Satellite images show details of a recent assault on the town of Abu Zabad.
![Satellite images seem to indicate that Sudan has beefed up its air force in the past year [DigitalGlobe]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/201311308512343734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Satellite images show details of a recent assault on the town of Abu Zabad.
![Satellite images seem to indicate that Sudan has beefed up its air force in the past year [DigitalGlobe]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/201311308512343734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Kenya project could offer South Sudan an outlet for oil exports but leave Khartoum out in the cold.
![The Lamu mega-port's oil facilities in Kenya will refine 120,000 barrels a day by 2015 [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/201310139510234734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
President Omar al-Bashir bowed to IMF austerity demands, and calls are now growing for his departure.
![President Omar al-Bashir is trying to stop public anger over IMF-driven fuel price hikes [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013928191841127734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Trade unions, representing about 30 percent of the labour force, have been protesting against the ruling Ennahada party.

Local Sahrawis complain of abuses and say international community has ignored their plight under Moroccan rule.
