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Western envoys call for end to conflict in Jonglei
May 18, 2013 (JUBA) – Western diplomats, alarmed by the increasing violence South Sudan's Jonglei state, have issued a joint statement calling for an end to the conflict in the country's largest...
View ArticleThe Invasion of Abyei: two years of more agony
By Luka Biong DengMay 19, 2013 - On 21st May 2013, the people of Abyei have spent two years of more agony and they will remember again the sad memories of how their lives and livelihoods were shattered...
View ArticleMayom commissioner denies aiding youth that attacked police
May 19, 2013 (BENTIU) - Calm has returned along the county border between Koch and Mayom in Unity state when inter-clan fighting broke out between two branches of the Nuer ethnic group last...
View ArticleLakes: Teenage girl arrested after throwing baby into latrine
May 18, 2013 (JUBA) - Authorities in the Lakes state capital, Rumbek, have arrested an underage girl who threw her newborn baby into a latrine after falling pregnant outside of wedlock.The girl, who...
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Eritrean youth face most harrowing atrocities: activist
May 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Renowned Eritrean activist Meron Estefanos has told an international conference in Oslo that of all the atrocities taking place in the repressive Red Sea nation, the plight of...
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UN concerned over Khartoum's suspension of local NGO's activities
May 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations (UN) has expressed its concern over suspending activities of the Sudanese aid group Al- Manar which provides food for about 528 malnourished children in...
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SPLM deputy chairman says the party is in trouble
May 19, 2013 (JUBA) – The deputy chairman of the South Sudan's ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), Riek Machar has warmed of a possible collapse of party, unless it democratically...
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SPLM-N calls for UN humanitarian chief to visit rebel-held conflict areas
May 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) has called on the head of the UN's humanitarian agency to visit areas in Blue Nile, South Kordofan and Darfur...
View ArticleUN agency alarmed by humanitarian situation in Kordofan and Darfur
May 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations has expressed its concern over the continued fleeing of civilians in South Kordofan state because of the fighting between the Sudanese Armed forces (SAF)...
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Speculations about ministerial reshuffle in Sudan
May 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) — Different sources have expected a large ministerial reshuffle in Khartoum, saying that the first vice-president Ali Osman Taha might be relieved from his position.President...
View ArticlePresidential aide proposes to form a national council for peace
May 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese presidential aide Abdel Rahman Al-Mahdi proposed to form a national council for peace gathering the leaders of the political parties to discuss national issues .In...
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Juba summons Chinese ambassador over oil blockage
May 20, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Monday summoned the Chinese ambassador to Juba to complain over an alleged blockage of the flow of its oil to international markets through Sudanese territory,...
View ArticleSudanese refugees relocated to camp in Ethiopia
May 20, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has relocated over 1,480 Sudanese refugees from the border to Sherkole camp in Ethiopia pushing the capacity of the camp beyond...
View ArticleIDPs attacked in South Darfur en route to Dereige camp
May 20, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Displaced civilians on their way to Dereige camp in South Darfur were attacked by an unidentified armed group on 16 May, according to UK-based advocacy group the Sudan Social...
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S. Sudan army says it recaptured town from Yau Yau rebels
May 19, 2013 (BOR) – The South Sudanese army (SPLA) says it has retaken control of an area previously held by rebels in the remote Boma town in Jonglei state.An SPLA tank in Bor on 18 May 2013 (ST)Army...
View ArticleEx-South Sudan rebels claim Khartoum arrested its members, confiscated...
May 20, 2013 (KAMPALA) - A South Sudanese rebel group, which recently signed a peace deal with the Juba government, claims the government of Sudan arrested some of its members and confiscated personal...
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SAF promises decisive victory against rebels soon
May 20, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has announced that major victory against rebellion will be declared soon and said it would be a landslide victory which will destroy "the...
View ArticleSudan's council of states suspends sessions to push for military mobilisation
May 20, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's Council of States has decided to suspend its sessions in order to enable its members to head to their constituencies and lead a mobilisation campaign in support of the...
View ArticleUnity and reconciliation necessary for sustainable peace in Darfur
By Adeeb YousifMay 20, 2013 -The biggest challenge in the Darfur conflict today is divisions. These divisions have created misunderstanding and mistrust within Darfurian society. Moreover they have and...
View ArticleNational unity: a project for each and every South Sudanese
By Jacob K. LupaiMay 21, 2013 - South Sudan has just attained independence from an imposed unity that had failed miserably to take into account the objective realities on the ground. In the old Sudan...
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