Street children on the rise in Unity State markets
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich October 9, 2012 (BENTIU) - The number of street children in Bentiu town and Rubkotna County is continuing to increase, despite the Unity State Ministry of Gender and Child...
View ArticleToposa community condemns allegation against E. Equatoria governor
October 9, 2012 (JUBA) – The community of Toposa ethnic group in Eastern Equatoria state has condemned the allegation directed to their son, governor Louis Lobong Lojore, that he had links with militia...
View ArticleTripartite committee on Blue Nile dam meets in Ethiopia capital
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle October 9, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Nile Tripartite Committee held a meeting on Monday in Addis Ababa to continue its study on the possible impacts of Africa's biggest dam which is...
View ArticlePibor Commissioner accuses South Sudan rebels of rape and murder
October 9, 2012 (BOR) - The Commissioner of Jonglei Sates Pibor County, Joshua Konyi Irer, has accused rebels operating in the are of committing “crimes against humanity” by murdering and raping...
View ArticleWarrap dissolves assembly leadership after passing new law
October 9, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan's Warrap State on Tuesday said it has dissolved the leadership of its assembly, a week after passing a new law limiting the parliamentary terms served by the heads...
View ArticleMany South Sudanese misunderstand security deal with Sudan - Minister
October 10, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Michael Makuei Lueth said Tuesday that many members of South Sudanese public have not understood the deal reached with...
View ArticleSudanese diplomat expelled by Norway over spying accusations
October 9, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – The government of Norway has asked an unidentified Sudanese diplomat to leave the country after linking him with a man accused of spying on refugees. Photo of Sudan...
View ArticleIMF revises Sudan's 2012 GDP downwards
October 9, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday revised its outlook for the Sudan economy showing a worst than projected economic contraction for 2012. International...
View ArticleFrance condemns rebel mortar attack on Sudan's Kadugli
October 9, 2012 (JUBA/PARIS) – France and United Nations condemned a mortar attack launched by the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N) on Kadugli Monday where six civilians were...
View ArticleSouth Sudan annual inflation registers slight drop
October 9, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan's annual inflation rate slightly fell to 42.9% in September compared to the 43.3% registered in August, the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in...
View ArticleTripartite Partners say waiting rebels' views to launch humanitarian operation
October 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The partners of a tripartite humanitarian initiative to reach the affected civilians in south Kordofan and Blue Nile announced their readiness to start the operating in the...
View ArticleThe Sudanese press after separation – Contested identities of journalism
The Sudanese press after separation – Contested identities of journalism - MICT 2012 Contributors: Anke Fiedler, Anja Wollenberg, Magdi El Gizouli, Roman Deckert English editors: Jess Smee, Tammi...
View ArticleJonglei's flood victims receive aid
October 10,2012 (BOR) – South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC) distributed mosquito nets, blankets and other aid items to flood victims in Bor, Jonglei State, on Tuesday. NGOs distributed the items to the...
View ArticleEthiopia frees Eritrean PoWs
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle October 10, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia has released a total of 75 Eritrean prisoners of war who were captured by the Ethiopian army during cross border attacks it carried out in...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese youth in Australia form SPLM Youth League
October 10, 2012 (RUMBEK) - A group of South Sudanese youth living in New South Wales (NSW) Australia have set up a branch of the Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) Youth League to educate the...
View ArticleS. Sudan Interior minister urges the public to register weapons or face the law
October 10, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan's Ministry of Interior has urged the general public in the nation's capital, Juba, to declare their weapons and register them with the police headquarters with...
View ArticleGreater Bahr El-Ghazal endorses Sudan's cooperation deal amid growing criticism
October 10, 2012 (JUBA) - Despite growing discontentment and criticism of last month's deal between South Sudan and Sudan, a meeting of the four states of Greater Bahr el Ghazal region endorsed the...
View ArticleKhartoum, Juba vow to boost economic cooperation as rebels call to isolate Sudan
October 11, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan and South Sudan pledged, in a first international economic forum after their cooperation deals, to work together to develop their economies. Sudanese rebels...
View ArticleJuba proposes again to facilitate negotiated settlement with Sudan's rebels
October 10, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Juba has renewed its willingness to facilitate a negotiated settlement to the ongoing conflict between Khartoum and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, who are...
View ArticleSudan and South Sudan Cooperation Agreement are bad but
By Isaiah Abraham October 10, 2012 — On September 27, 2012, the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan signed several bilateral agreements in the Ethiopian's capital Addis Ababa. Both countries have had...
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