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Sudanese opposition makes "final call" on NCP to reform governance
September 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The main coalition of Sudanese opposition parties issued on Sunday the “final call” on the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to respond to their demands for dissolving...
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Sudan rejects US Marines and Washington evacuate non essential staff
September 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese government declined a demand by the U.S. administration to deploy Marines's security team to protect its embassy in Khartoum, as Washington ordered...
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Unity State flood victims accuse government and NGOs of failing them
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich September 14, 2012 (BENTIU) - Many of the over three thousand people who have been displaced by flooding in from villages around Unity State capital, Bentui - following heavy...
View ArticleN. Bahr el Ghazal parliament on "standby" to consider proposals from...
September 13, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The acting Governor of South Sudan's Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Madut Dut Yel, has warned the State's parliament to be on "standby" in case they have to swiftly approve...
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South Sudanese students ask for more government support
September 15, 2012 (KAMPALA) – With South Sudan decreasing the funds it grants to students studying abroad every year since funding began in 2007 students are asking the government not to forget their...
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South Sudan army denies new rebellions in Upper Nile and Ramciel
September 15, 2012 (RUMBEK) - South Sudan's army on Saturday dismissed rebel claims that two groups of of disaffected soldiers have staged mutinies in Upper Nile State and in the Ramciel area of Lakes...
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Khartoum urges UN chief to press Juba to stop its support to Sudanese rebels
September 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan has urged UN chief to press South Sudanese government to cease its support to the rebel Sudan people's Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) stressing such links...
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S. Sudan: UNESCO earmarks $0.5m to fight high illiteracy rates
September 16, 2012 (JUBA) - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has earmarked US$500,000 to boost efforts by South Sudan government to fight the high...
View ArticleMuslims in Ethiopia denounce anti-Islam film
September 16, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Muslim Ethiopians have condemned the anti-Islamic film produced in the United States which mocks Islam's Prophet Mohammed. The film Innocence of Muslims released on...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council calls for rule of law improvement in S. Sudan
September 16, 2012 (JUBA) - The Government of South Sudan and its partners should be fully supported in efforts to build the capacity of rule of law institutions as a mechanism of addressing the...
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Pressure to probe death of Sudanese protesters in anti-film demos
September 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese parliament is intending to summon the minister of interior to question him on the circumstances that led to the killing of two protesters during Friday's...
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Sudan says against foreign interference in the talks with South Sudan
September 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan has reiterated its rejection to foreign intervention in the ongoing efforts of the African Union mediation to settle the unresolved issues with South Sudan after...
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Sudan's Bashir visits Egypt, confirms “identical position” on Nile Water dispute
September 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir arrived in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday and reaffirmed during talks with his counterpart Mohammed Morsi the “identical...
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Sudan blocks Youtube over anti-Islam film - sources
September 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese authorities have banned the video-sharing website Youtube in what appears to be an attempt to prevent people from watching an anti-Islam film that has been...
View ArticleJEM rebels ban use of child soldiers
September 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) ordered its troops to demobilize child soldiers and prohibited their recruitment in the future. The rebel group recently issued a...
View ArticleThe Arab Spring: Turabi rehabilitated
By Magdi El Gizouli September 17, 2012 — Hassan al-Turabi, the veteran chief of the Sudanese Islamic Movement turned opponent to the long reign of his disciples under President Bashir, appeared...
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Darfur splinter group welcomes Khartoum's call for peace talks, urges...
September 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The leader of a splinter faction of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said ready to engage peace talks with the Sudanese government to address the root causes of...
View ArticleDirector of Rumbek radio station attacked by unknown group
September 17, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The Director of Catholic Radio Good News, Fr. Don Bosco Ochieng, was physically attack by unknown group of people at around 10pm on Tuesday night in Rumbek market, while...
View ArticleEthiopia Human Rights Commission set to investigate detention facilities
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 17, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Monday said that it has launched a program to monitor over 100 correctional facilities across the...
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Addis Ababa conference on DDR for South Sudan calls for new approach
September 17, 2012 (JUBA) – A coordination conference on the program of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) for South Sudan held on Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, has...
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