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Sudan police denies firing shots at protestors in East Khartoum
April 27, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese police issued a statement on Saturday denying reports that it used live or rubber bullets yesterday to disperse protestors in Om Doum neighborhood which lies...
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By Zechariah Manyok BiarApril 27, 2013 - Many readers might have read from many media websites the news about the coming back to South Sudan of some South Sudanese rebel groups who were in the Sudan,...
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Abyei tension could turn violent, S. Sudan warns
April 27, 2013 (JUBA)- South Sudan on Saturday warned that the growing tension in Abyei, an oil-producing region it contests with Sudan, could turn violent, if no immediate interventions occur.Abyei...
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Differences between Sudan's government and Darfur's LJM ‘are over', says...
April 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The state's minister in Sudan's cabinet and the official spokesperson for the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), Ahmed Fadul, disclosed on Sunday that they had reached...
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Sudanese MP calls for the resignation of the defence minister
April 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese defense minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein should immediately tender his resignation in the wake of the rebels' brief occupation of Um Rawaba in North...
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Sudan says SPLM-N is the ‘biggest threat ' to peace and security
April 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's foreign ministry has accused the rebel Sudan People Liberation Movement/North (SPLM-N) and its allies in the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) of posing the biggest...
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“Fifth column” of political parties facilitated attack on Um Rawaba, says...
April 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The governor of North Kordofan state, Muatassim Mirghani Zaki Al-din, accused unspecified opposition political parties of providing information to the Sudan Revolutionary...
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South Sudan rebels deny surrender deal
April 28, 2013 (JUBA) - The spokesperson for the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A) has denied the group was among thousands of rebel fighters that surrendered to the government after...
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Eritrean women face threat of abuse even after they leave: report
April 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Eritrean women fleeing their country's oppressive regime are increasingly finding themselves the repeat victim of abuse, exploitation and violence once outside their...
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29 anti-cattle raiding officers graduate in Jonglei
April 28, 2013 (BOR) - A total of 29 South Sudan police officers, who underwent specialized training on the prevention of challenges posed by cattle-raiding, graduated from the Livestock Patrol Unit...
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AU, NRC sign agreement on conflict prevention
April 28, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The African Union and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) have signed an accord seeking to assist the latter's activities in conflict-affected regions, through...
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Senior Egyptian military official in Sudan to discuss border issues
April 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Egypt's military Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sedki Sobhi arrived in Khartoum on Sunday for talks with Sudanese officials that will focus on controlling the...
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Over 90% of houses in South Sudan are grass-thatched, mud huts
April 28, 2013 (JUBA) – The latest data revealed by the South Sudan's ministry of housing and physical planning has indicated that 93% of the so-called privately owned houses in the new country are...
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Warrap Governor suspends workers' trade union
April 28, 2013 (JUBA) - The Governor of South Sudan's Warrap state has issued a decree suspending the workers' trade union, after the latter opposed a decision to cut salaries for a day from all state...
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Failed talks and spread of war accelerating Sudan's "Somalization", says...
Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG) 29 April 2013In a statement issued today, Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG) expressed alarm at the collapse of the recent peace negotiations in Addis Ababa between...
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AU condemns attacks in Sudan's N. Kordofan, S. Kordofan states
April 29 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The chairperson of the African Union (AU), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has strongly condemned the armed attacks recently carried out in Um Rawaba town in North Kordofan state,...
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"Make Jonglei attractive", exiled South Sudanese tell governor
April 29, 2013 (KAMPALA) – Peter Ayom moved to Uganda with his family fleeing insecurity, a poor health care and the fledgling education system in Jonglei state to find a better future for his two...
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Sudanese march in London, call for end of Darfur conflict
By Tom LawApril 27, 2013 (LONDON) - Around 500 Sudanese from the around the United Kingdom held a demonstration outside the Sudanese Embassy in London on Sunday calling for an end the conflicts in...
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Lakes: 20 “tortured” inmates released from prison
April 29, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The government of South Sudan's Lakes state has released 20 young men on Friday who claim to have been tortured and badly treated during their arbitrary detention in relation...
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UN human rights expert to gather first-hand testimonies from Eritrean refugees
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, is due to begin an official visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti on Tuesday...
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