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S. Sudan opposition apologises for anti-Bashir remarks
June 16, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's main opposition party has distanced itself from a critical comment one of its top official made against the Sudanese president Omer Al-BashirOnyoti Adigo Nyikec...
View ArticleSudanese ruling party welcomes Machar's visit to Khartoum
June 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - South Sudanese vice-president Riek Machar is expected to arrive in Khartoum on Tuesday as the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) welcomed the South Sudanese...
View ArticleThe arming of rebels in Sudan and South Sudan: what is the evidence?
By Eric Reeves17 June 2013 - News reporting in general, a great deal of analytic writing, and virtually all diplomatic pronouncements about military support for rebel groups—in South Sudan and...
View ArticleOn Abyei enough is enough
By Deng VanangJune 17, 2013 - No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody's wish that dialogue could...
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Egyptian foreign minister in Ethiopia for talks over Nile water
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJune 17, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopian foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom on Monday met his visiting Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Kamel Amr, in Addis Ababa where the two sides...
View ArticleSouth Sudan television sacks head of English department
June 17, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan Television (SSTV) has sacked head of English department following internal squabbles over the policy the institution should promote, according to multiple officials...
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South Darfur governor says security situation 'stable'
June 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The governor of South Darfur state Adam Mahmoud Jar Al-Nabi has asserted that the security situation in all localities of the state is calm including the capital city of...
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Sudan says Mbeki's proposal contains no new elements
June 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) said today that proposals of the head of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), Thabo Mbeki, to resolve the...
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Advocacy group warns of conflict in Abyei region
JUNE 17,2013 (JUBA) - An advocacy group has warned of a possible outbreak of conflict in disputed border region of Abyei unless claims to the area between north and south Sudan are peacefully...
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CAR's new president in Khartoum for talks on bilateral ties
June 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Michel Djotodia, new president of Central African Republic (CAR), arrived Monday to Khartoum where he held talks with his Sudanese counterpart Omer Al-Bashir.Sudanese...
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Unrest as SPLM sacks official in South Sudan Lakes state, suspends two others
June 17, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The South Sudan ruling party (SPLM) has sacked its assistant secretary for political affairs in Lakes state's Rumbek Central County, suspending two other officials for...
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U.S. condemns shelling in S. Kordofan that killed UN peacekeeper
June 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The United States on Monday issued a condemnation of the shelling that took place last week in a Sudanese border state and hit a United Nations peacekeeping base.FILE -...
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South Sudan's Kiir says Khartoum using pipeline as "weapon of threat"
June 17, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan president Salva Kiir has strongly dismissed allegations that his country supports rebels opposed to Khartoum saying the latter was using its oil pipeline to threaten...
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South Sudan president suspends two ministers for corruption probe
June 18, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's president Salva Kiir Mayardit has suspended two federal ministers from their duties and lifted their immunities to be investigated for a corruption related...
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Jonglei water factory sets up test labs
June 17, 2013 (BOR) - A factory in South Sudan's Jonglei state has set up a $78,000 laboratory to test water turbidity, minerals, levels of Potential Hydrogen (PH) and conductivity before it is...
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Ethiopia, Egypt ease tensions over Nile dam, agree to hold tripartite talks...
June 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA/KHARTOUM) – After weeks of verbal confrontations Ethiopia and Egypt on Tuesday agreed to cool down their tension over Nile water and to engage further tripartite...
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FAO welcomes S. Sudan as its newest member
June 18, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan has formally been admitted as the newest member of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), at its ongoing conference in Rome, Italy.Flag raising...
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‘Wholesale destruction' of Darfur villages where ICC suspect was seen - HRW
June 18, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) today released satellite images showing what it said were the aftermath of Darfur villages attacked by Sudanese government...
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Sudan slams countries saying Bashar's killing was unintentional
June 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan has slammed the position of some countries for refusing to condemn the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) for the killing of a former rebel leader who signed a...
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AU envoy accuses S. Sudan rebels of attacking CAR civilians
June 18, 2013 (JUBA) – An armed group from South Sudan, last month, attacked bases of the African Union-led Regional Task Force (FTF) and US special forces in Central African Republic (CAR), an envoy...
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