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IGAD summit on S. Sudan adjourned for further consultations
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJanuary 14, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – The 29th extraordinary summit of IGAD heads of state and government aimed at discussing the ongoing conflict in South Sudan has been postponed till...
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S. Sudanese rebels accuse Juba of backtracking on UPDF withdrawal
January 14, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudan's armed opposition faction led by former vice-president, Riek Machar, said their demand to withdraw Ugandan troops from the territory of the war torn...
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S. Sudan provides assurances for safety of Chinese oil workers
January 14, 2015 (JUBA) – South Sudan's foreign affairs minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, said he had provided assurances to his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, of the government's commitment to...
View ArticleSudanese journalist sued for handshake with Israeli's ambassador
January 14, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - The secretary general of the Sudanese Journalists Union Tuesday has been sued for a handshake with the Israeli ambassador to Eritrea.Salah Omer Alshaikh, who is also the...
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North Darfur to pursue rebels fleeing captured areas
January 14, 2015 (EL-FASHER) – North Darfur plans to carry out a joint security operation to clear the state from rebels who sneaked into the main towns after the recapture of eastern Jebel Marra...
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Upper Nile governor downplays opposition threats to elections
January 15, 2015 (JUBA) – The governor of South Sudan's border state of Upper Nile, Simon Kun Puoc, has downplayed fears the armed opposition could disrupt upcoming elections state, saying...
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Suspected Ebola patient died of Malaria, says Ethiopia
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJanuary 15, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian patient suspected to have been suffering from Ebola died in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Wednesday.Medical staff working with Medecins...
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S. Sudan rebels dismiss claims civilians targeted in Maban clashes
January 15, 2015 (KAMPALA) – A senior South Sudanese rebel commander has refuted accusations by Maban county commissioner Timato Nau that four women and a girl were abducted during an attack on the...
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Abu Garda continues his campaign against Darfur authority leadership
January 15, 2014 (KHARTOUM) - The secretary-general of the former rebel Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), Bahar Idriss Abu Garda, once again heavily criticised the leader of his group, Tijani...
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Chinese peacekeepers to provide protection to S. Sudanese civilians: UN
January 15, 2015 (JUBA) – The 700-strong battalion of Chinese peacekeeper will primarily be engaged in protection of civilians in South Sudan, the United Nations said.UNMISS troops from India patrol...
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Sudan, SPLM-N issue conflicting accounts of S. Kordofan clashes
January 15, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The spokesman of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Colonel al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa'ad said that they repulsed an attack by Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) in three...
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Sudanese scholars call for protests against Charlie Hebdo
January 15, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudan Religious Scholars Committee (RSC) has called for a protest after Friday prayers to condemn the publication of a new cartoon by the French satirical weekly...
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S. Sudan rebel commander vows to fight “dictatorship”
January 15, 2015 (JUBA) – A senior South Sudanese rebel commander has vowed never to return to government, unless a system to facilitate democracy and dismantle “dictatorship” was established.General...
View ArticleSudanese appeal court overturns death sentence for police officer
January 15, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – An appeals court judge on Thursday overturned the death sentence against a lieutenant in the Sudanese police convicted of killing a woman in a Khartoum suburb more than...
View ArticleMPs seek release of British citizen on death row in Ethiopia
January 16, 2015 (LONDON) – A delegation of British parliamentarians will be in Ethiopia next month in an attempt to secure the release of a British citizen who is facing the death penalty in...
View ArticleDoes ethnicity matter in South Sudan's conflict?
By: Amir IdrisJanuary 16, 2014 - The simple answer to that question is an obvious ‘yes'. But that answer does not explain the intersection of politics, ethnicity, and conflict in South Sudan. After...
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Sudanese police prevent anti-Charlie Hebdo protest from reaching French embassy
January 16, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese police prevented protesters on Friday from reaching the French embassy and French cultural centre in the capital, Khartoum.Protesters shout slogans against France...
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South Sudan vows to go ahead with elections despite US withholding support
January 16, 2015 (JUBA) – South Sudan said on Friday it was prepared to go ahead with planned elections despite the United States and other foreign countries refusing to support the ballot.South...
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Darfur rebels claim Sudanese troops killed top military commander
January 16, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The rebel Sudan Liberation Movement-Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) has conceded that its general commander of operations was killed by the Sudanese army (SAF) in North Darfur...
View Article19 students graduate from W. Bahr el Ghazal University
January 15, 2015 (WAU) – A total of 19 students were awarded degrees from the Catholic university in South Sudan's Western Bahr Ghazal state on Thursday.The graduates from the institution's faculty of...
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