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Ethiopian airline plane makes rough landing after fire threat
July 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian Airline plane from the capital Addis Ababa to the northern tourist town of Axum was forced to make a rough landing on Wednesday after its smoke sensors went...
View ArticleNigeria, AU criticised for hosting Sudan's Bashir at summit
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJuly 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – European Union lawmakers on Wednesday criticised the African Union (AU) and Nigeria for allowing Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir to attend a special...
View ArticleJuba: corruption investigation committee determined to “establish facts”
July 18, 2013 (JUBA) - The head of an investigation committee formed by South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit to look into a financial scandal involving two senior government officials said his...
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South Sudan should join Africa's developing countries: Machar
July 18, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's vice-president, Riek Machar, has reiterated his dream of seeing South Sudan becoming a prosperous and happy nation where development and services to the people are...
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S. Sudan speakers vow to support Kiir's anti-corruption crusade
July 18, 2013 (JUBA) - Top South Sudan government officials who attended the just-concluded 6th Speakers' Forum in capital, Juba vowed to help President Salva Kiir in the fight against corruption in...
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Darfur rebel leader claims government militias ambushed UNAMID patrol
July 18, 2013 (PARIS) - Minni Minnawi, leader of a faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) accused the government's militias in South Darfur of killing seven Tanzanian peacekeepers and urged an...
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Khartoum & Juba to meet next October in Washington to discuss external debt
July 18, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The World Bank has agreed to provide technical assistance to Sudan in order to enable it to prepare a comprehensive document on combating poverty, officials here said...
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Major changes across Sudan's federal & state government forthcoming: official
July 18, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The head of Sudan's parliamentary subcommittee on Security and Foreign Affairs Mohammed al-Hassan al-Amin revealed today that sweeping changes will me made across all levels...
View ArticleThe 488 million pounds evidence of corruption in the presidency
By Nyol Gaar NguenJuly 19, 2013 - To fight and slightly curb any rampant corruption anywhere in the world required due diligent, political shrewdness and meticulous aggressive policies. As such, an...
View ArticleSouth Korean army to build roads in Jonglei's capital Bor
July 18, 2013 (BOR) – A South Korean engineering unit helping keep peace in South Sudan's Jonglei have started constructing roads in the state's capital, Bor town.A UN convoy, of almost 10 tippers and...
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S. Sudanese activists want public's views on constitution
July 18, 2013 (JUBA) - As South Sudan embarks on its constitutional making process, civil society groups are demanding that public views be included when drafting the document.South Sudan President...
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Unity deputy governor warns oil shutdown will have greater impact on Sudan
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJuly 19, 2013 (BENTIU) - Unity state's deputy governor, Michael Chiengjiek Geay, has warned Khartoum that moves to shut down oil flows from landlocked South Sudan, could further...
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AU says peace in Darfur prerequisite to comprehensive solution in Sudan
July 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (PSC) on Friday called on the international community to keep up its support to the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur...
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Army committed “serious abuses” against civilians in Jonglei: HRW
July 19, 2013 (NAIROBI) – A rights groups said the South Sudanese army (SPLA) has committed serious abuses against civilians in its anti-insurgency campaign in Jonglei state, further inflaming ethnic...
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52% of S. Sudanese say country heading in wrong direction- poll
July 19, 2013 (JUBA) - At least 52% of South Sudanese have expressed dissatisfaction with the way the government is managing the country's affairs, a survey conducted by the International Republic...
View ArticleNigeria withdraws troops from Darfur hybrid mission
July 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Nigeria has decided to withdraw its troops participating at the African Union United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMIS), the United Nations confirmed on Friday.Different...
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Parliament should have impeached president Kiir for defying lawmakers:...
July 19, 2013 (JUBA) – A political activist and veteran journalist has challenged the South Sudan national assembly for failure to impeach President Salva Kiir over his rejection to implement a...
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Sudan's PCP holds leadership meeting amid major challenges
July 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) will kick off a meeting for its leadership bureau on Friday amid severe financial crisis and dissatisfaction with its poor...
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South Sudan reduces oil output amid shutdown fears
July 19, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Friday announced it that had reduced its oil output to avoid any effect an abrupt shutdown would have on the environment, should Khartoum make good its threat to...
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Swiss firm eyes South Sudan for coffee production
July 20, 2013 (TORIT) - The global Swiss coffee firm, Nespresson is to champion coffee production in South Sudan as one way of stopping the country's over reliance on oil as its main revenue source.A...
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