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50% of South Sudan households food insecure: UNOCHA
By Julius N. Uma August 30, 2012 (JUBA) - At least 50% of households in South Sudan remain food insecure, while about 14% are severely affected, a United Nations Food Security Monitoring System (FSMS)...
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Sudan, S. Sudan leaders to attend Zenawi's funeral
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle August 30, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan will attend the funeral ceremony of the late Ethiopian Prime Minister whose death was announced by Addis...
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S. Sudan predicts oil production resumption in "four to six months"
August 30, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan hopes to resume oil production through neighbouring Sudan after taking its unilateral decision to shut down oil production in January, accusing Khartoum of stealing...
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Ban Ki-moon and Sudan's Bashir meet in Tehran
August 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese President and United Nations Secretary General discussed Thursday in the Iranian capital, Tehran, the latest developments on the outstanding issues process and...
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Sudan says foiled rebels' attempt to smuggle arms into capital
August 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Local security authorities in Sudan's central state of White Nile announced on Thursday that they have captured a truck full of arms belonging to the rebel Sudanese...
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Sudanese court considers appeal against ban of SPLM-N - lawyer
August 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's Constitutional Court has agreed to adjudicate a case of appeal against the ban imposed by security authorities on the opposition-turned-rebel Sudan People's...
View ArticleAI: SUDANESE OPPOSITION ACTIVIST RELEASED
Amnesty International Date: 31 August 2012 SUDANESE OPPOSITION ACTIVIST RELEASED Activist Alawiya Osman Ismail Kibaida was released on 28 July, after being detained for over three months without...
View ArticleAfter Meles: The Fate of South Sudan and Sudan Future Relations
By Luka Biong Deng As the people of Ethiopia, the continent and the world at large will pay the last tribute and farewell to the Prime Minister Meles next Sunday on 2nd September 2012 in Addis, the...
View ArticleMurle leaders distance themselves from South Sudan militias
August 31, 2012 (JUBA) - Leaders of the Murle ethnic group denied Thursday that they had any links with David Yau Yau, who is leading a rebellion against the government from Pibor County in Jonglei...
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Abyei traditional leaders deny youth attack traders
August 31, 2012 (JUBA) - Traditional leaders from the contested oil region of Abyei, which lies on the Sudan-South Sudan border, vehemently denied on Friday reports alleging that a group of youth had...
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Ban Ki-moon had "a brief greeting" with Sudanese president in Teheran – U.N.
August 31, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – The United Nations minimized the importance of a meeting between Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir and the U.N. Secretary general Ban Ki-moon in Teheran....
View ArticleSudan's NCP welcomes Eritrean initiative with SPLM-N rebels
August 31, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) said Eritrea launched an initiative to bridge the gaps between the government and members of the rebel Sudan people's...
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Sudan resumes strengthening bilateral ties with South Sudan ahead of talks
August 31, 2012 (JUBA/KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government is resuming strengthening and restoring bilateral relations with its former region South Sudan, with which it is in engaged in a number of post...
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Sudan quietly withdraws controversial UNHRC candidacy
August 31, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – The Sudanese government on Thursday formally informed the African Union (AU) that it no longer wished to be considered for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights...
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UN criticizes South Sudan over execution of two prisoners
By Julius N. Uma August 31, 2012 (JUBA) - United Nations High Commission for Human Rights has strongly criticized South Sudan's recent decision to hang two men in a central prison located in the...
View ArticleNatsios and his heretical revelations about Sudan
By Abdullahi Osman El-Tom September 2, 2012 — I read with tremendous outrage the Op-ed article published by Andrew Natsios, ex-US Envoy for Sudan, in the New York Times, August 24th, 2012. To say the...
View ArticleSRF rebels deny smuggling weapons into Sudanese capital
September 3, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese rebels dismissed reports published last week accusing them of attempting to smuggle weapons into the capital Khartoum. Last Sunday the director of the National...
View ArticleUS recommits to strong partnership with post-Zenawi Ethiopia
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 3, 2012(ADDIS ABABA) – The US government is committed to further deepen its partnership with the new leadership of Ethiopia, the US permanent representative to the United...
View ArticleSudanese UNAMID staff go on strike demanding to be paid in US dollars
September 3, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese staff working for the African Union – United Nations Mission ion Darfur (UNAMID) will stage a one-day strike on Wednesday, demanding to be paid in US dollars....
View ArticleWikileaks: Sudanese launchpad for Egyptian attack on Ethiopian dam
By Toby Collins September 3, 2012 (LONDON) – Egyptian authorities fearful of a monopoly on Nile waters received agreement from Khartoum to build an airbase in Sudan, to launch attacks on Ethiopian...
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