Sudan's coup attempt detainees won't be released, PCP leader predicts
April 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The leader of the opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) Hassan al-Turabi, has said he expects that authorities won't release those charged in connection with the alleged...
View ArticleSouth Darfur's capital struggling with shortage in basic commodities
April 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Merchants in Nyala, capital of South Darfur state, warned that a commercial raft comprised of 800 vehicles which has been stuck in the city of Ed Daein 150 kilometers to the...
View ArticleSPLA captures rebel bases in Jonglei
April 2, 2013 (BOR) - South Sudan army (SPLA) on Tuesday said they captured airbases allegedly used by David Yauyau's rebel group to receive military aid from the government of neighbouring Sudan.SPLA...
View ArticleKenyan body to monitor Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia project
By Tesfa-Alem TekleApril 2, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Kenyan government has setup an independent body to monitor the implementation of a massive regional infrastructure development project known as the...
View ArticleLakes: Clashes leave three dead in Rumbek East
April 2, 2013 (RUMBEK) - At least three people died after clashes between inhabitants of Rumbek East county in South Sudan's Lakes state and the army in Western Equatoria's Mvolo County, officials...
View ArticleS. Sudan police to arrest officials over cash stolen from presidency
April 2, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's police authorities have vowed to arrest suspects involved in the stealing of money that went missing from the president's office recently.South Sudan's information...
View ArticleDarfur Donor Conference: A recipe for construction or more destruction?
By Ahmed Hussain AdamApril 3, 2013: The International Donor Conference for Darfur is set to be held on 6-7 in Doha-Qatar. The Conference has been postponed several times, due to differences over its...
View ArticleSudan: the quest for the emancipatory subject
By Magdi El GizouliApril 3, 2013 -I would like to begin this talk with the narration of a conversation I had back in 2010 with an old gentleman in El-Gineina, capital of South Darfur state, close to...
View ArticleKhartoum orchestrates violence in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal
By Eric ReevesApril 3, 2013 - A number of very recent, highly credible, ground-based reports indicate that Khartoum's regular Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Arab militia proxies have attacked the Kiir...
View ArticleLakes: Deaf man arrested after Rumbek market murder
April 3, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Police in Lakes state arrested a deaf man on Wednesday who they suspect killed a man in Rumbek Central market following a dispute on Tuesday afternoon.The murdered man, Awuor...
View ArticleUnity state prepares for national reconciliation process
By Bonifacio Taban KuichApril 3, 2013 (BENTIU) - The Unity branch of South Sudan's Peace and Reconciliation Commission has selected 15 community mobilisers from across the state to travel to Juba for a...
View ArticleW. Equatoria governor appoints two new commissioners
April 3, 2013 (JUBA) - The governor of South Sudan's Western Equatoria state, Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro, has issued an executive order appointing James Abdulahi Arona and Wilson Thomas Yanga as new...
View ArticleMachar detests tribal-based urban settlements in towns
April 3, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's vice-president, Riek Machar Teny, has advised against urban settlements that are based on tribal groupings, saying no nation can be built on segregated...
View ArticleEU delegation welcomes amnesty for political prisoners
April 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The delegation of the European Union to Sudan has welcomed Monday's announcement by president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir ordering the release all political detainees and calling...
View ArticleDarfur children remain at risk of unexploded mines
April 3, 2013 - (KHARTOUM) - Harum Ali used to dream of becoming an engineer, but changed his mind after he was hospitalised with severe injuries following a horrific mine explosion.Suleiman Fatul Saim...
View ArticleFreed Islamist leader vows to continue seeking regime change in Sudan
April 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The leader of the Islamic Wasat Party Yousif al-Koda, who was released from prison earlier this week as part of a presidential amnesty appeared unapologetic about his...
View ArticleSudan security forces Editor-in-chief of a newspaper to resign, detains...
April 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) today notified the Editor-in-chief of Al-Sahafa daily newspaper, Al-Nur Ahmed Al-Nur that he must resign his post...
View ArticleSouth vows commitment to build strong ties with Sudan
April 3, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan foreign minister on Tuesday expressed his country's commitment to establishing and strengthening friendly, strong and stable long-term bilateral relations with all...
View ArticleSudanese legislators seek to release November coup plotters
April 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese legislators have engaged intensive efforts to convince president Omer Al-Bashir to order the release of detainees accused of fomenting a military coup against the...
View ArticleSudanese MP warns that South Darfur capital may soon fall into rebel hands
April 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The former Information Minister and current member of the national assembly Abdullah Massar lashed out at the Sudanese government, security apparatuses and the army saying...
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