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Sudan holds security meeting as FM heads to Juba
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Council of Defence and National Security (CDNS) discussed Thursday the recent attacks by the alliance of rebel groups, Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), while the...
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Sudan officially lifts pre-publication censorship
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese authorities have officially began implementing the directives of 1st Vice President Ali Osman Taha to lift direct pre-publication censorship on newspapers.A...
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Trial of Sudan's former intelligence director postponed - lawyer
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The trial of Sudan's former director of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Salah Gosh has been postponed until next Monday, one his lawyers said...
View ArticleKhartoum summons western diplomats over Juba's alleged rebel support
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese foreign affairs ministry on Tuesday summoned top diplomats from Britain, US and Norway over claims alleging that South Sudan supports rebel movements in the...
View ArticleMurder suspect shot after escaping from Rumbek prison
May 17, 2013 (JUBA) - A murder suspect who escaped from Rumbek's main prison over a month ago was shot in the Malual-Kodi area of Lakes state on Thursday by wardens from South Sudan Prison Services.A...
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Give no more room to “betrayers of the nation”, says WBEG governor
May 16, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan should give no more concessions to “betrayers of the nation”, the governor of Western Bahr el Ghazal state said on Thursday, in an apparent reference to rebel groups...
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Kiir promises to investigate Khartoum's claims of support to Sudanese rebels
May 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has promised to verify the information given to him by the Sudanese foreign minister, Ali Karti, on claims of continued support...
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UN humanitarian chief to visit Sudan
May 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The head of the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is scheduled to make a three-day visit to Sudan later this month.Valerie Amos,...
View ArticleUnity state: Five police and one soldier die in Koch-Mayom clashes
May 17, 2013 (BENTIU) - Five Unity state policemen and one soldier were killed in Buoth district of Koch county on Friday in an attack local authorities have blamed on youth from neighbouring Mayom...
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Khartoum behind fresh wave of violence over gold in Darfur: report
May 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A new report argues that the Sudanese government's struggle for control of Darfur's gold resources, rather than inter-tribal conflicts is behind the recent surge in violence...
View ArticleChina to increase loans provided to Sudan
May 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The People's Republic of China has agreed to speed up measures aimed at increasing the level of loans offered to Sudan with priority given to projects linked to increasing...
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S. Sudan warns security forces, militias over violence against civilians
May 17, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan president, Salva Kiir has warned armed rebel groups and “ill-disciplined” elements within the regular security forces to halt violence against innocent civilians in...
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UN chief appoints Haile Menkerios special AU representative
May 17, 2013 (JUBA) – The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has appointed Haile Menkerios as new Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) and his Special...
View ArticleRumbek court sentences government official to two years in prison
May 18, 2013 (JUBA) - Rumbek county court on Friday sentenced a government official to two years in prison for assaulting a reporter for South Sudan Television (SSTV) and threatening him with pistol in...
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Machar tells SPLA to distance itself from politics
May 19, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's vice-president, Riek Machar, has strongly directed the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) to distance itself from the ongoing political debates in the...
View ArticleCPJ urges Kerry to address AU summit on press freedom
By Tesfa-Alem TekleMay 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on US secretary of state John Kerry to address African leaders on the issue of press freedom in...
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South Sudan denies marginalising minority tribes in government
May 18, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan has denied allegations that it is marginalising minority tribes in the government, asserting that those making such claims are individuals acting out of their own...
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Sudan's defence minister promises rebellion annihilation
May 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese defence minister, Abdel-Rahim Hussein, has reiterated the ability of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) to defeat the rebel groups, stressing that they would completely...
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Increase of UN troops in Abyei is part of a previous agreement, Sudan says
May 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's foreign ministry has stated that the call of the UN secretary General for adding (1126) troops to the UN Interim Force for Abyei (UNISFA) came in the context of an...
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Sudan says South Kordofan town to be soon liberated
May 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The spokesperson o f the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) announced that they would soon retake the Abu Karshola in South Kordofan from the rebels who seized the area last...
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