Sudan

Sudanese intelligence services said on Thursday they had foiled a "conspiracy" against the country's security and have arrested several people from "the army and civil society," without revealing their identity.

The Sudanese government reached out to Iraq last summer in a bid to obtain financial assistance, after claiming their oil revenue had been largely lost to South Sudan since the split. Sudan put in for 100 million, only to be told that Iraq could meet a tenth of this sum.

What started as a rumor, is confirmed as true after security sources give details of the Israeli strike on the Iranian arms factory in Sudan.

Sudan on Wednesday accused Israel of bombing a military factory in Khartoum, killing two, 18 months after it blamed Tel Aviv in a similar raid in Port Sudan.

Sudan is seeking to strengthen economic ties with Nigeria in an effort to boost its economy.

At a conference in Doha, old school Islamists broach pressing issues on new Islamism in the transitional Arab Spring times. While one Sudanese Islamist tries to avoid dredging up past, there is no skirting the hot topic of Islamism operating in a fledgling democracy post Arab Revolution.

Sudan has enough foreign exchanges reserve to cover five months worth of imports, despite claims to the contrary by the IMF, according to the head of the central bank.

A UAE paper has said the deal between Sudan and South Sudan on oil and borders is an opportunity to be optimistic about the future, after a deal was reached on oil between the new neighbours.

An Egyptian official has emphatically denied the veracity of allegations that his country had reached an agreement with neighboring Sudan to use its territories as a launchpad for potential attacks on Ethiopian damming facilities over the dispute of Nile water-sharing.

The Sudanese artist uses watercolor to recreate the colors of his homeland.

Violent events following the issue of a U.S. anti-Islam movie continued on Friday across the Arab world. After the violence that caused the death of four Americans in Libya , including the U.S. ambassador, today at least three people killed in Suda

Shortage of fuel has severely affected the government’s business in South Sudan as towns are facing blackouts while hundreds of vehicles line up at gas stations to try to get fuel.

The Middle East's internet crackdown: For Arabs those wild days of internet freedom to blog boldly may be counted. As we write, countries in the region are clamping down on their citizen's right to surf with abandon as they introduce laws to censor and curb their online enthusiasm.

With South Sudan now eligible to sign up to the IMF club and receive interest-free loans, will the fledgling country be a taker and arguably ultimately a loser?

Muslim leaders unite for a 'palace' summit in Saudi Arabia where they will attempt to tackle the tall order of the Middle East's issues this season. They will attempt to reunite the Muslim Ummah and to consolidate cohesiveness among Islamic countries.