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Eight killed during anti-government demos in Nyala of Sudan's Darfur region
July 31, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – At least eight people, most of them young students, have been killed and more than 50 others injured during confrontations between police firing live bullets and peaceful...
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US says Sudan a 'cooperative counterterrorism partner' but keeps on terror list
July 31, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – The United States praised the cooperation of Sudan in countering terrorism during 2011, but fell short of clearing the East African nation from the terrorism sponsoring...
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Sudan expresses "strong reservations" over LRA inclusion in UNAMID's mandate
July 31, 2012 (WASHINGTON) — Sudan expressed its "strong reservations" over a paragraph dealing with the LRA rebels included in the UN Security Council resolution 2063 renewing the mandate of Darfur...
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Sudan says Bashir agreed “in principle” to meeting Kiir as UNSC “expects”...
July 31, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan clarified on Tuesday that its president, Omer Al-Bashir, is not opposed in principle to meeting his South Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir, amid growing pressures on...
View ArticleFears for collapse of the Sudanese talks in Ethiopia
By Isaiah Abraham August 1, 2012 — The Sudanese delegations from the Republic of the Sudan and that of its Southern counter part, the Republic of South Sudan are meeting for the past few weeks in the...
View ArticleReporters Without Borders Alert: TV comedian and producer gunned down after...
Reporters Without Borders Alert 1 August 2012 SOMALIA TV comedian and producer gunned down after criticizing Al-Shabaab Abdi Jeylani Malaq, a TV actor, comedian and producer also known as Marshale, was...
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Jonglei minister express frustration over centralised workshops
August 1, 2012 (BOR) – The Jonglei state minister for gender and child welfare, Rabecca Anok, said on Tuesday in Bor that “too many workshops” are tying the state's leaders to towns, leaving little...
View ArticleEthiopia probes ethnic clashes, Kenya on high alert
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle August 1, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Ethiopian government has dispatched an investigative team to probe the latest deadly tribal fighting in South Ethiopia near the border with Kenya....
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S. Sudan receives international support for Abyei stance, negotiator
August 1, 2012 (JUBA)- The US is backing South Sudan's opposition to Khartoum's calls for the contested Abyei region to become part of Sudan's territory, or for it to be partitioned, according to...
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South Sudan army denies the arrest of top military officers is linked to...
August 1, 2012 (JUBA) – A top-level military officer on Tuesday denied reports alleging the arrests of senior military officers in the South Sudanese army (SPLA), including the deputy chief of military...
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SPLM's "bad policies" responsible for current problems: Lam Akol
August 1, 2012 (JUBA) - The leader of the opposition Sudan People's Liberation Movement for Democratic Change (SPLM-DC) has accused South Sudan's ruling party of using "bad policies", which have...
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Karti tells Clinton Khartoum's problem with Juba is security
August 1, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti told his US counterpart, Hilary Clinton that the main issue with South Sudan is security, the official Sudanese news network, SUNA,...
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Sudan breaks up gathering of opposition-linked lawyers
August 1, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Security forces raided the headquarters of the Sudanese Bar Union (SBU) on Wednesday and violently broke up a Ramadan breakfast gathering of opposition-affiliated lawyers,...
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Nyala “massacre” draws ire of Sudanese opposition as death toll reportedly...
August 1, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A number of Sudanese opposition and civil society groups have strongly chided the authorities for killing peaceful protesters in Darfur's southern town of Nyala, calling for...
View ArticleAMNESTY - Sudan: Security forces must stop using live rounds against...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 2 August 2012 Sudan: Security forces must stop using live rounds against demonstrators Sudanese security forces must stop shooting protesters with live ammunition,...
View ArticleNorthern Bahr el Ghazal appoints heads of parliamentary committees
August 3, 2012 (JUBA)- Northern Bahr el Ghazal state on Thursday held a parliamentary ceremony to swear in heads of the specialised committees after electing its first female speaker on 23 July, state...
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HRW urges Clinton to pressure S. Sudan on human rights abuses
July 2, 20120 (JUBA) - As the United States (US) secretary of state, Hillary Clinton visits South Sudan this Friday; Human Right Watch (HRW) has demanded commitment from the country's leaders on how...
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Jonglei's Pibor Commissioner: chiefs must cooperate with returning of abductees
August 2, 2012 (BOR) - The commissioner of Pibor county, Jonglei state in South Sudan, Joshua Konyi Irer, has called upon his jurisdiction's chiefs to cooperate in the voluntary collection of abducted...
View ArticleKCB South Sudan names new board chairman
August 2, 2102 (JUBA) - Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) South Sudan has announced the appointment of Jashinto Pakon Genye as the new chairman of the bank's board of directors, replacing Musa Ndeto, who...
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S. Sudan to build football stadium in Lakes state
August 2, 2012 (JUBA)- South Sudan on Thursday said it planned to build its first ever modern football stadium in the Lakes state capital, Rumbek. South Sudan football team play Tusker in Juba, July...
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