Andrew Heavens

Position: Journalist

Articles

Sudan delays elections by six days November 22, 07:21pm EST 

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on Sunday announced a six-day delay to long-awaited elections to make up for hold-ups in registering millions of voters in the oil-producing country.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

Photo
Is an independent south Sudan now inevitable?

So, is it now inevitable that Sudan's oil-producing south will decide to split away from the north as an independent country in a looming secession referendum in 2011? That was the conclusion of some observers of a bluntly-worded exchange of views between two leading lights from the north and the south at a symposium in Khartoum on Tuesday.  Full Article | Comments [5] 

Photo
Is Sudan's Darfur crisis getting too much attention?

Activists often say that the world is not paying enough attention to Sudan's Darfur crisis. But could the opposite be true -- that Darfur is actually getting too much attention, from too many organisations, all at the same time?   Full Article | Comments [3] 

Photo
A tussle over trousers in Sudan

One moment everything was quiet on the streets outside the Khartoum courtroom where Lubna Hussein was on trial this morning, charged with indecency for wearing trousers.   Full Article | Comments [8]