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Woman Sentenced to Death for Christianity Gives Birth

Meriam Yehya Ibrahim's husband hasn't been allowed to see her, baby

(Newser) - The 27-year-old Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce Christianity gave birth in prison this morning, her lawyer confirms. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, who was sentenced to be hanged two years after having her baby , has also had her 20-month-old son in prison with her since late February. She...

Pregnant Woman Gets Death Sentence for Being Christian

Sudan sentences Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag for apostasy

(Newser) - Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag is married, pregnant, and a Christian—a normally happy state of affairs that is proving deadly in Sudan, which has sentenced her to die for it. A Sudanese court convicted the 27-year-old of apostasy on Sunday, reports the BBC , alleging that she abandoned Islam. "We...

Egypt: 'We Will Die' if New Dam Dries Nile Water

Ethiopian hydropower dam gets Egypt's back up

(Newser) - Egypt is none too pleased about Ethiopia's massive dam project on the River Nile, the BBC reports. The dam will be Africa's biggest hydropower dam when it's completed in a few years. But Egypt relies almost completely on the Nile for water and says the dam threatens...

Skeleton Yields Oldest Known Case of Cancer

Disease killed man 3.2K years ago

(Newser) - Scientists hope the skeleton of a very sick man from 3,200 years ago will give new clues to the evolution and causes of cancer. The remains found in an ancient Sudanese tomb bear traces of what is believed to be the oldest case of metastatic cancer ever found, reports...

Sudan Convicts Alleged Gang-Rape Victim

Sentence will be suspended because she's pregnant

(Newser) - A Sudanese court has convicted a pregnant 18-year-old of "indecent acts" for having the temerity to be the victim of an alleged gang-rape last August. The Ethiopian woman, then 3-months pregnant, was house hunting when seven men allegedly pinned her down, raped her, and filmed it, inside an otherwise...

US Warns Americans: Get Out of South Sudan

Violence heating up following failed coup

(Newser) - The State Department today issued a travel warning for South Sudan, recommending that all Americans "depart immediately," as violence rises in the wake of an attempted coup . That includes non-emergency US personnel, who have already been ordered to depart, forcing the US to suspend normal operations at its...

Sudan Has 'Cut Itself Off' From Internet

Possibly blacked out by gov't amid riots, says expert

(Newser) - Amidst deadly riots over its government scrapping fuel subsidies, Sudan has severed its Internet access. Following several reports, Internet monitoring firm Renesys has confirmed that the country "has cut itself off from global Internet," though it's still uncertain whether the government is behind the outage, the Washington ...

7 UN Peacekeepers Killed in Sudan

Deadliest attack in the history of the operation

(Newser) - Seven UN peacekeepers are dead and another 17 wounded after gunmen ambushed a team in Sudan's western region of Darfur. It is the deadliest ever single attack on the international force in the country since it began its work there in five years ago. The assault included sustained heavy...

US Orders Diplomats to Flee Tunisia, Sudan

American citizens told to 'keep a low profile'

(Newser) - Washington has ordered all "non-emergency" diplomatic personnel to leave Tunisia and Sudan in the wake of violent protests that claimed four lives in Tunis and two in Khartoum, AFP reports. "Given the security situation in Tunis and Khartoum, the State Department has ordered the departure of all family...

Sudan Rejects Marine Mission: Official

US troops delayed and possibly stopped altogether

(Newser) - Objections by Sudan's government have held up the security mission of an elite Marine team that the US planned to send to Khartoum, a US official said today. As a result, the deployment has been delayed and possibly curtailed, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity...

Marines Arrive in Yemen
 Marines Arrive 
 in Yemen 
Sep 14, 2012 10:29 AM CDT

Marines Arrive in Yemen

Protests grow across Muslim world

(Newser) - US Marines are in Yemen as protesters continue to throng around the US embassy there, the AP reports. An elite Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team arrived today, as security forces continued to fire live rounds and tear gas into a crowd numbering around 2,000. The same type of team was...

