Warrap women parliamentary caucus calls for empowering women
October 21, 2012 (JUBA) - Adut Madut Akec, chairperson of the newly established women's parliamentary caucus in South Sudan's Warrap State Legislative Assembly on Saturday called for similar groupings...
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Four people killed by unknown gunmen in Jonglei
October 20, 2012 (BOR) - Five people were killed in South Sudan's troubled Jonglei State on Friday, including one soldier, three men and a heavily pregnant women, local authorities said Saturday. Twic...
View ArticleEritrean Afars outcry over forced displacement
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle October 20, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - An Eritrean opposition group alleged Saturday that the government in Asmara is forcibly displacing members of the Afar ethnic minority from their...
View ArticleSouth Sudan announces plan to build highway connecting to Kenya
October 20, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan's minister of Roads and Bridges, Gier Chuang Aluong, has announced the government's plan to connect South Sudan and the neighbouring Kenya with a highway in order...
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Darfur splinter faction hold consultations in Qatar on peace talks
October 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Leaders of a splinter rebel group of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) arrived to the Qatari capital Doha to consult with mediators on ways to negotiate with the...
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Khartoum says Darfur rebels' presence in S. Sudan threatens cooperation treaty
October 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — A leading member of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) warned the South Sudanese government against continuing to harbour Darfur rebel groups saying that it poses a...
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NCP figure calls to remove South Kordofan governor
October 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — A parliamentary leader from the troubled South Kordofan State has slammed the state's governor and called for a state of emergency to be declared so a military governor...
View ArticleMile 14 : Failure, arrogance or lack of popular understanding
By Martin Garang October 21, 2012 — South Sudan politics is beginning to move along the line of the customary of realpolitik. Just recently, the populace living on the new country's borders voiced...
View ArticleCelebrate the 48th anniversary of Sudan's glorious October 1964 revolution
By Mahmoud A. Suleiman October 20, 2012 — Sunday 21st October 2012 marks the 48th Anniversary of the Glorious Sudanese Revolution that toppled the Six– year dictatorial rule of the military junta led...
View ArticleSouth Sudan and the question of "14 Mile area"
By Sabrino Majok Majok October 21, 2012 — The Cooperation Agreement recently signed in Addis Ababa on September 27th, 2012, has been received with mixed reactions in South Sudan with negotiators and...
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S. Sudan VP's call to nation's Diaspora in US
October 20, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan Vice President, Riek Machar, on Saturday urged South Sudanese in the Diaspora to organise themselves into communities and encourage teamwork, if they are to...
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South Sudan official calls for calm after arrest of senior army officer
October 21, 2012 (JUBA) – The chairperson of the South Sudan's peace and reconciliation commission, Chuol Rambang Chol, has called on the youth across the country to avoid inciting inter-communal...
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South Africa pledges support to mediation proposal on Abyei
October 21, 2012 (JUBA) - South Africa on Sunday pledged its resolve to support a peace proposal by the African Union High Level Implementation (AUHIP) which aims to end the long-running dispute...
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50 S. Sudanese off to Ethiopia on three-year scholarship
October 21, 2012 (JUBA) - At least 50 students from South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state are set to benefit from three-year undergraduate teaching scholarships in Ethiopia, as part of a strategic...
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Sudan's VP says opposition should participate in new constitution
October 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese vice president reaffirmed the role of Umma National Party (UNP) in the ongoing efforts to prepare a new constitution in the country after the secession of south...
View ArticleRuling party slams undisciplined criticism against S. Kordofan governor
October 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) slammed undisciplined criticism against South Kordofan governor Ahmed Haroun who is accused of hammering Nuba's efforts to settle...
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European Union Ambassadors conclude a visit to North Darfur
European Union Ambassadors conclude a visit to North Darfur 22 October 2012 European Union Ambassadors (L) to (R): French, Spanish, Dutch, European Union, British, Italian and Swedish Ambassadors to...
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Jonglei: Four arrested over rejection of renaming Pochalla County HQ
October 22, 2012 (BOR) – The Member of Parliament representing Pochalla County John Joseph Abulla said Monday that the county's Commissioner Joseph Okello has arrested four people suspected of being...
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Ethiopia: Police officer, two Muslim protesters killed
October 22, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Police in Ethiopia killed two Muslim protesters in Gerba town in South Wollo Zone of the Amhara Regional State, according to local sources. Muslims celebrate Eid in...
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S. Sudan hopeful of AU endorsement of mediation proposal on Abyei
October 22, 2012 (JUBA/KHARTOUM) - South Sudan on Monday expressed “strong optimism” about the possibility of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) coming together to “unanimously”...
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