The toxic leadership of Lakes state's deputy governor
By Michael Adenguek AramweerToxic means poisonous or containing poison. If applies to human personality, it refers to a person having very unpleasant personality, especially in the way he/she likes to...
View ArticleGeneral Amnesty to Renegade Commanders: Will it Bring Peace in South Sudan?
By Beny Gideon Mabor1. IntroductionThe President of the Republic of South Sudan Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit is keenly observed as a man of peace. History tells us of his records and that is what made him...
View ArticleSudan's Security Forces and the Intifadas
By William BerridgeIt was in this month, 28 years ago, that the Sudanese people- for the second time in recent history – brought an end to military dictatorship in the country. Although - as was the...
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S. Sudan accuses Jonglei rebels of new attack after presidential amnesty
April 29, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's army on Monday accused rebels in the country's eastern Jonglei state of a launching a new attack days after President Salva Kiir Mayardit issued an amnesty...
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Sudan has irrefutable evidence of Israel's support to rebels, says ambassador
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government renewed allegations to Israel of standing behind insurgents fighting Khartoum on multiple fronts.Sudanese ambassador to Moscow Omar Dahab Fadul...
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Sudan's PCP denies connections to SRF's attack on Um Rawaba
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) leading figure, Ibrahim Al-Sanossi, has dismissed allegations linking him to the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) weekend attack...
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Sudanese lawmakers express fury over Um Rawaba's attack
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese parliament held a closed session on Monday to discuss the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) weekend attack on Um Rawaba.Sudanese parliamentary speaker Ahmed...
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Warrap minister defends workers' union suspension
April 29, 2013 (JUBA) – A minister in South Sudan's Warrap state on Monday defended the suspension of the workers' trade union, accusing its members of allegedly frustrating government work.Warrap...
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Sudan clears Juba from aiding SRF recent offensive, says that key SPLM-N...
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) –The spokesperson of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Colonel al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa'ad said that Khartoum has no evidence linking South Sudan to the rebels' attack on North Kordofan...
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Sudanese president pardons NISS officers convicted in coup attempt
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) –The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has pardoned six officers from the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) who were sentenced to jail last week over...
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EXCLUSIVE: Sudanese rebel commander scoffs at reports of his death
April 30, 2013 (LONDON) - Abdel Aziz Adam El-Hilu, the General Chief of Staff of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) denied on Tuesday reports that he has been killed by the Sudanese military following...
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South Sudan: Lakes state MPs threaten to impeach caretaker governor
April 30, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state's parliament could soon move to impeach the military caretaker Governor if an election is not held as per the young nation's constitution, an MP warned the South...
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South Sudan official defies orders and weds ‘underage' girl
April 30, 2013 (JUBA) - Kajo Keji County commissioner, Ben Yengi, is reported to have ignored an order from the Central Equatoria government and gone ahead with his marriage to a school girl who is...
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Ethiopia affirms readiness for dialogue with Eritrea
By Tesfa-Alem TekleApril 30 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Ethiopian government on Monday has reiterated its readiness to hold peace talks with Eritrea to resolve their decades-long border dispute.United...
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Darfur situation “very troubling”, says top UN official
April 29, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The United Nations peacekeeping chief on Monday expressed alarm over the situation in Sudan's western region of Darfur and urged the international community to press the...
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Dozens of Islamists demonstrate in Khartoum demanding release of detainees
April 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – More than a dozen members from the pro-Islamist group known as Sa'ihoon staged a demonstration in downtown Khartoum today, calling for the release of the former director of...
View ArticleSudan concerned about increasing brain drain
April 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's minister of human resources development and labor Ishraga Sayed Mahmoud has expressed concern about the increasing rates of Sudanese people leaving to work abroad...
View ArticleWad Ibrahim: the mopes of retirement
By Magdi El GizouliMay 1, 2013 - Two weeks have passed since the release of Brigadier-general Mohamed Ibrahim Abd al-Jalil, better known as Wad Ibrahim, and his associates from detention thanks to a...
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South Sudan refocuses on roads network as a priority
May 1, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's government has prioritized construction of several economic and security roads and bridges in the country, which eight years after a peace deal ended decades of civil...
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Meningitis outbreak in S. Sudan's Upper Nile
April 30, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's Ministry of Health has declared an outbreak of Meningitis in Upper Nile state, after the disease reportedly killed two people in its Malakal county.At least 38...
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