Arman says Bashir's statements demonstrate his determination to kill civilians
May 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - SPLM-N secretary general Yasir Arman denounced Bashir remarks where he announced the suspension of talks with the rebel Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) and termed it as a...
View ArticleAU summit urges referral of ICC cases to Kenya
May 28, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA/JUBA) - African leaders who attended the just concluded African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia strongly backed a Kenyan proposal that the International Criminal Court...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese Woman Violently Murdered by Husband Reinforces the Harsh...
Strategic Initiatives for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA - Network) South Sudanese Woman Violently Murdered by Husband Reinforces the Harsh Brutality of Domestic Violence24 May 2013On Tuesday 21st...
View ArticleUnderstanding the parameters of Lakes authorities' extremism
By Agook MayekMay 28, 2013 - The case of Lakes State's ban on both alcohol production and consumption is very corporeal and at the same time interesting, particularly, when one looks at its pros and...
View ArticlePetition against Lakes state's caretaker governor
Open letter - 22 May, 2013To: The Speaker of the Council States of the Republic of South SudanSubject: Petition against Lakes State's Care-Taker Governor Your Honour, we the under signed petitioners...
View ArticleIndian Battalion commemorates international UN peacekeepers' day in Bor
May 29, 2013 (BOR) - Peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan marked UN peacekeeping day in Bor, Jonglei state, by paying tribute to their comrades who died in a rebel attack in...
View ArticleLakes state police force underage girl from classroom to marry a soldier
May 29, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese police forced a 17-year-old girl in Lakes state's Wulu county from her classroom to marry a soldier against her will on Tuesday, local people and witnesses told...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese parliament receives sample textbooks
May 28, 2013 (KAMPALA) - The head of the South Sudanese parliament's education, research, science and technology committee, Samson Ezekiel Ndukpo, received three sets of new textbooks and teacher...
View ArticleKiir makes first official visit to Japan
May 29, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit left Juba for his first official visit to Japan on Wednesday, responding to the invitation extended to him by the Japanese prime...
View ArticleSudan downplays negative impact of Ethiopian dam project
May 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government has declared that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) does not pose a threat to Sudan, disclosing existence of consultations and understandings...
View ArticleUS dollar slightly loses ground to Sudanese pound on black market
May 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The price of the US dollar has witnessed a slight decrease in the black market on Wednesday, settling at 6.9 Sudanese pounds (SDG), while the price of the euro was 8.3 SDG,...
View ArticleDirty game
By Zechariah Manyok BiarMay 29, 2013 - The dirty game of killing of innocent people that has been going on in Juba and other areas of South Sudan is now becoming clear. There are people who seem to...
View ArticleThe likelihood of xenophobia in South Sudan
By Luka Madhieu KuotMay 29, 2013 - With the signing of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005 that gave Southern Sudan a semi-autonomy rule for six years followed by successful referendum in...
View ArticleThe collapsing Sudanese economy
By Eric ReevesMay 28, 2013 -This essay was written in early January 2013; little has changed in the macroeconomic picture for either Sudan or South Sudan. Recent mutual threats of an oil stoppage would...
View ArticleSudan army increasing security around Abu-Kershola perimeter
May 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army is conducting combing operations around the recently-reclaimed area of Abu Kershola in South Kordofan to increase security around its perimeter, a military...
View ArticleNorth & South Sudan fix oil export glitch: ambassador
May 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The neighbouring states of Sudan and South Sudan fixed a technical issue at an export facility that forced Juba to cut its production by half last week, an official said...
View ArticleSecurity Council extends UN Abyei mission, approves more troops
May 29, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – United Nations Security Council (UNSC) extended on Wednesday the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for six months, and increased its troops by more...
View ArticleThe complaining nation
By Garang Deng Mayath KonMay 30, 2013 - No doubt that, some of the multiple problems surrounding our new nation; the Republic of South Sudan are being imported to us by our yesterday unfriendly house...
View ArticleBiting the hands that feed
By Deng VanangHe is at it again. That is His Excellency, President Salva Kiir Mayardit acting contrary to popular opinion. This time is wielding his inverted diplomacy of repelling allies while...
View ArticleSudan's Crisis: incremental versus a holistic approach
By Ahmed Hussain AdamMay 30, 2013 - The political crisis of Sudan has reached its most precarious phase with complete paralyses of the impetus leadership that lost its moral authority, legitimacy and...
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