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Unity state traffic accident prone
July 18, 2012 (BENTIU) – Traffic accidents in Unity state have accounted for the deaths of 43 people and injury of 150 in the last three years according to the state traffic police director major, John...
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Jonglei's Pibor residents in peace-building farming programme
July 18, 2012 (BOR) - The state governor of Jonglei, Kuol Manyang, on a tour of Pibor county, Jonglei state, expressed the commitment shown by Pibor's communities to peace through farming. Tractors...
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Kenyan bank targets S. Sudanese Diaspora
By Julius N. Uma July 18, 2012 (JUBA) - In a bid to promote international banking, KCB Bank of South Sudan has officially launched diaspora banking, an initiative targeting South Sudanese nationals...
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South Sudan says voter eligibility for Abyei referendum remains “a grey area”
July 18, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan said on Wednesday that Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, has agreed to hold a referendum to determine the future of the contested Abyei region but that voter...
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Political parties inclusion vital for South Sudan's democracy say UN
July 18, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan's Special Representative to the United Nations Secretary General on Tuesday stressed the importance of political parties inclusion in governance; describing it as a...
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Sudan and South Sudan hold comprehensive talks over unresolved issues
July 18, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Talks over all unresolved issues between Sudan and South Sudan will start on Thursday in line with a strategic framework endorsed earlier this month, as the parties are now...
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SPLM in thanksgiving campaign as it plans to restructure
July 19, 2012 (JUBA) – The ruling party in South Sudan, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) are winding up a vigorous thanksgiving campaign of outreach to the grassroots across the ten states...
View ArticleSudan and LJM reschedule implementation of Darfur peace deal
July 18, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese government and the former rebel group the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) agreed on Wednesday to reschedule the implementation of the Doha Document for Peace...
View ArticleFormer colonial must find way to bring peace to two Sudan
By Mama Jany Gorey July 19, 2012 - My name Mama Jany Gorey a former MP during 1977; I have understand leadership in South Sudan failing to care their citizen status but care only about their...
View ArticleNorthern Bahr el Ghazal names stand-in speaker after leadership dissolution
July 19, 2012 (WAU) - South Sudan's state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal parliament said on Thursday it unanimously voted to temporarily allow its former deputy speaker to become the acting speaker until a...
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S. Sudan official backs food production projects financing
July 19, 2012 (JUBA) - The chair of the parliamentary committee responsible for member affairs at the National Legislative Assembly, Mark Nyipuoc strongly extends support to appeals by the executive...
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Ethiopian gov. refute claims that PM's health is critical
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle July 19, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Ethiopian government on Thursday dismissed growing reports that prime minister Meles Zenawi was seriously ill and at risk of loosing his life....
View ArticleSouth Sudan ratifies the Geneva Conventions
July 19, 2012 (JUBA) - The Republic of South Sudan, on Monday, agreed to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols related to the humanitarian treatment of the victims of war, after a...
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Sudan's cabinet endorses recommendations on accepting loans involving interest
July 19, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese council of ministers chaired by president Omer Hassan al-Bashir on Thursday approved recommendations put forward by the forum on financing state projects which...
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Arab Spring countries reportedly intervening to reunite Sudan's Islamists
July 19, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Egypt, Tunisia and Libya are conducting an initiative to reconcile Sudan's bitterly divided Islamists, a spokesman for the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) said on...
View ArticleSudan's Bashir says his meeting with Kiir was "very positive"
July 19, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese president Omer al-Bashir said his meeting with his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir was “very positive” and expressed his commitment to meet the deadline of the...
View ArticleThe Garang I Knew: African icon of visionary leadership
By Luka Biong Deng July 19, 2012 — The people of South Sudan and the marginalised people of Sudan will remember their great leader, Dr. John Garang de Mabior, on July 30, the day he died in a plane...
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Dozens killed, injured in Darfur tribal clashes
July 19, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Fighting between two Arab tribes in Sudan's western region of Darfur has resulted in the death of 58 people and the injury of 24, the country's official news agency SUNA...
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OCHA South Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin for the period 9-15 July 2012
Highlights: Humanitarian organizations remain concerned about deteriorating health conditions in refugee sites in Upper Nile and Unity states. Heavy rains are hampering access to communities displaced...
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South Sudan Humanitarian Update May-June 2012
HIGHLIGHTS AND PRIORITIES Partners responded to rising food insecurity with scaled-up aid. By mid-year, more than 1.6 million people had received food and livelihood support in South Sudan, while the...
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