JUBA - The US special envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, is visiting Juba where he will discuss ways of improving bilateral relations between the United States and Sudan. Speaking to Sudan Radio Service by phone from Juba on Monday, Walter Braunohler, the public diplomacy officer at the US embassy...

KHARTOUM - Al-Hilal football team has qualified to the next round of the African Champions League despite its 2-1 defeat by the Tamponaise of Reunion Islands. In the first leg of the home game, Al-Hilal defeated Tamponaise by three goals to one. (MIRAYA FM)

NAIROBI - A group that has kidnapped two aid workers with the French organization Aide Medical Internationale in Sudan's restive Darfur province has demanded a massive ransom for their release, media reports said Monday. According to Sudan Media centre the unidentified kidnappers want 200...

KHARTOUM - A member from the National Electoral Commission, Dr. Mukhtar el Asam, has affirmed that the elections will take place in vast areas of the Darfur region. Mr. Asam said that the commission has the right to interrupt the elections in some areas if it is convinced that insecurity prevents...

MALAKAL - The first vice President and the president of the government of southern sudan, in his speech at the opening of the reconciliation conference in Malakal, confirmed commitment of southern sudan government to ensure security and stability in southern states. He called on people of southern...

MOSCOW - President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has forwarded a message to his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. It was handed on Friday at the talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and a representative of the Sudanese President – Minister of Finance and National Economy Awad Ahmed Al...

AL FASHIR, DARFUR - The African union high level panel which was assigned by the African Union to evaluate the peace process in Darfur arrives to Al Fasher today. The panel will hold consultations with sides concerning the Darfur issues. Yesterday a delegation headed by the former South African...

KHARTOUM - Sudan presidential advisor Bona Malual has said that Omar el bashir's recent visits overseas confirms that the ICC arrest warrants are just pen-on-paper in Hague as he described with no effect on Sudan political affairs and progress. According to reports by Sudanese media...

KHARTOUM - President Omar Al Bashir is due to visit western Darfur state Tuesday next week for the second time after the ICC had issued him with an arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Darfur. Western Darfur state deputy government Al Sanosi Bashir said arrangements had already been completed...

NAIROBI - The Geneva-based Small Arms Survey has released a report indicating that the disarmament campaign ordered last year by President Salva Kiir Mayardit was flawed. Speaking to Sudan Radio Service on Monday, the author of the report, Adam O’Brien, said the disarmament campaign failed because...