Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - After almost quarter of a century in power, Sudan’s President Omar El Bashir has announced he will not seek a fresh term of office. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Top southern Sudanese politician have named their new state, SOUTHERN SUDAN, officially avoiding a split with the larger Sudan by not taking on a local name.Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - France will assist Sudanese parties to prepare for the independence of South-Sudan and the enhancement of closer relations between the north and the south, the spokesman of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Valero, disclosed Friday in Paris. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Tuesday applauded the success of the referendum in southern Sudan in which southerners voted for separation, and the federal government approving the results. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following the announcement of the Southern Sudan referendum results, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark has congratulated the Southern Sudanese people on the peaceful and transparent referendum process. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The US has initiated the process of withdrawing Sudan’s State Sponsor of Terrorism designation, the first step of which is initiating a review of that designation, the US State Department said in a statement. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has officially endorsed the results of the Southern Sudan Referendum in which southerners have overwhelmingly voted for separation. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Southerners in South Sudan have cast 99.57% of their ballots in favour of separation from the north, according to preliminary results released in Juba, Southern Sudan, Sunday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Some 98.81% of southerners in Sudan have voted for secession, with a tiny percentage voting for unity, according to interim results published on the website of Southern Sudan Referendum Commission (SSRC). Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Referendum Commission on Wednesday announced that southerners living in northern Sudan have voted for separation. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Observers have certified South Sudan’s secession vote “free, fair, credible and a true reflection of the democratically-expressed will of the South Sudanese voters.” Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Arab League said Monday it was happy with the conduct of the Sudan referendum, describing it as meeting the international norms and standards. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Major international observers of South Sudan's referendum on Monday said they believed Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan(PANA) - Voting centres across the Sudan closed on Saturday with over 90 percent of registered southerners in the south against over 50 percent in the north, sealing the validity of the result to be announced officially in February. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the conclusion of the referendum on the self-determination of Southern Sudan, congratulating the people for their patience and peaceful conduct during the 9-15 January exercise.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Southern Sudan Referendum Commission on Friday said with the voting booths due to be closed on Saturday, the last day in the referendum voting for southern Sudan, no breaches of the law had been recorded. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The East African Community (EAC) Referendum Observer Mission in southern Sudan said Thursday that so far, no ugly incidences capable of undermining the credibility of the referendum process and the legitimacy of its outcome had been noticed. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – U.N. Secretary General's Representative for Southern Sudan Referendum, Mr. Benjamin Mkapa, on Tuesday visited Western Sudan's Darfur region and said he was satisfied with the voting in the referendum. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has hailed the referendum in Sudan, expressing the hope that the exercise would be peaceful to allow for the full implementation of the Global Peace Agreement (CPA) concluded in 2005, according to an EU communiqué transmitted Tuesday to the press from Brussels, the Belgian capital. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has denied that President Omar Al-Bashir promised former US President Jimmy Carter that Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The US, Norway and the UK have welcomed Sunday's start of Southern Sudan's referendum, saying it represents a historic step towards completion of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With global attention focused on the referendum which started in Sudan Sunday to determine whether the Southern part of the vast country will vote for unity or separation, analysts in Nigeria have highlighted the lessons to be learnt from the exercise and its implications for Africa’s geo-political landscape.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended what he described as the “leadership, wisdom and concerted efforts” by the Sudanese parties in going ahead with the referendum to determine whether or not Southern Sudan separates from the country. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese First Vice President and President of Government of Southern Sudan, Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit, was the first southerner to vote in the regional capital of Juba Sunday as voting got underway in Sudan's referendum. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – Secession at the end of a free and fair vote during the referendum in Sudan seems the lesser of two evils for the country, if its leaders succeed in defusing "time bombs" in the country, said the former Chadian Minister of foreign Affairs, Acheikh Ibni Oumar, in an interview with PANA. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir on Friday stressed that secession of Southern Sudan would not mean the end of a revolution he has led since 1989.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Security Council has commended recent developments ahead of the referendum in Southern Sudan, particularly the visit by the Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir to the South where he reaffirmed his commitment to a peaceful operation and a welcome of the outcome. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration was due in Sudan Friday to observe the Southern Sudan referendum. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the international community to stand ready to support Sudan as it rebuilds its post-referendum future. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has saluted Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir ahead of Sunday's referendum to determine whether or not Southern Sudan will remain a part of Sudan. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Members of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Panel tasked with monitoring the upcoming referenda on self-determination in Sudan arrived in Khartoum on Wednesday to begin a crucial visit on the eve of the vote. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – France on Wednesday urged all Sudanese parties to accept the results of Sunday's referendum in South Sudan. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator John Kerry, has said that statements made by Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir in Juba, southern Sudan, are positive, encouraging and set the stage for a successful referendum. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of Sunday's referendum on Southern Sudan, Nigeria has announced plans to establish an ''interest office'' in Juba, the regional capital, to monitor the implementation of the referendum. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - World leading figures including former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and former US President Jimmy Carter are among notable personalities that will monitor Sudan's referendum slated for Sunday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Government of southern Sudan on Tuesday ordered rebel leaders from trouble-ridden region of Darfur who took refuge in Juba to leave the area. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - With preparations ''100 per cent ready'' for the referendum to determine whether or not Southern Sudan remains a part of Sudan, President Omar Al-Bashir Tuesday flew to Juba, the regional capital of Southern Sudan, where he reiterated his earlier statement that he would accept the outcome of the referendum starting 9 Jan., be it unity or separation. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said about 55,000 southern Sudanese living in the north are heading back by road, rail, barge and plane for the forthcoming referendum on independence for Southern Sudan.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN panel tasked with monitoring the forthcoming referendum on the self-determination of Southern Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – France has advocated that the self-determination referendum planned for 9 January, 2011, in South-Sudan is held in the best possible conditions of transparency and credibility, the spokesperson of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry, Bernard Valero, declared Thursday in Paris. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The leaders of Sudan's main national armies, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), have agreed to observe peace during and after the referendum vote on the independence of South S udan. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) and the United Nations hav e agreed to jointly back the former South African President Thabo Mbeki-led high - level talks aimed at ensuring a smooth management of the upcoming referendum vot e in the Sudan, officials said Thursday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ramtane Lamamra, has warned the Sudanese government against using the delayed demarcation of the North-South border line as an excuse to delay the 9 J a nuary, 2011, vote on Southern Sudan's independence. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN said it is providing more logistic support to Sudan to facilitate the forthcoming referendum that will decide whether southern Suda n declares independence from Africaâ?s largest country. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN top officials on Monday said that the next few months would be crucial for Sudan as it prepared to hold two referendums on self-determination in January. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- Twenty-four hours after returning from a visit to Sudan, m embers of the UN Security Council on Thursday, in New York, US, called for 'time l y and credible' conduct of the two referendums on self-determination, slated for January in Sudan. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- An international NGO, Oxfam, Wednesday urged the UN Securi ty Council to use its visit to Sudan to resolve "outstanding issues" and protect civilians from harm ahead of the referendum on southern Sudan's independence. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks Saturday with a top Sudanese official as part of his efforts to ensure that two key referenda o n self-determination in the African country are staged peacefully and on schedul e next January. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The 9 January, 2011 referendum vote that would decide the future of Sudan's former rebel south and its northern part has come at the top of international efforts to prevent a return to the 21 years of war witnessed in the region. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- A group of NGOs and aid agencies on Friday urged world lea ders to take concrete action to ensure peace, safety and development for all Sud a nese people, as they vote in January on whether the south should remain part of S udan. Full text...