Ugandan teachers continue nationwide strike over pay
September 18, 2013 (KAMPALA) - Ugandan teachers working for public schools continued a nationwide strike they began on Monday to demand for a 20% rise on their salary.Monday is when schools were...
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South Sudan gov't delegation visits Jonglei to assesses impact of flooding
September 18, 2013 (BOR) - A task force from the central government in Juba led by the national minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare Awut Deng Achuil on Wednesday visited Jonglei state to...
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Kiir seeks urgent foreign intervention over Abyei conflict with Sudan
September 18, 2013 (WAU) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir said on Wednesday that his country is seeking an urgent, coordinated and strong commitment from the international community to help...
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South Sudan government tables revised 2014 budget before parliament
September 18, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan finance minister, Agrey Tisa Sabuni, presented a “revised draft” of the national budget to parliament on Wednesday in the capital Juba.Aggrey Tisa Sabuni (Photo:...
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Unity state official says 5% of oil revenue needed for infrastructure...
September 18, 2013 (BENTIU) – The Deputy Governor of Unity Mabek Lang De Mading has said that if the state could get 5% of oil revenue from the central government in Juba, it would be able to build...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's Kiir begins three-day Bahr el Ghazal trip
September 18, 2013 (WAU) - South Sudan's president Kiir has begun a three day trip of the Bahr el Ghazal region attending an occasion of passing out 290 South Sudanese ex-combatants under the national...
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Trial of Sudanese female charged for not covering her head to resume Thursday
September 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The trial of Amira Osman who was arrested on August 27 while conducting business in Jabal Awliya area, in the suburbs of the capital Khartoum will resume today, her...
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Sudan awaits possible announcement on subsidies at cabinet meeting on Thursday
September 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese people are closely watching the cabinet meeting on Thursday for the possibility that it will formally approve the government's plans to remove fuel...
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Two Iranian navy ships dock at Port Sudan - army spokesman
September 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army on Wednesday confirmed that two Iranian navy warships docked at Port Sudan today describing it as a "routine and periodic" stop.Iranian navy personnel...
View ArticleTremor felt by employees at Sudan news agency building
September 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Employees at Sudan official News Agency (SUNA) reported that they felt a mild tremor at noon on Wednesday in two of the eight floors of the building on the east...
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Girls education programme launched in South Sudan's Unity state
By Bonifacio Taban KuichSeptember 19, 2013 (BENTIU) - Authorities in South Sudan's Unity state launched an education programme on Thursday to increase the number girls who attend school to complete...
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Ethiopia admits imposing new restrictions against jailed journalist
By Tesfa-Alem TekleSeptember 19, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Ethiopian government on Thursday admitted imposing new visitor restrictions against journalist Reeyot Alemu, who remains in prison on...
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Rumbek students in Kampala vote for new union leader
September 19, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Thousand of students from Rumbek in South Sudan's Lakes state have elected new union leaders in a vote on Saturday in the Ugandan capital of Kampala.The Kampala branch of...
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Jonglei: One man killed and two children abducted
September 19, 2013 (BOR) - A man in South Sudan's Jonglei state was shot and killed on Wednesday night during an attack in which his two daughters, aged 6 and 8 years old, were abducted from their...
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W. Bahr el Ghazal raises status of Mapel to payam level
September 18, 2013 (WAU) - Authorities from South Sudan's border state of Western Bahr el Ghazal on Wednesday raised the status of Mapel, a strategic area located some 45 miles south east of Wau...
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Bashir says Sudanese ‘did not know what hot dog is' before he came to power
September 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir and his Finance minister Ali Mahmoud Abdel-Rasool made statements today that sparked outrage in the social media amid...
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South Sudan's Kiir accuses army of corruption
September 20, 2013 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese president, Salva Kiir has accused the country's forces of corruption, saying it had been squandering resources through dubious activities, citing ghost...
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South Darfur governor imposes curfew in Nyala following deadly clashes with...
September 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - At least two people were killed and dozens others wounded when violent protests erupted in South Darfur state's capital city of Nyala on Thursday prompting the governor...
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US still reviewing visa application by Sudan's Bashir
September 19, 2013 (WASHINGTON) - The United States on Thursday said that a visa application submitted by Sudanese President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to travel to United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)...
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Lakes state governor blocks appointments made by SPLM secretary
September 20, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Lakes state's military caretaker Governor Maj-Gen Matur Chuol Dhuol has blocked the appointment of four officials made by the acting secretary of the Sudan People's...
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