area of Heglig, after enormous international pressure to do so. But Sudan claimed to have driven them out by force....

A group of students and activists held a walk-a-thon to raise money for the people of Darfur today and followed it with a rally marking the first day of a new nation in Africa: South Sudan. The group Youth United for Darfur, along with the Sudanese...

JUBA, South Sudan -- South Sudanese wept openly as they celebrated their independence Saturday, cheering, whistling and dancing down the streets in a ceremony fitting for the birth of a new nation. "We are free at last," some chanted, flags draped around...

Las autoridades guatemaltecas se afanan hoy en buscar a los asesinos del cantautor argentino Facundo Cabral, que fue asesinado el sábado por un grupo de sicarios en esta capital, mientras que presidentes, artistas y personalidades de América condenan su...