Sudanese government determined to prosecute "the plotters"
November 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese presidential assistants Nafie Ali Nafie said the government is determined to prosecute the arrested former officials and military accused of involvement in the...
View ArticleAbyei referendum: S. Sudan now seeks AU intervention
November 30, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Friday said the African Union should be fully involved in the conduct of a referendum to determine the final status of the disputed oil-producing region of...
View ArticleN. Bahr el Ghazal governor calls for “peaceful coexistence” with neighbours
November 30, 2012 (JUBA)- Governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Paul Malong Awan, has called on citizens of his state to accept the need and importance of activating “ancestral traditional mechanisms”...
View ArticleSudan's 1st VP weighs in on alleged coup attempt, slams "treachery" and...
December 1, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese First Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha became the most senior official to date to comment on the alleged coup attempt that took place last week as he...
View ArticleSudanese authorities kill 13 Islamist extremists in the east after heavy gun...
December 1, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – More than a dozen Islamist extremists were killed on Friday following a fierce gun battle with Sudanese security forces at a camp that was discovered in the east of the...
View ArticleGovernors' Forum resolves to increase budget allocation for agriculture
December 1, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan's post-independence 2nd Governors' Forum concluded its five-day deliberations on Friday with the leaders calling on the government to commit 10% of the overall...
View ArticlePanel pushes study on Ethiopia's Nile dam amid Egypt crises
By Tesfa-Alem TekleDecember 1, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The international panel of experts asked by Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to assess the impact of Ethiopia's controversial Nile dam project has continued...
View ArticleUS ambassador to South Sudan visits Aweil North after air attacks by Sudan
December 1, 2012 (JUBA) - The United States Ambassador to South Sudan, Susan Page, paid an official visit to Gokmachar, the administrative headquarters of Aweil North County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal,...
View ArticleTwo killed in Rumbek ambush of MP's car
December 1, 2012 (RUMBEK) - A group of unidentified gunmen killed two businessmen from neighbouring Unity State at 7am on Saturday morning in Pulkuc, located in western part of Rumbek East County of...
View ArticlePagan says South Sudan is ready to implement Cooperation Agreement
December 2, 2012 (JUBA) - President Salva Kiir on Saturday sent a letter inviting his Sudanese counterpart, Omer Al-Bashir, to visit Juba and assuring readiness of his government to fully implement the...
View ArticleSudan Planting Evidence: False graves discovered in Kiir Adem, NBGS
By Dhor AherThe Sudanese government is notorious particularly laying bogus claims on any South Sudanese border area perceived to be rich in natural resources. Panthous is a clear classical example...
View ArticleReflections on relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea
By Al-Saddig Al-MahdiDecember 2, 2012 — Historically, Ethiopia and Eritrea have not been united in one country. However, first Eritrea then Ethiopia have been occupied as Italian colonies, which...
View ArticleSouth Sudan says violence against women “obstacle to development'
December 3, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan's Deputy Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare said Sunday that violence against women is one of the major contributing obstacles to the country's...
View ArticleSudan currency falls to new lows as government sounds warning bell on spending
December 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese pound marked a record low on Sunday in the black market dealing a fresh blow to government's efforts to bring stability to the foreign exchange market which...
View ArticleAbyei: S. Sudanese activities urge AU and UNSC involvement
December 2, 2012 (JUBA) A group of South Sudanese activists on Sunday expressed concerns over delay by the two Sudans to implement the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on Abyei...
View ArticleSouth Sudan takes another step towards developing a new capital
December 2, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan's cabinet on Friday took another step towards implementing the plan to relocate the national capital from Juba to Ramciel in accordance with the resolution it...
View ArticleSudan and South Sudan agree to resume oil exports by end of December – official
December 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A South Sudanese official announced on Sunday that he has reached an agreement with officials in Khartoum to resume his country's oil exports via Sudanese territories by...
View ArticleNafie echoes accusation of opposition involvement in “subversive attempt”
December 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's presidential assistant Nafe Ali Nafe has accused unnamed opposition parties of plotting the recent “subversive attempt” with the help of “Islamists who have...
View ArticleMisseriya accuse African mediation of conspiracy over Abyei
December 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Al-Khair Al-Fahim, co-chair of Abyei steering committee attacked the African mediation for proposing to hold a referendum in Abyei without the participation of Misseriya...
View ArticleS. Sudan downplays criticism over voting for Palestinian UN status
December 2, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Sunday downplayed increased growing public criticism against reports saying that the new nation, through its permanent representative to the United Nations had...
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