Customers in Khartoum complain about rising prices
July 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Markets in Sudan's capital of Khartoum have witnessed a significant increase in the prices of clothing, accessories, toys and perfumes just a week before Eid Al-fitr...
View ArticleForm your own party, Kiir tells SPLM contenders
July 29, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan president Salva Kiir has openly told those opposed to his leadership of the South-ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to form their own political...
View ArticleS. Sudan's Kiir, governors discuss current political situation
July 29, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan president Salva Kiir on Monday summoned governors from all the country's 10 states to discuss the current political situation, a week after he dissolved...
View ArticleSudan receives documents regarding oil transit fees
July 29,2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government announced that it has received documents regarding its financial dues from the transfer of South Sudan oil through Sudanese territory.Workers from the...
View ArticleComprehensive process to implement cooperation agreements is crucial: Sudan FM
July 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti again called on the South to fully implement the terms of a cooperation agreements signed between the two countries, saying Sudan would...
View ArticleKiir accuses Khartoum of instigating collapse of Juba regime
July 29, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan president Salva Kiir has accused neighbouring Sudan of attempting to instigate a collapse in his administration through threats to block southern oil exports from...
View ArticleUN registers the displaced in Jonglei's Pibor county
July 30, 2013 (GENEVA) - The United Nations has said it is necessary for aid agencies to register persons displaced by conflict in Jonglei state's Pibor county in order for humanitarian organisations...
View ArticleThree murdered in inter-communal revenge attack in Rumbek
July 30, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Three people, including two teachers and one pastoralist, were killed on Tuesday in inter-communal revenge attacks in Akuel-jok village, south-west of Rumbek East county in...
View ArticleUgandan journalists appeal to Kiir over detained colleagues in S. Sudan
July 30, 2013 (KAMPALA) - Ugandan journalists have launched a social media campaign calling on South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir to release two of their colleagues detained in the country since...
View ArticleCereal prices in Sudan's lean season remain stable: report
July 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Cereal prices have remained stable in Sudan throughout the country's lean season, bucking a nationwide increase in staple food prices.According to the July Sudan Monthly...
View ArticleSecurity Council demands Darfur rebels negotiate peace under Doha Document
July 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called on rebel groups in Sudan's western region to end the violence and hold peace talks with the national government under...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's Kiir calls for investigation into Jonglei army abuses
July 30, 2013 (JUBA) – President Salva Kiir Mayardit instructed South Sudan's army chief on Tuesday during a speech in Juba to investigate and hold accountable soldiers accused of committing abuses...
View ArticleJuba optimistic of resolving allegations of rebel support with Khartoum
July 30, 2013 (JUBA/KHARTOUM) - The government of South Sudan said on Tuesday that it hopes the outcome of the security meeting, which brings together senior military officials from Khartoum and Juba...
View ArticleSudan's DUP says Mirghani to meet with president Bashir to discuss cabinet...
July 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) led by Mohamed Osman Al-Mirghani, has disclosed that its leader will meet with Sudan's president Omer Hassan al-Bashir soon to discuss the...
View ArticleSPLM divisions widen as Kiir accuses Machar of “disrespect”
July 30, 2013 (JUBA) - Cracks within the leadership of South Sudan's ruling Sudan's Liberation Movement (SPLM) appear to be widening as its leader, Salva Kiir Mayardit, broke his silence on Tuesday,...
View ArticleMachar congratulates S. Sudanese on Martyrs Day, decries dictatorship
July 31, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's former vice-president, Riek Machar, on Tuesday congratulated the country's citizens for honouring millions of people who lost their lives during the liberation...
View ArticleDilling attack was carried by Darfur rebels: MP
July 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A parliamentary official said the recent attack near Dilling, in South Kordofan was carried out by Darfur rebels and accused SPLM-N general commander of expanding war from...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's Kiir names new cabinet, leaves out VP post
July 31, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan president Salva Kiir on Wednesday issued a decree appointing 18 cabinet ministers and 10 deputies, a week after he dissolved the entire government.South Sudan's Salva...
View ArticleJonglei joins South Sudan in commemoration of martyrs day
July 30, 2013 (BOR) - Hundreds of people gathered in Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, to commemorate the late South Sudanese leader John Garang, who died in a helicopter crash while returning from...
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