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Machar meets Bashir and Taha over row between Juba and Khartoum
June 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – South Sudan's vice-president, Riek Machar, arrived in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Sunday where he met with the president Omer A-Bashir after being welcomed at the...
View ArticleSudan's Bashir arrives in Addis Ababa for meeting on hunger in Africa
June 30, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Sudan's president Omer Al-Bashir arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday to take part at a high level meeting of African and international leaders on...
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S. Sudan begins investigating ministers suspended over financial scandal
June 30, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan has started investigating its two ministers recently suspended for alleged involvement in what is regarded as the biggest financial scandal in the country's...
View ArticleAbyei: A test of African solutions for African problems
By Luka Biong DengJune 30, 2013 - Abyei is one of the issues that dominated the quality of relations between Southern Sudan and South Sudan since the independence of Sudan in 1956 and it will continue...
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Juba says it will deport foreign nationals working illegally
July 1, 2013 (JUBA) - Illegal foreign workers in South Sudan, mostly from neigbouring East African countries, are fast running out of time to complete regularising their status, the government in Juba...
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Human rights group condemns closure of Lakes state radio station
July 1, 2013 (JUBA) - A leading human rights group in South Sudan has condemned in the "strongest terms" last week's decision to close Rumbek-based Good News Radio, which is part of the Catholic Radio...
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Road accidents on the rise in Juba, say health officials
July 1, 2013 (JUBA) - Thousands of people travel each day in South Sudan's capital of Juba by boda-boda but accidents involving this popular bicycle taxi are on the rise, mostly due to a lack of...
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Sudan parliament cool on law on subjecting civilians to military trials
July 1, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese parliament has declined to pass a bill containing amendments to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) law calling it it an overt violation of human rights which...
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Sudan and South Sudan agree to back efforts for peace in the two countries
July 1, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan and South Sudan agreed Monday to refrain from supporting rebel groups and instead, to back efforts aiming to bring peaceful settlement in the two countries.Sudan's Vice...
View ArticleAbyei Final Status: An account of indecision by the African Union
By Luka Biong DengJuly 1, 2013 - With the 50 years in existence, the AU and its institutions need a thorough review to assess their institutional and organizational capabilities to deliver better and...
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Bashir says Sudan willing to work towards combating hunger in Africa
July 1, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir, has said that 239 million Africans are malnourished and announced his country's commitment to engage in a strategic partnership...
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Sudan opposition denies plot to bomb NUP rally
July 1, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese opposition umbrella known as the National Consensus Forces (NCF) rejected accusations by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) of plotting to...
View ArticleWarrior Security ready to employ all independent contractors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2013Warrior Security (South Sudan) today re-affirmed its commitment to absorb all UNMISS guards that choose to apply for employment with the company and encouraged the...
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Sudan national assembly approves controversial amendments to army law
July 2, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese parliament has finally passed controversial amendments to the 2007 Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) law which will allow for prosecution of civilians in military...
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Sudan says crisis with Juba not discussed during China visit
July 2, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The National Congress Party (NCP) deputy chairman for party's affairs Nafie Ali Nafie has said there was a match of views between the NCP and the Chinese Communist Party...
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Sudan readies law on atomic energy: official
July 2, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - Sudan has drafted a law on atomic energy and regulations on the system of nuclear liability and safeguards that will soon be presented to government for review, an official...
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Ethiopia proposes body to verify claims of rebel support between Khartoum and...
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJuly 3, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Monday proposed the establishment of an investigative body that will attempt to verify claims if...
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Radio station in South Sudan's Rumbek resumes broadcasting
July 2, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Rumbek Catholic Radio Good News FM-89 resumed its normal broadcast on Tuesday after being ordered to go off air by the Lakes state government on Friday.Peter Mapuor Makur...
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Machar calls on Sudanese opposition to support cooperation agreements
July 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM/JUBA) – South Sudan's Vice President, Riek Machar, has appealed to the Sudan's major political parties to support the implementation of the cooperation agreements between the two...
View ArticleThe best approach to reform
By Zechariah Manyok BiarJuly 2, 2013 - In my recent article, “Proven wrong,” I suggested that the way South Sudan can improve by at least one point next year in the failed states grading is to target...
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