People smuggling, heroin trade on the rise in East Africa: UN report
September 8, 2013 (KAMPALA) - A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says more than 100,000 people were smuggled out of East Africa last year, bringing in $15 million for...
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S. Sudan VP to attend UN assembly meeting
September 8, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's new vice-president, James Wani Igga, will from 17 September be part of the United Nations general assembly meeting in New York.South Sudan's new vice-president,...
View Article144,000 people displaced by inter-tribal clashes in East Darfur: HAC
September 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - An estimated 144,000 people have been displaced in East Darfur since renewed fighting broke out between the Reizegat and Maalia tribes in early August, according to the...
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S. Sudan launches humanitarian intervention in Warrap as floods ravage five...
September 8, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan has launched a humanitarian intervention in Warrap state, dispatching dozens of medical doctors from Juba to help treat the victims of the devastating floods in...
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Sudan's upcoming decision on lifting subsidies draws strong objections
September 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government is inching closer to lifting fuel subsidies for the second time since last year to plug the ever growing budget gap prompting a strong disapproval...
View ArticleSudan releases opposition member accused of participating in coup plot
September 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese authorities released on Sunday Youssef Mohamed Saleh Libis a prominent member of the opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) after spending 12 years for...
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S. Sudan airline makes first entry into Khartoum
September 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Commercial flights from Juba to Khartoum started Sunday after Sudanese authorities witnessed the first arrival into the country of a South Sudanese airline, the state...
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Sudan says ICGLR leaders want an African meeting to discuss new measures...
September 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The head of the Sudanese delegation to the Extraordinary Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) that took place in Uganda this week said...
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S. Sudan: Gunmen kill E. Equatoria head chief
September 09, 2013 (NIMULE) – Unknown gunmen have shot dead the head chief of Nimule payam in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state, relatives and officials said.The map of Nimule in redGeorge Ajogo...
View ArticleWill Abyei be a dagger in South Sudan-Sudan relations?
By Luka Biong DengSeptember 9, 2013 - The last summit between President Salva and Bashir has been by all standards successful after the two countries felt the enormous cost of their bad relations. The...
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Floods displace thousands of families in Jonglei
September 9, 2013 (BOR) - More than 5,000 families have been displaced in Jonglei state's capital, Bor, by heavy floods caused by the rapid rise of the White Nile River.Rising flood waters have...
View ArticleKenyan vice-president to go on trial for crimes against humanity
September 10, 2013 (THE HAGUE) - The trial of Kenyan vice-president William Ruto who is charged with crimes against humanity gets underway on Tuesday at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The...
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Print media in Sudan facing serious challenges
September 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Newspapers in Sudan are facing a major crisis due to the sharp decline in selling rates and heavy government censorship controls.A Sudanese man reads a newspaper as he...
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New Libyan defence minister holds talks in Khartoum on military cooperation
September 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - New Libyan defence minister is visiting Khartoum since Sunday for talks on bilateral military cooperation and border security, the Sudanese defence ministry announced on...
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Armed men block Unity state MPs from entering assembly
By Bonifacio Taban KuichSeptember 9, 2013 (BENTIU) – Dozens of armed men stormed Unity state assembly last week, blocking lawmakers from accessing the premise, officials told Sudan Tribune.Embattled...
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Sudan seeks to boost wheat plantations to cut imports
September 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government announced that it plans to grow 600,000 acres of wheat in order to cut the import tab for this crucial product used to make bread .A Sudanese...
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KCB staff in South Sudan strike over low pay
September 9, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudanese working with the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) walked off the job on Monday, sending panic among the institution's top managers.Arem Riak the spokesperson of KCB...
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Sudan opposition alliance threatens to call for protests over lifting subsidies
September 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese opposition umbrella organization known as the National Consensus Forces (NCF) has announced that it is planning to organize public sit-ins to resist the...
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China earmarks $43m for S. Sudan's mining sector
September 9, 2013 (JUBA) – The Chinese government has earmarked $43m to conduct a geological study in South Sudan as the country plans to diversify into other sectors of its oil-rich economy.South...
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S. Sudan diplomat says former Juba officials hindered relations with Khartoum
September 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A South Sudanese official acknowledged that some Juba officials in the previous cabinet acted as impediments to developing relations with Khartoum.South Sudan's President...
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