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Former Sudan Lost Boy to join Team World Vision In Effort to Help Children Living in Poverty in Kenya and South Sudan INTERNATIONAL CHARITY WORLD VISION ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH ONE OF THE FASTEST MEN ON EARTH EUGENE, Ore., June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After qualifying Thursday night for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team in the men's 5,000 meters, former Sudan Lost Boy Lopez Lomong now has his sights set on a gold medal in London at The Olympic Summer Games....

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement being issued by the Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan: The press release issued by the U.S. Department of State dated June 26, 2012, propagates exaggerated and fabricated claims about alleged mistreatments of protestors in Sudan. The disturbing intention is to give the public the misleading impression that the very few and sporadic protests are popular and somewhat expanding. The government of...

FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region in western Sudan has received plenty of media attention in recent years thanks to the voices and dedication of some of Hollywood's elite. Since civil war broke out in Sudan almost a decade ago, over two million Darfuries have been displaced in the remote region, countless people have been killed and many more have been the victims of rape and other forms of abuse. Unbelievably, the...

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sudan accepts the resolution of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution number 2046 issued May 2, 2012 and the roadmap proposed and adopted by the African Union Peace and Security Council. The Government of Sudan reaffirms its readiness to observe the resolution, which calls for the immediate cessation of hostilities, in accordance with the timetable stipulated therein. Sudan also notes with concern the ongoing...

Allegations of widespread, sustained torture and other human rights violations by the Government of Sudan and Janjaweed forces against non-Arabic-speaking civilians are corroborated in a study published in this week's PLoS Medicine. In the study medical forensic experts reviewed the medical records of patients seen at a clinic in Darfur. The authors, co-led by Alexander Tsai based at Harvard University and Mohammed Eisa based at Physicians for Human Rights, both in Cambridge, USA,...

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sudan condemns Congressman Wolf's illegal entry into the country which he admits to and says specifically that he went through the "SPLM-N controlled areas of Southern Kordofan." We have laws against such border crossings which deserve to be respected by foreigners just as the laws of the United States prohibiting illegal entries demand to be observed and require individuals to obtain proper visas. Also, those journalists who...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The humanitarian crisis in South Kordofan and Blue Nile is an expected, logical and inevitable consequence of the war waged by the rebels of the South Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and the non-signatory Darfuri rebel groups, against the Government. It must be stressed that there is no higher priority for Sudan than ensuring the security and wellbeing of its citizens and protecting them from repeated attacks...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan: On January 6, 2012 the Obama Administration announced a determination on the eligibility of South Sudan to receive what it has been called defense articles and defense services. Of course such action can stand only for the bias, unwillingness and even lack of seriousness of American Administration towards achieving peace and stability in Sudan. Although...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The government of Sudan has today filed a complaint to the Security Council and the African Union alerting them that a Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) military convoy carrying weaponry and rebel fighters entered the republic of South Sudan on Wednesday. Sudan calls on the international community to apply necessary pressure on the Republic of South Sudan so that the latter refrains from harboring and providing any form of...

OSLO, Norway, December 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has announced that his Government will implement the EITI (Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative), the global standard for transparency of natural resource revenues. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20111221/501307 ) "This commitment to implement the EITI [http://eiti.org ] is in furtherance of my statement on September 21st that my government is committed to...