Ethiopia: Opposition protestors detained after rare show of dissent
July 16, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Authorities in Addis Ababa have arrested dozens of members and supporters of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party, an Ethiopian opposition group, locally known...
View ArticleEU contributes €17 million to help vulnerable people in Sudan's conflict areas
July 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The European Union has announced it will contribute 17 million euros ($22 million) to support humanitarian programmes in the conflict-affected areas of Darfur, Blue Nile and...
View ArticleSudan's NCP says Geneva meeting aimed to revive charter with rebels
July 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) accused the opposition forces of supporting the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) saying they planned to sign an alliance with the...
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Sudan urges Juba to cease backing rebels before stopping oil flow
July 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has called upon the government of South Sudan to speed up the implementation of the cooperation agreement between the two...
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66,000 Congolese refugees flee into Uganda
July 16, 2013 (KAMPALA) - The Uganda Red Cross says 66,000 Congolese refugees have fled into the country following an outbreak of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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Over 43,000 southerners still stranded in Sudanese towns: IOM
July 16, 2013 (JUBA) - Over 900 people previously stranded in the border town of Renk in Upper Nile arrived in the South Sudan capital on Monday after a two-week barge trip, the International...
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Bashir's ‘escape' from Nigeria offers some relief to rights groups
July 16, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The Sudanese government sought to downplay the significance of the sudden return by president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir from Nigeria as further details emerged on his condensed...
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SPLM official downplays impact of internal party row
July 16, 2013 (JUBA) - A senior official from Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has downplayed any negative impact the seemingly tense internal struggle would have on the south-ruling...
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Sudan suspends another newspaper indefintely
July 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese authorities have indefinitely suspended the privately owned al-Youm al-Tali daily newspaper without citing any reasons, its editors said today.Journalists...
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Sudanese envoy blasts media over coverage of Bashir's Nigeria trip
July 17, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The Sudanese ambassador in Nigeria Taj al-Sir Mahjoub today rapped the media over what he said was unfair focus on president Omer Hassan al-Bashir's attendance of a health...
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Sudan's former spy chief speaks of "conspiracy" against him by Bashir's aides
July 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The former director of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Salah Gosh has accused unnamed officials in the government of sowing discord between him and...
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Thousands line streets to welcome new caretaker governor in Unity state
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJuly 17, 2013 (BENTIU) - Unity state residents lined the main street from Rubkotna airstrip to the state capital Bentiu to salute caretaker governor Joseph Nguen Monytuel upon...
View ArticleBloomberg correspondent flees Sudan amid threats to safety
July 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A Bloomberg correspondent working in Sudan has reportedly fled the country in fear of his life after being threatened and assaulted by authorities while covering an...
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Khartoum notifies South Sudan it will halt oil flow by 7 August
17 July, 2013 (JUBA) Sudan has notified South Sudan that it will stop oil flow through its pipelines next month, according to Nhial Deng Nhial, South Sudan's minister of Foreign Affairs.A worker walks...
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IMF says agreement with Juba offers "window of opportunity" for Khartoum
July 17, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today issued a statement expressing optimism that a recent deal between Khartoum and Juba on oil will help cushion the effects of a...
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Governors pledge their support to president Kiir's leadership
July 17, 2013 (JUBA) – Four governors announced that they would support president Salva Kiir's leadership in a move seen to be in the light of the ongoing leadership contest between the president and...
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Sudan's rebels ready to sign comprehensive cessation of hostilities, Minnawi...
July 17, 2013 (PARIS) - The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) is ready to accept a humanitarian cessation of hostilities in Darfur and the Two Areas before to participate in a comprehensive process...
View ArticleUN humanitarian chief calls to stop violence in S. Sudan's Jonglei
July 17, 2013 (JUBA) - The United Nations Under- Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos has said she is alarmed by the worsening situation of civilians in the troubled South Sudanese...
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Jonglei: MSF treats victims injured after Pibor clashes
July 18, 2013 (BOR)- The international medical agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says it has treated more than 4,000 people at its clinic in Gumuruk, in South Sudan's Jonglei state since the...
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Lakes: One dead in Rumbek North clash
July 17, 2013 (RUMBEK) – One person was killed and another injured in clashes between the Gak and Niel-Niel pastoralist communities in Rumbek North county of South Sudan's Lakes state. The Tuesday...
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