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VP Machar tells religious leader to deliver amnesty document to rebel leader...
May 3, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's vice-president, Riek Machar, has urged a top religious leader from Jonglei state's troubled Pibor county to hand deliver a copy of the general amnesty issued by...
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South Sudan says death penalty remains until constitution amended
“May” 3, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan will keep the capital punishment in place unless amendments are introduced in the country's constitution, the chief justice said today.South Sudan's chief justice,...
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Abyei remains top issue to settle with Sudan, says Kiir
May 3, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, says the fate of Abyei - a key disputed oil-producing border region - remains his government's top priority following the country's secession...
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UN provides meals to twice as many schools in Unity state this year
By Bonifacio Taban KuichMay 3, 2013 (BENTIU) - The World Food Programme (WFP) is providing an increasing number of meals to schools in South Sudan's Unity state as food shortages and malnutrition...
View ArticleAU urged to stand for press freedom and protection of journalists
By Tesfa-Alem TekleMay 3, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - As the globe marks the World Press Freedom Day on Friday the international press rights group, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), called on the...
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Sudanese Islamist group comes under fire for gifting Quran to US dipolomat
May 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Salafist group Ansar Al-Sunnah, has been harshly criticized by some religious figures for gifting a copy of the Holy Quran to the US charge d'affaires in Khartoum...
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Sudan rules out negotiations with SPLM-N outside Africa
May 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) secretary of External Relations and head of government delegation to negotiations with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/North...
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SSRRC boss warns army, communities over SPLM “internal problems”
May 03, 2013 (JUBA) – The Chairperson of South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission(SSRRC) has warned communities and the national army (SPLA) to avoid getting soaked into “internal problems"...
View ArticleUNAMID head visits Darfur to assess security and civilian needs
May 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The head of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, maintains that the best solution to the Darfur crisis is achieving lasting peace...
View ArticleSudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom
Human Rights Watch Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media FreedomNewspapers, Other Media Censored, Confiscated, Shut DownMAY 3, 2013(Nairobi) – Sudan should immediately stop censoring newspapers and end...
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South Sudan holds Sudan responsible for killing of paramount chief in Abyei
May 4, 2013 (JUBA)- Kuol Deng Kuol, the paramount chief of the Nine Ngok Dinka of the disputed border region of Abyei has been killed in an ambush, officials here said today.Troops from the United...
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Sudan army closing in on a rebel-controlled area: sources
May 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) has completely surrounded the district of Abu Kershola that was overrun by rebels from the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) last week, well-placed...
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NGOs, civilians told to leave Kapoeta and Pibor towns, amid safety fears
May 4, 2013 (JUBA) - Rebel forces from the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A) are seriously advising civilians and NGOs to leave the South Sudanese towns of Kapoeta and Pibor within a week,...
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Fresh attack on home of Lakes state political advisor in Rumbek
May 4, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The wife of a Lakes state political advisor was arrested on Saturday after being attacked by her neighbour in Malakia.The cause of dispute between family members of Dut Malual...
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Khartoum governor accuses opposition of fueling recent protests in Om Doum
May 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The governor of Khartoum state, Abdulrahman al-Khidir, has accused opposition forces of exploiting demands of residents and driving a wedge between them and the police forces...
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Sudan says dam project in north will flood 12 villages
May 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Youssef Tahir Qureshi, an adviser to the governor of Sudan's Northern state on electricity and dam matters, said that the Kajbar dam project is expected to flood 12 villages in...
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Lakes state: Five killed, dozens injured in Cueibet county crossfire
May 3, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Five people were killed and dozens wounded after suspected cattle raiders attacked a village in Lakes state's Cueibet County, officials said Friday.Isaac Mayom Malek, the County...
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We want peaceful party politics, Jikany-Nuer community tells South Sudan...
May 4, 2013 (JUBA) – The Jikany-Nuer community of the oil-rich South Sudan's Upper Nile state said their consistent message to president Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar is to maintain peaceful...
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South Sudan's newly appointed national reconciliation committee takes over
May 5, 2013 (JUBA) - The national reconciliation committee recently appointed by South Sudan's president Salva Kiir has officially began its mandate of overseeing efforts to reconcile the various...
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Sudan prevented aid delivery to Gereida in South Darfur: UN
May 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan revealed that the Sudanese government has denied aid agencies access to the town of...
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