31 Dead in Sudan Plane Crash
 31 Dead in Sudan Plane Crash 
Aug 19, 2012 6:01 AM CDT

31 Dead in Sudan Plane Crash

Among dead may have been 2 gov't ministers

(Newser) - As many as 31 people were killed in a plane crash in southern Sudan today, close to the border with South Sudan, reports Reuters . Among the dead was at least one government minister and possibly more, heading to an Islamic festival to celebrate the end of Ramadan. Ghazi al-Sadiq, the...

Sudan Runner Seeks Asylum
 Sudan Runner Seeks Asylum 
Olympics
Jul 27, 2012 10:36 AM CDT

Sudan Runner Seeks Asylum

British right has made asylum an issue

(Newser) - An Olympic runner from Sudan has requested asylum at a London police station, an official tells the New York Times . The athlete's name hasn't been released, but the list of suspects isn't long; the war-torn East African nation only sent six athletes to the games. The case...

Sudan to Syria, Obama Protects &#39;Odious&#39; Regimes

 Sudan to Syria, 
 Obama Protects 
 'Odious' Regimes 
Nicholas Kristof
Jun 10, 2012 9:58 AM CDT

Sudan to Syria, Obama Protects 'Odious' Regimes

Kristof: US should be 'crystal clear about which side we're on'

(Newser) - In both Syria and Sudan, President Obama's "dithering" is "lame, ineffective, and contrary to American interests and values," writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times . Worse, by "taking prudence to the point of paralysis," he's protecting two of the most "odious"...

Kony Search Could Take Years: US

Reports put him in Sudan, Central African Republic

(Newser) - The search for Joseph Kony continues, and it could be a long time—even years—before we see results, US officials say. They believe the warlord is hiding in the jungles of the Central African Republic, but his low-tech survival methods—no radios, no phones, just messengers on foot—have...

5 Reasons You Should Care About Sudan War

Rising gas prices and more 'lost boys' could result

(Newser) - The conflict between Sudan and South Sudan may seem far-flung, but Scott Baldauf of the Christian Science Monitor runs down five reasons Americans should pay attention, including:
  • Gas prices: They may have eased in the US lately , but instability in oil-producing nations could change that in a hurry. One of
...

South Sudan: This Means War
 South Sudan: This Means War 
Apr 24, 2012 6:40 AM CDT

South Sudan: This Means War

President Salva Kiir says Sudan's attacks amount to declaration of war

(Newser) - As far as South Sudan is concerned, Omar al-Bashir has crossed the Rubicon. In a meeting today with Chinese President Hu Jintao, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir said it was "a very critical moment for the Republic of South Sudan because our neighbor in Khartoum has declared war,"...

Old War Returns to World's Newest Country

3 killed as Sudan bombs South Sudan

(Newser) - An old war is returning to the world's newest country . Sudanese warplanes bombed two towns across the border in South Sudan today, inching the two countries, former civil war opponents, closer to full-scale war, CNN reports. At least three people were killed. "I can see market stalls burning...

Sudan Declares South &#39;Enemy&#39;
 Sudan Declares South 'Enemy' 
Apr 16, 2012 2:19 PM CDT

Sudan Declares South 'Enemy'

North shells border city taken by South

(Newser) - Violence is coursing through Sudan once more, after South Sudanese troops took over an oil-rich border town last week. Sudan reportedly killed five civilians in air attacks on the disputed town of Heglig yesterday; today it began shelling the area, a spokesman for the South tells the AP . Sudan has...

Clooney Arrested at Sudan Protest

Actor's father, others also arrested by Secret Service

(Newser) - George Clooney and his father Nick were arrested today at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington. They and others, including Democratic US Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia and NAACP President Ben Jealous, were arrested after being warned three times not to cross a police line outside the embassy....

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