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Sudan says deteriorating storage capacity causes grain waste
May 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Strategic Reserves department at the Agricultural Bank of Sudan (ABS) has acknowledged that the lack of storage capacity in the country has resulted in losing a quarter of...
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Renewed tension brewing between Khartoum and Juba
May 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government on Saturday accused South Sudan of providing support to rebels from the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) who have recently stepped up their attacks in...
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Sudan's NCP confirms its delegation's visit to Washington
May 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) confirmed on Saturday that a delegation will head soon to Washington for talks on bilateral relations and resolution of...
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Sudan says SRF top military commander ‘is alive'
May 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) announced today that the General Chief of Staff of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) Abdel-Aziz al-Hilu is alive and...
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Former Darfur rebel leader killed near Sudan-Chad border area
May 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A former Darfur rebel faction has announced the death of its leader Mohamed Bashar and his deputy, Suleiman Arko, saying they were killed during an attack carried out by the...
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Botswana abolishes entry visas for S. Sudanese
May 12, 2013 (NAIROBI) – South Sudanese citizens intending to travel to Botswana need not apply for entry visas any more, the Southern African nation announced last week.The move, which took effect...
View ArticleS. Sudan: UK aids teacher training college
May 11, 2013 (YEI/JUBA) – The British government, through its Department for International Development (DFID), has donated 200 primary school textbooks and teacher guides to Yei Teacher Training...
View ArticleCalls for deputy interior minister to resign over detention of Juba journalists
May 12, 2013 (JUBA) - The South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy (SSHURSA) has called for South Sudan's deputy minister of interior to step down over the detention of two Juba Monitor newspaper...
View ArticleEthiopia arrests minister, corrupt government officials
By Tesfa-Alem TekleMay 12, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Federal Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission of Ethiopia (FEACC) on Saturday announced that it has detained 13 high-profile government officials and...
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Juba dismisses rebel claims, says Khartoum covering Abyei killing
May 12, 2013 (JUBA)- South Sudan on Sunday dismissed Sudanese government claims that it provides support to rebels opposed to Khartoum regime, saying such an allegation was a cover-up to the recent...
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Abyei youth call for immediate termination of UNISFA mandate
May 12, 2013 (JUBA) - The leadership of a youth group from the oil-contested border region of Abyei have called for the immediate termination of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force for...
View ArticleGreater Bahr el Ghazal calls for conference to discuss country's situation
May 12, 2013 (JUBA) –The four states of the Greater Bahr el Ghazal region have called for their intellectuals and senior political leaders to report themselves to Wau, the former regional capital and...
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Rare criticism of Sudan's security agency from parliament
May 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's National Assembly speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir has issued a warning to the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) saying that its leaders will face death at the hands...
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Sudan warns rebels against attempting to attack Khartoum
May 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan said today that rebels from the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) will face "disastrous consequences" if they dared to launch an attack on the capital city of...
View Article5 reasons why Sudan's Nafie ali Nafie is not welcome in the United States
By Esther SpragueMay 13, 2013 - The White House has invited Nafie Ali Nafie, the Advisor and Assistant of Sudan's ICC indicted President, to the United States for high level talks. Since Nafie's...
View ArticleABYEI: Misplaced civility at the heart of an intractable conflict
By Deng VanangMay 13, 2013 - Until death do us part, seem to be the rapturous echoes ripping through the throbbing heart of bewildered Ngok Dinka citizens in Abyei. The disputed territory is aging as...
View ArticleWau Dialogue W. Bahr el-Ghazal state 13-15 May 2013
South Sudan Law Society 13th-April-2013Citizen of Western Bhar el-Ghazal State calls for limitations of President Powers and the Independence of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and transparency in...
View ArticleCan Yau Yau capture towns outside Pibor County?
By Zechariah Manyok BiarMay 13, 2013 - The capture of Boma town in Pibor County by the rebels led by David Yau Yau has raised questions. Some people wonder if Yau Yau would move to other areas, both...
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Armed men loot relief supplies in Pibor
May 13, 2013 (BOR) - Armed men were reported to have looted civilians properties and humanitarians compounds of INTERSOS and Medicine Sans Frontiers [MSF] in Pibor over the weekend.Jonglei local...
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Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn arrives in Juba to open bank
May 13, 2013 (JUBA) – Disgraced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in South Sudan on Monday to open a new bank, marking a rare return to the financial world...
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