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4.5 million people across Sudan still in need of humanitarian aid: UN
August 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Nearly 4.5 million people across Sudan remain in need of humanitarian help despite the country being home to one of the biggest aid operations in the world, the UN said in...
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SPLA denies SAF's presence inside South Sudan territory
By Bonifacio Taban KuichAugust 18, 2013 (BENTIU) – The South Sudanese army (SPLA) in Unity state has denied claims that forces from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are present inside the country's...
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Sudanese army dismisses reports of fresh coup attempt
August 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has denied that it thwarted a coup attempt led by active duty and retired army officers last Thursday, describing these reports as “rumors...
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PCP distances itself from remarks on reconciliation with Sudan's ruling party
August 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) has described statements made this week by one of its key officials on reconciliation with the ruling National Congress...
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Bashir heads to Ethiopia for commemoration of late PM Zenawi
August 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese President Omer Hassan al-Bashir will fly to Addis Ababa on Monday paid to participate in commemorating the one-year anniversary of the death of late Ethiopian...
View ArticleAbduction of Maalia hampers efforts to end tribal clashes in East Darfur
August 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Over forty people from the Maalia tribe have been abducted on Saturday by tribal Rezeigat militiamen in East Darfur state compromising efforts to end the conflict...
View ArticleSudan says African lobbying efforts for debt relief hit a roadblock
August 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government today announced that African efforts to seek debt relief on behalf of Khartoum have all but collapsed.The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance...
View ArticleThe South Sudan foreign policy
By Dhanojak ObongoAugust 19, 2013 - The South Sudan's foreign policy outlook exhibits confident neutrality. If the cold war period continued, we would be part of the nonaligned block of nations. Under...
View ArticleSouth Sudan humanitarian chief recognises courage of aid workers
August 19, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's Humanitarian Coordinator, Toby Lanzer, has in a message meant to coincide with World Humanitarian Day praised the courage of aid workers and called for them to be...
View ArticleUgandan soldiers shoot dead Kenyan Turkana warrior
August 19, 2013 (KAMPALA) - Ugandan soldiers have shot dead one suspected Turkana warrior from Kenya in the semi arid region of north eastern Uganda, an army spokesperson told Sudan Tribune on...
View ArticleUnity Governor sacks three Commissioners
By Bonifacio Taban KuichAugust 19, 2013 (BENTIU) – Unity State caretaker Governor, Joseph Nguen Monytuel, on Monday issued a decree sacking with immediate effect the commissioners of Payinjiar,...
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Eastern Equatoria to upgrade three towns to municpalities
By Ijoo BoscoAugust 19, 2013 (TORIT) - South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state parliament has passed a memo upgrading Torit, Kapoeta and Nimule towns into municipal or town councils.Eastern Equatoria...
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Kiir directs state governors to declare war on poverty through agriculture
August 19, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit has urged state governors to declare war on poverty by engaging in a massive sensitization campaign to encourage citizens to return to...
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Business leaders back Kiir, call on Amum to withdraw petition from court
August 18, 2013 (JUBA) - A group of business leaders on Sunday threw their support behind president Salva Kiir's decision to suspend Pagan Amum, the secretary general of South Sudan's governing Sudan...
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Egypt FM arrives in Khartoum as Sudan MPs decry government for receiving him
August 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti said today that Egypt must seek to resolve its problems without foreign intervention and asserted Khartoum's full support of the...
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Sudan's Bashir arrives in Ethiopia for Zenawi memorial
August 19, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday to attend the first memorial service of the late Ethiopian prime...
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Sudanese MPs rap government over flood preparations
August 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese lawmakers today grilled the interior minister Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid over the government response to heavy rains and floods that hit large areas of the country this...
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Nigeria hints it was preparing to arrest Sudan's Bashir during visit
August 19, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The Nigerian government was deliberating on actions to be taken regarding the Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir during his visit to Abuja last month where he...
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Russia agrees to sell attack helicopters to Sudan: report
August 19, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – Sudan and Russia sealed two agreements since 2011 for the sale of two dozen Mi-24 attack helicopters and 14 MI-8 transport helicopters, a Russian newspaper reported...
View ArticleSouth Sudan experiencing “improved relations” with Sudan
August 19, 2013 (JUBA) - The South Sudanese government is experiencing “improved bilateral relations” with neigbouring Sudan, the two-year-old nation's foreign affairs minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin...
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