Sudan's new constitution must recognize diversity - seminar
June 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A seminar held in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi to discuss the drafting process of a new constitution in Sudan called for incorporating clauses that recognize diversity and...
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Sudan presidency deliberating on the date of VP Machar visit
June 19, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today that it is consulting with the Presidency and other ministries to agree on a time for the visit of South Sudan Vice...
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Sudanese president meets China's special envoy
June 19, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir met on Wednesday with Chinese special envoy to Africa Zhong Jianhua to discuss the former's decision this month to shut down...
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Sudanese parliament approves Kuwaiti loan despite strong opposition
June 19, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's national assembly narrowly approved a loan from Kuwait after a heated debate on the issue of violating Islamic Shar'ia law which prohibits borrowing money that has...
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Youths in Sudan's largest opposition party planning anti-government protests
June 19, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Youth section of the National Umma Party (NUP) issued a statement today announcing that protests are planned for June 29 in al-Khalifa square in Sudan's twin capital of...
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South Sudan's Kiir determined to prosecute Alor & Manibe if implicated in...
June 19, 2013, (JUBA) - South Sudan may arrest and prosecute the two suspended federal ministers charged with requesting and wiring funds without the knowledge of the presidency and other relevant...
View ArticleAlex de Waal: the rebirth of a principled activist?
By Monim El-JakJune 19, 2013 - Whenever Alex de Waal publishes analysis or reflections, Sudanese intellectuals and activists, and the concerned international institutions and individuals, give it...
View ArticleWau court sentences 3 MPs to prison for 2012 violence
June 18, 2013 (WAU) - A special court in Wau handling the cases of those charged with involvement in violence last December sentenced three members of the Western Bahr el Ghazal state parliament to two...
View ArticleSix killed in Mayom cattle raid days after herders are disarmed
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJune 19, 2013 (BENTIU) - Six civilians were seriously injured in a cattle camp in Unity state's Mayom county over the weekend by a group of raiders allegedly from neighbouring...
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JEM rebukes calls for international condemnation of Bashar's killing
June 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) strongly rejected Sudanese government's accusations that it killed a former rebel leader, Mohamed Bashar, with intention to hamper...
View ArticleInteresting nation
By Zechariah Manyok BiarJune 20, 2013 - South Sudanese are very interesting people. What they believe in is not easy to understand. You can see them today standing firmly against injustice and...
View ArticleSudan & South Sudan: Women as agents of security
By Farah CouncilJune 20, 2013 - They stand shoulder to shoulder in a wide circle listening to one another's concerns and fears. The group varied in age, religion, politics, ethnicity, etc. Regardless...
View ArticleThe dirty hand of Qatar in Sudan's conflicts
By Anne BartlettJune 20, 2013 - There is a certain intractability to Sudan's conflicts these days, which defies logic or, it seems, any moral responsibility. The inability to move the international...
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Three South Sudan states agree to impose death penalty on cattle raiders
June 19, 2013 (RUMBEK) - A border security conference attended by top officials from South Sudan's Lakes, Unity and Warrap states on Wednesday agreed to impose the death penalty on those convicted of...
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S. Sudan opposition refutes internal rift allegations
June 20, 2013 (JUBA) – A member of South Sudan opposition Sudan People's Liberation Movement-Democratic Change (SPLM-DC) has dismissed as untrue allegations that internal rifts exits within the...
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E. Equatoria holds youth conference to improve community relations
By Bosco IjjoJune 19, 2013 (TORIT) - An Eastern Equatoria state youth and peace conference began in the capital,Torit on Wednesday bringing together youth from all the eight counties to discuss and...
View ArticleCPJ: East Africa records high exodus rates of journalists
June 20, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - As the globe marks World Refugee Day on Thursday, an international press freedom group, said that the number of journalists from East African countries fleeing into exile...
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UDF denies link with South Sudan rebel leader, Yauyau
June 19, 2013 (BOR) - South Sudanese opposition party, United Democratic Front (UDF) has denied that it has any connection with their former member, David Yauyau, who launched a rebellion against the...
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U.S. suspends invitation to senior Sudanese official over row with Juba
June 20, 2013, (WASHINGTON) - The United States informed the Sudanese government that its invitation to presidential assistant and vice chairman of ruling National Congress Party (NCP) Nafie Ali Nafie...
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Sudanese government and SPLM-N rebels may hold humanitarian talks soon – UN...
June 20, 2013 (WASHINGTON) - Sudanese government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement –North (SPLM-N) may meet in Addis Ababa at the end of this month for discussions on humanitarian issues including...
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