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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rape victims in Sudan's Darfur region have lost vital medical and psychological support since Khartoum expelled aid agencies working against sexual violence this year, the United Nations and aid workers said. A Sudanese minister on Wednesday dismissed the reports as "propaganda" saying there was no widespread rape in the region and that foreigners were free to come and investigate. Sudan ousted 13 foreign aid groups and closed three local organisations in March after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al- Bashir to face charges of masterminding atrocities in Darfur. Khartoum accused the groups of passing information to the Hague-based court, a charge they deny.

"The Chadian Arabs have for a long time formed the core of the opposition to successive Chadian presidents. Put simply, there is a dichotomy between the North and South in Chad that in some ways resembles the historical North-South divide of Sudan. In Chad, however, the roles are reversed: A poor marginalised Arab North revolt against the Christian South who has monopolized political power in the hands of a narrow elite."

" دارفور.. هل رفع الغرب يده؟"

"جيش جنوب السودان يسحب قوته من أبيي ويرفض إعلان الحرب على الشمال"

"ان ما يزيد على 100 من افراد الشرطة والعناصر الامنية بالزي المدني قاموا باخلاء مكاتب الحركة الشعبية لتحرير السودان المتمردة سابقا من موظفيها بعدما اعتزموا تنظيم احتجاج في الخرطوم"

فكرة حلوة وحوار جيد

Good News -- #Obama named Princeton Lyman new US special envoy for #Sudan http://tinyurl.com/6zbkv6w

"Israel on Thursday distanced itself from a mysterious air strike in Sudan earlier in the week - despite news reports quoting IDF officers who took credit for the bombing."