Security Council extends UNMISS mandate and discusses Sudan-South Sudan...
July 11, 2013 (WASHINGTON) - The United Nations Security Council on Thursday renewed for another year the mandate of UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and held a consultation meeting on relations...
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Sudanese cabinet approves anti-human trafficking law
July 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese cabinet today endorsed a draft bill on combating human trafficking in line with previous government pledges to tackle the issue this year.Refugees wait to be...
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African team to verify the harbouring of Sudanese rebels in South Sudan
July 12, 2013 (JUBA) – An African Union delegation will arrive in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, in the next few days to verify the alleged harbouring of Sudanese rebels that are fighting the...
View ArticleEthiopia's Boeing plane catches fire at London Heathrow Airport
July 12, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – A fire broke out on an Ethiopian Airlines-owned Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet at Britain's main airport, London Heathrow, on Friday. No casualties have been...
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Juba denies failing to address security challenges
July 12,2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese government vehemently denied Friday failure to effectively address violence and abuse of civilians in the country, blaming external forces for intention to...
View ArticleTribalism is in trouble
By Zechariah Manyok BiarJuly 12, 2013 - When South Sudanese single out something and fight against it, they do it with absolute commitment. The fight against the unity of Sudan in 2011 is one of these...
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Rights groups slam Sudanese president's upcoming visit to Nigeria
July 12, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir is scheduled to fly to Nigeria on Sunday to attend a summit on HIV/AIDS that is set to start on Monday, an official in Khartoum...
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US condemns violent attacks in South Sudan's Jonglei state
July 12, 2013 (BOR) - The US embassy in Juba has strongly condemned "in the strongest possible" terms the violent attacks in South Sudan's Jonglei state, urging government and community leaders to...
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10 killed, 15 injured in Unity state attack
July 12, 2013 (BENTIU) - Over 10 people were killed and 15 injured in South Sudan's Unity state on Friday when about 300 young men, suspected to have crossed the border from neigbouring Lakes state...
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Sudan shuffles governors of Kordofan states including ICC suspect
July 12, 2013, (KHARTOUM) -The Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir has endorsed the final status of the three Kordofan states following reinstating West Kordofan state and issued decrees...
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Cabinet meeting postponed over bad political mood in Juba
July 12, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's cabinet has postponed its regular weekly meeting due to suspected bad political mood in the presidency.South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek...
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SPLM-N proposes involving UNISFA in the children vaccination campaign
July 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) has proposed to involve the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in a vaccination campaign for children in the...
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Seven Tanzanian peacekeepers killed in South Darfur
July 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Unidentified gunmen attacked a patrol of the joint peacekeeping mission in South Darfur state on Saturday, killing seven Tanzanian soldiers, UNAMID announced.UNAMID soldiers...
View ArticleEthiopia calls for dialogue as political turmoil escalates in Egypt
July 13, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, on Friday urged Egyptian authorities to engage in national dialogue to defuse the deadly political crises in the North...
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Arab Misseriya reiterate rejection of AU plans for referendum in Abyei
July 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Misseriya Arab tribe have renewed their rejection of the African Union High Implementation Panel (AUHIP) proposal for holding a referendum in Abyei area this October.FILE...
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Sudan studying "foreign plot" aimed against the country
July 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Several agencies within the Sudanese government have embarked on discussing a scheme which they claim enjoys support from western countries and aims at annexing South...
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S. Sudan newspaper editor says under threat for publishing critical views
July 13,2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese newspaper editor, Nhial Bol Aken says he plans to go into a exile after security agencies put him under strict surveillance for allegedly broadcasting and...
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Sudan's Beja Congress denies suspending peace agreement
July 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Beja Congress has not yet made a decision on freezing their participation in the government despite their grievances about the implementation of the 2006 peace agreement,...
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Unity state MPs back calls to reinstate sacked governor
July 13, 2013 (BENTIU/JUBA) – Lawmakers from South Sudan Unity state assembly have asked President Salva Kiir to reconsider his decision of removing the duly elected governor, Taban Deng Gai.Unity...
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Lakes: Student killed over girl's pregnancy
July 13, 2013 (RUMBEK) - A 19-year-old student from Cueibet county in South Sudan's Lakes state was on Friday beaten to death by a group of men who accused his relative of impregnating a young girl,...
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