As the July 9 date for the secession of South Sudan approaches, something very ugly is happening in Sudan. Northern Sudan has initiated a series of vi...

Recently created countries remind us that there are no special requirements in terms of physical size, population or economic strength in order to become an independent country.

BOSTON -- The Sudan army has deployed troops, light armor and artillery along the volatile Abyei border area between North and South Sudan, according ...

MELUT, Sudan — Voter registration began in Southern Sudan on Monday in preparation for a January independence referendum that could see Africa's...

Whether or not south Sudan will secede from the north remains to be seen, but as these photos attest, the country's preparations for what will undoubt...