Reuters AlertNet Full site
Homepage | Newsdesk | NGO Latest | Crisis briefings | Country profiles | MediaWatch | Jobs | Alerting | Login

NEWSDESK

Sudan imposes curfew after rebels attack capital
10 May 2008 14:28:59 GMT
Source: Reuters
KHARTOUM, May 10 (Reuters) - Sudan has imposed an overnight curfew in the capital Khartoum after Darfur rebels attacked a suburb on Saturday, state television said.

"We are announcing a curfew in the state of Khartoum from 5 p.m. (1400 GMT) until 6 a.m. starting from today May 10th, 2008," an army spokesman said on state television.

Heavy gunfire was heard by residents in the western suburb of Omdurman on Saturday. Attack helicopters and army vehicles headed to the scene. (Reporting by Opheera McDoom; editing by Sami Aboudi)


AlertNet news is provided by

Email this article       Send comments

Emergencies

•  Sudan conflicts

•  Darfur conflict

MORE >>

NGO latest

•  International HIV/AIDS Alliance presents evidence to House of Lords Committee
International HIV/AIDS Alliance - UK

•  Encouraging civil society engagement in the International Health Partnership
International HIV/AIDS Alliance - UK

•  SCHOOL GENDER GAP COSTS DEVELOPING WORLD US $92 BILLION
Plan UK

•  Release: Statement by Melanie Teff on Greater International Support of the CPA
Refugees International - USA

•  Global Food Crisis:Drastic action needed to prevent families running out of coping mechanisms
ACF - UK

MORE >>

Latest news

•  Sudan imposes curfew after rebels attack capital

•  Heavy gunfire heard in west of Khartoum

•  Heavy gunfire heard west of Sudan capital

•  Heavy gunfire heard west of Sudan capital

•  CHAD: Govt arrests 4 EUFOR troops

MORE >>
AlertNet news is provided by

Del.icio.us Del.icio.us  |   Digg Digg  |   NewsVine NewsVine  |   Reddit Reddit   
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-05-07T144411Z_01_BAG02_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG02.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-05-07T144341Z_01_BAG05_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG05.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-05-07T144239Z_01_BAG03_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG03.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-05-07T144030Z_01_BAG01_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG01.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-05-07T143954Z_01_BAG04_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG04.htm

U.S. Army General David Petraeus, U.S. commander in Iraq, smiles next to Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani while being introduced during an Iraqi police officers summit in Baghdad May 7, 2008. ...



Disclaimers |  Copyright |  Privacy |  Contact Us |  Feedback |  About Us |  RSS XML

Last updated:Sat May 10 14:25:54 2008