Tag: Sudan’s

11 MAR

Oil profits are fueling South Sudan’s civil war

Just two years after it gained independence from Sudan in 2011, oil-rich South Sudan plunged into a civil war that is still raging today—a civil war that is allegedly funded by oil revenues. Read more Impoverished South Sudan is rich in natural resources and oil revenue is the country’s main hard currency export income—it’s not […]

17 MAY

Sudan’s president — who is wanted for alleged war crimes — was invited to Trump’s summit with Arab and Muslim leaders

© AFP/File ASHRAF SHAZLY Riyadh (AFP) – Saudi Arabia has invited Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for alleged war crimes, to a summit with US President Donald Trump and Arab and Muslim leaders, a Saudi official said Wednesday. “He (Bashir) is invited,” the official told AFP without saying whether the Sudanese leader would […]