Sudan's inflation continues unabated as 2013 budget runs into first hurdle
December 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The inflation rate in Sudan edged higher in November compared to the month before as rising food prices continued to push the cost of living upwards, the Central Bureau of...
View ArticleMother of the late S. Sudanese columnist, Isaiah Abraham: he was "fighting...
December 8, 2012 (JUBA) – Rebecca Lueth Wel, the mother of former member of South Sudan army (SPLA) turned leading critical opinion writer, Isaiah Diing Abraham Chan Awuol, has expressed her grief...
View ArticleUnity state official claims involvement of SPLA soldier in cattle raid
By Bonifacio Taban KuichDecember 9, 2012 (BENTIU) – Unity state's Payinjiar county authorities say the death-toll of the attack on Thursday has reached 11, after conducting a search on Makur village on...
View ArticleWau clashes leave 25 dead - former Commissioner
December 9, 2012 (JUBA) - The former Commissioner of Wau County, John Peter Miskin, said Sunday that 25 people had been killed after South Sudan's army fired live bullets on a group protesting against...
View ArticleSAF attack on Kiir Adem kills three - South Sudan
December 9, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan has claimed that three people were killed on Sunday when the army of neighbouring Sudan carried out a ground attack on the Kiir Adem area of Northern Bahr el...
View ArticleKhartoum and Juba delay joint security meeting to Monday
December 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan and South Sudan delayed their meeting on the implementation of security arrangements to Monday after failing to agree on its agenda.The two parties did not agree...
View ArticleHundreds of students clash with police in the Sudanese capital
December 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese capital on Sunday witnessed intense and at times violent student demonstrations that roamed major streets of Khartoum to protest the mysterious killings of...
View ArticleThe Collapsing Sudanese Economy
Political and Military Implications, International ObligationsBy Eric ReevesDecember 8, 2012 — Recent commentary on the purported "coup attempt" in Khartoum has been quite various, sometimes even...
View ArticleIsaiah Abraham's Murder: the wider implications to South Sudanese society
By Steve PaternoDecember 9, 2012 — The cold blooded murder of Isaiah Abraham is a shock, but it never came as a surprise to observers of South Sudan events, including this writer. South Sudan, a newly...
View ArticleDarfur authority denounces irresponsible statements of Sudanese army
December 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Head of Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) Tijani Al-Sissi slammed statements the spokesperson of the Sudanese army that a force of the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM)...
View ArticleWhy Doha and Seisi have failed Darfur
By Anne BartlettDecember 10, 2012 — If the dragging of student bodies from a water-filled ditch this week served to illustrate anything, it showed that the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) is...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Interior Ministry condemns murder of political commentator
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PRESS STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF INTERIORDecember 07/2012(Juba, 07/12/2012) - While the Ministry of Interior is engaged in implementing its policy of...
View ArticleGovernment pledges $5m to sustain EU, FAO agriculture recovery project
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Press ReleaseGovernment pledges $5m to sustain EU, FAO agriculture recovery project10 December 2012. JUBA: A recovery project handed to South...
View ArticleSudan: Justice Needed for Student Deaths, Halt Violent Crackdown on...
(Nairobi, December 10, 2012) – Sudanese authorities should immediately investigate the deaths of four student protesters and the disappearance of two others at the beginning of December 2012, in...
View ArticleACJPS call for immediate independent investigation into student deaths
The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS)Call for immediate independent investigation into student deaths and excessive use of force by Sudanese authorities(10 December 2012) The...
View ArticleSSHURSA statement for full investigations and resignation of ministers
SOUTH SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY FOR ADVOCACY Juba, South SudanDecember 10, 2012SSHURSA calls for full investigations, resignation of the Ministers of Security and Interior and urges for speedy trial...
View ArticleS. Sudan human rights association calls for resignation of security ministers...
December 10, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan Human Rights Advocacy Association (SSHURA) on Monday called for the “immediate resignation” of security ministers, charging both the interior and a national...
View ArticleImmigration directorate Lakes state branch opening delayed
December 10, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The official opening of the Lakes state directorate of nationality and passports has been postponed due to administrative delays from the head office in Juba.The state's...
View ArticleJonglei water bottling business booming
December 9, 2012 (BOR) - Jonglei Sudd Bottling, a shared business between the state government and Join Access Kilobytes Technologies (JAK Technologies) is reported to have made over 350,000 SSDG...
View ArticleSouth Sudan to deploy more forces to volatile states
December 10, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudanese government will deploy more auxiliary police forces in order to deter inter-communal attacks and cattle raiding in the states affected, says an official of the...
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