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South Sudan parliament intimidated as power wrangles continue
August 27, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's national legislative assembly has backed down on one of its major provisions on the conduct of business, citing intimidation by president Salva Kiir, who recently...
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Sudan comedians use humour to deliver flood safety message
August 27, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A group of well-known Sudanese comedians are using humour as a way of delivering key health and safety messages, as well as boost morale in flood-affected communities in...
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Telar hails Kiir's choice for new S. Sudan vice-president
August 27, 2013 (JUBA) – Telar Ring Deng, a former nominee for the position of South Sudan justice minister, has hailed president Salva Kiir's decision to appoint James Wani Igga as vice...
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JEM-Bashar leadership to arrive in Khartoum within three weeks
August 27, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The leadership of the former rebel Justice and Equality Movement-Bashar (JEM-Bashar) will arrive in Khartoum within three weeks to inaugurate the implementation of a peace...
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Clashes between Port Sudan residents and police leave 4 injured
August 27, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Four people were injured when clashes erupted between the police and citizens in the suburbs of the Red Sea state capital of Port Sudan following the demolishing of three...
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South Sudan Kiir's visit to Khartoum will likely be postponed: official
August 27, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The visit by South Sudan's president Silva Kiir to Khartoum will likely be postponed despite an announcement earlier this month that he will visit sometime this week.FILE -...
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Bashir-Mahdi meeting brings nothing new to Sudan's political landscape
August 27, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The highly awaited meeting between Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir and the leader of the National Umma Party (NUP) al-Sadiq al-Mahdi ended without any apparent...
View ArticleJEM calls for international pressures to release its jailed members
August 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) on Tuesday called on the international community and right groups to investigate alleged crimes committed against its members...
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Obama makes long-awaited appointment for post of Sudan special envoy
August 28, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – Donald Booth, former ambassador who served in different parts of the African continent, has been named special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, the White House announced...
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Abyei youth against a referendum after Khartoum's rejection
August 27, 2013 (JUBA) - Youth from the contested region of Abyei have warned against unilaterally conducting a referendum, despite the Sudanese government's rejection of the move, unless the two...
View ArticleUnity youths blame their unemployment on poor gov't policy
By: Bonifacio Taban KuichAugust 28, 2013 (BENTIU) – Youths in Unity State have in a series of meetings with the state minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Tebuom Jany Rial, blamed their unemployment...
View ArticleJonglei: UN veterinary doctors report outbreak of goat disease
August 28, 2013 (BOR)- United Nations veterinary doctors have reported an increase in Bor of "Pest des Petits Ruminants" (PPR) also referred to as goats' plague, a contagious goat disease.According to...
View ArticleLakes State suspends salary of more than 400 employees
August 28, 2013 (RUMBEK) – The government of Lakes State on the instruction of the governor has stopped payment of salaries of staff on study leave, medical leave and those on secondment to None...
View ArticleEthiopia lags behind goal to minimize traffic accidents
By Tesfa-Alem TekleAugust 28, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia lags behind an objective it set three years ago to cut traffic death tolls in the country by 80%, a government official has told Sudan...
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Exiled Ugandan General accuses Museveni of murder, government denies
By Moses OdokonyeroAugust 28, 2013 (KAMPALA) - A renegade Ugandan General who fled to United Kingdom after accusing president Yoweri Museveni of an alleged plot to have his son succeed him as the next...
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South Sudan unearths 11,000 ghost police officers
August 27, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan has discovered at least 11,000 ghost police officers, while additional 16,000 names remain to be investigated, the new interior minister, Aleu Ayieny Aleu...
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Sudan wants to take advantage of loophoples in US sanctions regulations
August 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's foreign ministry undersecretary, Rahmatallah Mohamed Osman, has said that US economic sanctions on Sudan contain some loopholes which could be exploited to boost...
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Ukrainian pilots kidnapped in South Darfur this month have been freed: official
August 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM)- The deputy governor of Sudan's South Darfur state, Mahdi Bosch, has announced that security forces managed to free two Ukrainian pilots and a Sudanese co-pilot who were held...
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Sudan rejects Darfur rebels' plea for holistic talks
August 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan has rejected Darfur rebel demand for a common political platform to negotiate the different crises in Sudan instead of the existing separate peace processes.Amin...
View ArticleEvents in Darfur rapidly spiralling out of control
By Eric ReevesAugust 28, 2013 - As the world reacts with horror to chemical weapons attacks on civilians in Syria, and watches with grim anticipation as an American military response takes shape, there...
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