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OMAR AL-BASHIR
Chad's air force has targeted Sudanese rebels along the Darfur border after, a breakaway rebel leader reputedly backed by N'Djamena was killed, the insurgents have charged.
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has spoken with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir in a bid to ease tensions after deadly clashes in Abyei, a region claimed by both sides, officials say.
Sudanese insurgents have carried out their first combined attack, a surprise push into a strategic and previously peaceful region, but analysts doubt the rebels' readiness to take Khartoum by force.
Thousands of Sudanese need food, water and shelter, a source in an aid organisation says after they fled widening rebel offensive that swept through a previously peaceful area.
A Sudanese rebel alliance has declared North Kordofan state a target of its widening anti-government offensive, as parliament meets to discuss the attacks.
Political parties from 35 African nations are meeting in Khartoum to create a joint forum that will further unify the continent, Sudanese officials say.
An estimated 3 000 South Sudanese have surrendered and accepted an amnesty, an official says, ending a long-standing insurgency in the oil-producing north of the country.
Sudan is still willing to talk with rebels in South Kordofan, the government says, despite the deadly weekend bombardment of the state's capital.
Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir has flown out of Khartoum for an official visit to South Sudan, a report says, in a sign of easing tensions after border clashes last year.
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir can expect a "warm welcome" when he arrives in South Sudan for talks with his counterpart Salva Kiir.
Four members of Sudan's opposition Popular Congress Party have been released under a presidential amnesty after more than eight years in prison.
Sudanese military officers jailed for a coup attempt want President Omar al-Bashir to pardon them as "political prisoners", the army says.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is set to travel to South Sudan in a further sign of easing tensions between the two neighbours which fought along their common border last year, his office says.
Thousands of civilians in Sudan's troubled Darfur have sought protection around peacekeeping bases after rebel attacks, as international donors seek support for a region scarred by a decade of conflict.
A group of Sudanese military officers have been sentenced to between two and five years in prison for their role in an alleged coup last year.
