The burden of having Matur Chut as the governor of Lakes state
By Adhil Malok, JnrMr Matur Chut was appointed as a care-taker governor of Lakes state after communal clashes that left scores of people dead in Rumbek Central County of Lakes state. This situation was...
View ArticlePayinjiar county win friendly football match competition in Lakes state
June 7, 2013 (KAMPALA) - A two day peace and reconciliation football tournament facilitated by AECOM International in Lakes state between Payinjiar county of Unity state and the Rumbek counties of...
View ArticleDinka Bor leaders warn SPLM politicians against premature presidential...
June 7, 2013 (BOR) - Leaders of the Dinka Bor community in Jonglei state have warned politicians in South Sudan's ruling SPLM against publicly airing their desire to contest the party's...
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S. Sudanese ex-rebels deny attacking Twic county, stealing cows
June 6, 2013 (JUBA) - The leadership council of a former South Sudanese rebel movement on Thursday described as "unfounded" allegations that its forces attacked Twic county in South Sudan's Warrap...
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Sudan's central bank restricts gold imports & exports
June 7, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's central bank has issued a directive prohibiting individuals from importing all types of gold including refined and bars unless an import permit is acquired from the...
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South Sudan's Amum accuses Sudan of ethnic cleansing in Abyei
June 7, 2013 (JUBA) - A senior South Sudanese official has accused the government of neigbouring Sudan of ethnic cleansing in the contested border region of Abyei, allegedly to discourage return of...
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85% of oral cancer cases in Sudan caused by chewing tobacco, study shows
June 7, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A recent study has revealed that 8-9 million Sudanese people chew tobacco and indicated that 82% of oral cancer cases are attributed to this.The report further said that 92%...
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South Sudan's cabinet postponed meeting over negligence
June 7, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's cabinet on Friday failed to conduct its weekly meeting due to negligence amidst conflicting explanations over what prevented the executive members from attending to...
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SPLM reverses dismissal of N. Bahr el Ghazal member
June 7, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's governing party (SPLM) has reversed the dismissal of one of its six lawmakers expelled from the party's wing in South Sudan's Northern Bahr el Ghazal state last...
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Sudanese president orders government to block oil flow from South Sudan
June 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir said today he ordered oil minister Awad al-Jaz to block the pipeline carrying South Sudan's crude all the way to Red Sea coastal...
View Article“No force could stop Nile dam project”, says Ethiopia
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJune 9, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – As tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia rise over a new dam on the Blue Nile, Addis Ababa on Sunday stressed that no force could stop the construction of...
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Fears oil shutdown could cause environmental damage
June 9, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's information and broadcasting minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin has warned that an order by Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir to halt oil flows from the new...
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South accuses Khartoum of “making up” rebel claims
June 9,2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Sunday accused neighbouring Sudan of “making up” claims that the new nation supports rebel groups fighting to topple the northern regime.South Sudan's SPLA soldiers...
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Sudan leaves door open for rollback of oil shutdown decision
June 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government today qualified president Omer Hassan al-Bashir decision to halt oil flow from South Sudan by saying that the latter can rectify the situation and...
View ArticleSociety's perception of the media in South Sudan
By Ngor Arol GarangJune 8, 2013 - In a world virtually becoming cognitive of individual rights, fundamental freedoms and rapidly growing pressure on governments and societies to open ways to modernity,...
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Civil society groups petition Kiir to ensure timely elections
June 10, 2013 (JUBA) – The alliance of the civil society organizations in South Sudan has urged president Salva Kiir to ensure timely conduct of the 2015 general elections as well as respect for human...
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Sudan eyes privatising sugar factories: minister
June 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's minister of industry, Abdel Wahab Mohamed Osman, declared this week that the government has no option but to privatise several sugar factories in order to obtain...
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Sudan reiterates support of Ethiopian dam plans
June 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's information minister and government spokesperson Ahmed Bilal Osman insisted today that Sudan would benefit from the controversial Ethiopian renaissance dam and...
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S. Sudan cabinet forms emergency committee on oil issue
June 9, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan cabinet on Sunday put in place an emergency committee, comprising officials from oil companies and the Petroleum ministry, to monitor the country's oil situation.South...
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