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Obama urged to support arms embargo on S. Sudan
January 9, 2015 (JUBA) – The United States President, Barack Obama should call for and support a comprehensive United Nations arms embargo on the parties to South Sudan's brutal conflict, 29 human...
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Sudan's SCP rejects constitutional amendments
January 10, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) denounced constitutional amendments approved by the parliament last week saying it will turn the country into a police state.Sudanese...
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3 injured in shootout among West Darfur governor's personal guards
January 10, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Three guards were injured in armed clashes which erupted among the personal guards of the governor of West Darfur state, Haydar Galu Koma, in his house in the state's...
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DUP divided over Mirghani's support for Bashir presidency
January 10, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) appears to be on the verge of a new discord after its leader Mohammed Osman al-Mirghani announced his support for Sudanese President...
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S. Sudanese refugees want peace before elections
January 10, 2015 (KAMPALA) – South Sudanese refugees in Uganda have asked government to prioritise peace and stability in the young nation before organising this year's elections set for June.South...
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Sissi says divisions within LJM threaten to harm peace in Darfur
January 10, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The chairman of Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) Tijani al-Sissi admitted the existence of sharp differences within his group, Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), and...
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South Sudanese presidency slams governor over remarks on conflict
January 10, 2015 (JUBA) – A spokesperson for South Sudan's presidency described as “irresponsible” remarks by Central Equatoria governor, Clement Wani Konga urging people from Equatoria region not to...
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DUP faction challenges Mirghani's decision to participate in elections
January 11, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – A group from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) announced today that they will not participate in the general elections scheduled for next April despite its leader...
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SPLM-N says it repulsed SAF attacks in S. Kordofan, Blue Nile
January 11, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Rebels from the Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) announced on Sunday that its forces were able to repel attacks by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on...
View ArticleBor traders slam licence fee increases amid council denials
January 11, 2015 (BOR) – Hundreds of traders in Jonglei state capital Bor claim they have been hit by a significant price hike when renewing their trading licences.A number of retailers and wholesalers...
View ArticleEthiopian city bans smoking in public areas
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJanuary 11, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – The capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Mekelle, has banned smoking in public areas, making it the first Ethiopian city to implement a...
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Ex-Unity state official survives attempt on life, blames governor
January 10, 2015 (KAMPALA) – A former Unity state's official claimed he survived as assassination attempt by security men allegedly acting on orders from the Unity state governor, Joseph Monytuel.New...
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S. Sudanese security arrest General Dau Aturjong's relative
January 11, 2015 (JUBA) – South Sudanese government agents have arrested a relative of General Dau Aturjong, a senior military officer who last year switched allegiance to the country's rebel faction...
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Lakes state governor survives deadly ambush
January 12, 2015 (RUMBEK) – The caretaker governor of South Sudan's Lakes state, Maj. Gen. Matur Chut Dhuol survived on Saturday an ambush after gunmen fired at his convoy.Lakes state governor Matur...
View ArticleSenior rebel commander slams UN human rights report on Bentiu massacre
January 11, 2015 (KAMPALA) – A senior South Sudanese rebel commander has slammed a human rights report that claimed opposition forces were responsible for a massacre in Unity state capital Bentiu in...
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LJM fighters prevent Abu Garda from holding conference in S. Darfur
January 11,2014 (NAYLA) – Armed men from the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) prevented the secretary general of the former rebel group, Bahar Idriss Abu Garda, from holding a symposium in Nyal,...
View ArticleThe decisive battle of South Sudan as predicted by analysts
By Steve PaternoJanuary 12, 2014 - The war in South Sudan is still raging, with countless of losses of lives and an imaginable destructions. South Sudan's observers predict an imminent all out war, in...
View ArticleJuba elites using 1991 propaganda to blackmail political leaders
By James Gatdet DakJanuary 11, 2015 - Judgemental people not only love to recall things that occurred in the past and attributed to people they dislike, but also many of them sometimes choose to live...
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Sudan's NCP seeks to pacify Janjaweed leader
January 12, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese presidential assistant Ibrahim Ghandour met on Monday with the leader of the Darfurian Arab Mahameed clan Musa Hilal in West Darfur state capital of...
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RNM says national dialogue in “serious trouble”, vows to boycott elections
January 12, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Reform Now Movement (RNM) warned on Monday that the national dialogue process is in “serious trouble” due to Khartoum's backpedalling on its obligations towards the...
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