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At least 38 people killed in heavy rains across Sudan
August 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The floods and rains that hit different areas in Sudan over the past two days have lead to the death of at least 38 people and injured dozens amid widespread anger over what...
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Saudi Arabia maintains silence over its decision to block Bashir's plane
August 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Saudi Arabian government has yet to comment on accusations by Khartoum that it closed its airspace to the plane carrying Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir today...
View ArticleHumanitarian Conditions in Darfur: A climate of violence and extreme insecurity
By Eric ReevesAugust 4, 2013 - By way of introduction to a forthcoming overview of humanitarian conditions in Darfur, I offer here a current account of the insecurity that has long badly compromised...
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US welcomes extension of AUHIP mandate
August 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United States has welcomed the African Union (AU) decision to extend the mandate of its High Level Implementation Panel on North and South Sudan (AUHIP) for more six...
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Ex-Uganda VP appointed UN special envoy on HIV/Aids
August 4, 2013 (KAMPALA) – The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has appointed Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe, a former Ugandan vice-president, as his special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.Former...
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SPLM to investigate former vice-president
August 4, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's ruling Sudan's People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) will investigate the conduct of the country's former vice-president and a deputy chairperson of the party, Riek...
View ArticleGreat Lakes countries urged to contribute troops towards fighting LRA's Kony
August 4, 2013(KAMPALA) – The US Charity Invisible Children has asked the East African Legislative Assembly(EALA) to lobby countries in the Great Lakes region to contribute troops towards efforts in...
View ArticleSudanese groups warn against deregulation of drug prices
August 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Pharmacist Union (SPU) and the Sudanese Consumer Protection Society (SCPS) have warned against deregulating drug prices amid speculations that the...
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Juba citizens alerted of shooting exercises, amid speculations
August 5, 2013 (JUBA) – Residents of Juba, the South Sudan's capital, have been informed of a shooting exercise at Luri bridge area, starting from Monday this week till Friday, the state-owned SSTV...
View ArticleWestern diplomats warn against military action to overthrow Bashir's regime
August 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese officials said Sunday that Western diplomats expressed their support to peaceful solution of the ongoing conflict and warned against any military action aiming to...
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Unity state governor dissolves entire government
August 4, 2013 (JUBA) - The caretaker governor of South Sudan's Unity state, Joseph Monytuil on Friday dissolved his entire government, a move seen as a response to the president's recent...
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S. Kordofan MP's call on SPLM-N fighters to abandon war
August 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The parliamentary bloc of South Kordofan state in Sudan's National Assembly has appealed to the citizens of the state within the opposition Sudanese People's Liberation...
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Khartoum speaks about limited clashes with S. Sudan army in Heglig
August 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A military spokesperson of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) said that limited clashes occurred Monday with Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in Heglig near the border...
View ArticleTorture of rebels in Khartoum prison reached climax
By Mahmoud A. SuleimanAugust 5, 2013 - This article comes on the backdrop of the statement issued by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) on the torture suffered by the Prisoners Of War (POWs)...
View ArticleEthiopia: Police, Muslim protesters engage in deadly clash
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle August 5, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Hundreds of Muslim protesters during the weekend clashed with police in Ethiopia's Oromya region ahead of the upcoming holiday of the end of Ramadan,...
View ArticleS. Sudan assembly forms technical committee to vet new ministers
August 5, 2013 (JUBA) - A technical committee, comprising eleven members, was on Monday formed by South Sudanese parliament to vet the newly appointed ministers.The team, which consists of lawmakers...
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Saudi Arabia pushes back against Sudan's account of blocking Bashir's plane
August 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) –Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) issued a statement late on Monday refuting the account made by the Sudanese government over the incident by which...
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Jonglei parliament accepts governor's resignation
August 5, 2013 (BOR)- the legislative assembly of Jonglei state approved on Monday the resignation of governor Kuol Manyang Juuk, the newly appointed South Sudan's defence minister.Parliamentarians in...
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S. Sudan's Kiir makes new changes, appoints more women ministers
August 5, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan president, Salva Kiir has unexpectedly reversed an earlier order and appointed five female ministers and an equal numbers of deputies in his newly-formed...
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Sudanese lawmaker accuses government of negligence in wake of deadly floods
August 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The head of the parliamentary subcommittee on Legislation and Justice has accused the executive branch of negligence regarding what he said was its poor response to floods...
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