Khartoum detains two Eritrean opposition journalists
By Tesfa-Alem TekleDecember 27, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Authorities in Sudan have detained two Eritrean opposition journalists according to local reporters, and opposition groups.Abdalal Mahmoud and...
View ArticleSudan bans Thursday's edition of new daily
December 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) has confiscated Thursday edition of a new independent newspaper called Al-Qrar and banned its distribution, in...
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Ethiopian Prime Minister visits Juba for talks with President Kiir
December 27, 2012 (JUBA) – The new Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn visited Juba, the South Sudan's capital Thursday where he held a closed door meeting with President Salva Kiir in the...
View ArticleOil producing areas demand better services and safety
December 27, 2012 (BENTIU) - The Commissioner of Koch County in South Sudan's oil-rich Unity State says that pollution from oil companies operating in his area is severely damaging the environment and...
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SAF denies attacking South Sudan's territories but reports clashes with...
December 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army has denied accusation of launching air and ground attacks on the South Sudanese border state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal while reporting clashes between...
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Sudan arrests dozens of unofficial currency traders
December 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese security authorities have arrested more than 70 traders of hard currency as part of a crackdown on the black market, a well-placed source told Sudan Tribune on...
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Sudan's labour union threatens to strike over pay increase
December 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The pro-Sudanese government labour union threatened to stage a nationwide strike within a week if the minimum wage is not raised, as the talks with the finance minister...
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Sudan- S. Sudan presidential summit to take place in Ethiopia
By Tesfa-Alem TekleDecember 28, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA/KHARTOUM) - Sudan's president, Omer Al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir, will meet in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the...
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S. Sudan envoy sends condolences to Russian families
December 28, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan's ambassador to Russia, Chol Deng Alak, on Friday sent condolences to families of the four Russian crew members of a UN helicopter accidentally shot down in...
View ArticleFatal bus accident leaves 8 people dead on Juba-Nimule highway
December 28, 2012 (JUBA) – Eight people were killed and 35 others injured, some seriously, when a bus overturned on Juba-Nimule highway on Friday morning.Police authorities have blamed the accident on...
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Jonglei Governor: Community meetings a "nucleus for peace”
December 28, 2012 (BOR) –Jonglei state governor, Kuol Manyang, has described ongoing community conferences in Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, in which a Bor commnity leader was elected, as the...
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S. Sudan to focus on defence after attack on N. Bahr el Ghazal
December 29, 2012 (WAU) - The South Sudan cabinet said on Friday defence of the country remains a top priority, announcing that "all necessary arrangements" have been put in place to fend off foreign...
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SPLM-N rebels have to abandon regime change before talks, Sudanese official
December 28, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan presidential aide Nafie Ali Nafie said peace with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North (SPLM-N) in South Kordofan and Blue Nile cannot be achieved unless...
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SLM-AW rebels seize two more positions in Darfur
December 29, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan Liberations Movement – Abdel Wahid Al-Nur rebels said they took the control of two new positions in their fight against the Sudanese government troops in South and...
View ArticleBank of Sudan denies freezing accounts of ex-NISS chief
December 28, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - The Deputy of the Governor of Bank of Sudan, Badr Al-Deen Mahmud denied news reports that the bank has frozen the account of Salah Gosh, the former head of National...
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Stunning video purportedly shows 2010 escape of U.S. diplomat killers from...
December 29, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A group apparently affiliated with Al-Qaeda has published a video on Friday purportedly showing the escape of four men accused of killing an American diplomat and his...
View ArticleJonglei: Seven killed, two wounded in Duk county raid
December 29, 2012 (BOR) - Seven people have been killed and two wounded in a raid in Mareng, the Duk county headquarters, Phillip Thon Leek, the area member of parliament told Sudan Tribune on...
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S. Sudan calls on religious leaders to hold prayers over Abyei
December 29, 2012 (WAU) - The co-chair of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee, Luka Biong on Saturday called on religious leaders to hold prayers dedicated to bringing about a peaceful settlement to...
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SPLA accuses Sudanese army of cross-border kidnappings
December 29, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan's army on Friday accused the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) of holding hostage South Sudanese farmers which it kidnapped across the border in Upper Nile state.SPLA...
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Bashir's close minister picked deputy secretary general of Islamic Movement
December 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Minister of the presidency affairs Bakri Hassan Saleh was chosen as deputy secretary general of the Islamic Movement with three others, it was announced in Khartoum on...
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