Amhara's state president Ambachew Mekonnen and his advisor were also killed
Polls opened at 0700 GMT in the election and are scheduled to close at 7 pm
There were gatherings in each of the state capitals of Wad Madani, Al-Ubayyid and Port Sudan
The opposition had called for an international inquiry to be opened into the sit-in dispersal before...
The Boko Haram group and its Islamic State splinter group have often carried out attacks targeting civilians...
Since May 31, Tunisia itself has barred 75 migrants from coming ashore after they were saved in international...
Omar al-Bashir's trial will be a test of how serious the country's transitional military...
The death toll in the district of Darak, is one of the worst atrocities carried out by Boko Haram in...
The apparent breakthrough in the standoff between the military rulers who toppled veteran leader Omar...
Sudan's Transitional Military Council also agreed to release political prisoners as a confidence-building...
Demonstrators have been trying to barricade roads in the capital over recent days as a way of sustaining...
The Ethiopian premier visited days after Sudanese forces stormed a protest camp outside the Defence Ministry...
It was not clear how long the lions have been on the loose
The Ethiopian premier went straight into talks with military council representatives on his arrival in...
Sudan has been controlled by a military council since it ousted veteran president Omar al-Bashir in...
Following the deadly crackdown, the military council announced it was abandoning all previous agreements...
The migrants were from Sudan, Chad, Bangladesh, Egypt, Niger, Somalia, Burkina Faso, and Libya
The United States and Britain called for an end to the crackdown on demonstrators, who want the generals...
The Qatari television channel said its bureau was abruptly shut down and its journalists banned from...
The meeting in Rabat focused on developments in the Middle East and North Africa as well as strengthening...
Pro-government forces are currently battling fighters from commander Khalifa Haftar's self-styled...
