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Juba deploys armed security forces after cabinet dissolution
July 24, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese government on Wednesday deployed heavily armed security forces, comprising of police and regular soldiers, to guard key government institutions in the capital,...
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Fears of violence gain momentum after argument breaks out in Juba Port
July 24, 2013 (JUBA) – Residents of the South Sudan's capital, on Wednesday erupted into chaotic fear and confusion as a result of a physical fight between two persons belonging to two different...
View ArticleMixed reaction in Juba to dissolution of South Sudan's government
July 24, 2013 (JUBA) - The South Sudanese public and key members of parliament on Wednesday gave mixed reactions to president Salva Kiir's decision to reduce the size of the government and dissolve the...
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Sudan to launch poverty survey in 2014
July 24, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) is plans distribute survey questionnaires for measuring poverty levels in the country in 2014.A boy from the Darfur region...
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Mbeki & Ethiopia FM head to Sudan on Thursday as oil deadline looms
July 24, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The head of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki, will arrive in Khartoum today accompanied by the Ethiopian foreign minister Tedros Adhan...
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Sudan's ex-presidential adviser publicly adopts reformist agenda
July 24, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The former Sudanese presidential adviser and ex-head of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) parliamentary caucus Ghazi Salah al-Attabani released a memo on Wednesday in...
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Jonglei & E. Equatoria Governors back Kiir's decision to dissolve government
July 24, 2013 (BOR/TORIT) – Jonglei state governor Kuol Manyang has backed a presidential decree removing South Sudan's vice-president, Riek Machar, and dissolving the government, calling it a “wise...
View ArticleRecent events in Egypt a severe blow to the political Islam project
By Mahmoud A. SuleimanJuly 25, 2013 - This article comes against the backdrop of the recent momentous events taking place in the Egyptian people's political life that made the elements in the Islamic...
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US hails Uganda's efforts in fight against the LRA
By Moses OdokonyeroJuly 25, 2013 (KAMPALA) – The United States deputy defence secretary, Ashton B. Carter, has hailed Uganda, describing the East African country as a key security partner.U.S. Deputy...
View ArticleSouth Sudan police say country's security under control
July 25, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's National Police Service said the country's security situation is under control, calling citizens to distance themselves from politics and continue with their usual...
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Kiir bans Amum from travelling abroad during investigation
July 25, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit has issued an executive order preventing Pagan Amum Okiech, the secretary-general of the governing Sudan People's Liberation Movement...
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Security detains two journalists in Unity state
July 25, 2013 (JUBA) - Sudan Tribune correspondent Bonifacio Taban, along with Internews reporter Simon Lieth Nyak, were detained on Thursday by Unity state security personnel, while covering community...
View ArticleEthiopia halts issuing work visas to Saudi Arabia
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJuly 25, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) -The Ethiopian government has suspended issuing work visas to business migrants from Saudi Arabia, according to a source from the Ethiopian ministry of...
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India agrees to reschedule Sudan's lines of credit over ‘difficult economic...
July 25, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Indian government announced today that it has approved a request by Sudan to revise the repayment terms on lines of credit previously extended by New Delhi.Sudan's...
View ArticlePresident Kiir's decree was in response to public calls and austerity...
July 25, 2013 (JUBA) - The under-secretary of the foreign affairs and international cooperation ministry, Charles Manyang D'awol, told media on Wednesday that South Sudan president Salva Kiir's...
View ArticleA call for peace and unity in South Sudan
By Daniel Garang Aluk DinyoJuly 25, 2013 - I would love to draw you attention to a very important point, we should all understand that there is always an end to everything in this world, and therefore;...
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Disagreements over next vice-president delays new government in Juba
July 25, 2013 (JUBA) – Deep divisions over who should be the next vice-president of South Sudan has delayed the formation of the next cabinet and left a power vacuum since the dissolution of the entire...
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Sudan agrees to China-AU plea for postponement of oil shutdown deadline
July 25, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government formally agreed to a request made by Chinese and African Union (AU) officials to postpone for at least two weeks the deadline by which it will shut...
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CORRECTION: Kiir's decrees cited the right provisions in South Sudan...
July 26, 2013 (JUBA) – Two decrees issued this week by South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir have CORRECTLY referenced the provisions in the constitutions enabling him to carry the actions he is entitled...
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Machar calls for calm, commends army for restraint
July 26, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's recently relieved vice-president, Riek Machar Teny, has broken silence and called for calm in the two-year old country amidst growing concerns that violence may be...
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