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New Year's Day raids kill 4 in Jonglei
January 1, 2013 (BOR) – Four people were killed, two wounded and children rescued in attempted abduction in three raids across Bor County in South Sudan's Jonglei State on Tuesday in the latest series...
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Rumbek police ordered to deal with armed criminals
December 31, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The commissioner of Rumbek Central County in South Sudan's Lakes State, Abraham Mayen Kuc, has instructed the South Sudan Police Services (SSPS) to deal with suspected...
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W. Bahr el Ghazal calls for unity after protests objecting to county transfer
January 1, 2013 (WAU) - Senior officials and leading members of the community in South Sudan's Western Bahr el Ghazal State on Tuesday publicly denounced the culture of violence that led to...
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Juba erupts into massive celebratory shootings of live bullets in defiance...
December 31, 2012 (JUBA) – Residents of the South Sudan's capital, Juba, entered the first minutes of the New Year 2013 with panic and uncertainty when massive shootings of live bullets suddenly...
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Bashir's independence day speech falls short of expectations
January 1, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – In his most high profile appearance since his health woes started late last year, the Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir's speech today disappointed many who expected...
View ArticleSudan political opposition forces to meet armed groups in Kampala
January 1, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - The opposition National Umma Party (UNP) announced its participation in a meeting called by the alliance of rebel groups, Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) in the Ugandan...
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Sudan's Bashir's agrees to meet South Sudan leader on Friday: state media
January 1, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir has agreed to meet with his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa next Friday, Sudan's...
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OCHA South Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin for the period 24 - 30 December...
OCHA South Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin for the period 24 - 30 December 2012Highlights About 700 people displaced by attacks in Kiir Adem About 630 affected by recent violence in Western Bahr el...
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Sudan behind on paying 2012 dues to the United Nations
January 2, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – Sudan has missed the December 31 deadline to pay its 2012 annual dues to the United Nations.United Nations Headquarters (UN Photo)According to the UN General Secretariat...
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S. Sudan links formation of Abyei interim administration to final status
January 2, 2013 (WAU) – The formation of the joint interim administration in the disputed Abyei region will depend on whether the forthcoming presidential summit makes a “successful breakthrough” on...
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Two abducted UN peacekeepers freed in Darfur
(KHARTOUM) - Two Jordanian peacekeepers working for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have been freed, after nearly four and half months in captivity, the mission's...
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Jonglei: Leaders call for “forceful civilian disarmament” after raids
January 2, 2013 (BOR) – Leaders of Jonglei State's Bor County have dismissed suggestions that gunmen attacking their villages are loyal to a rebel leader operating in neighbouring Pibor County,...
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Food prices in Sudan on the rise again as wages go up
January 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The prices of basic food commodities have risen by more than 4% recently coinciding with a decision taken by the Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir to raise the...
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Sudanese army carry out fresh attacks on Raja, 32 killed, SPLA claim
January 2, 2013 (WAU/JUBA) - The South Sudanese border state of Western Bahr el Ghazal on Wednesday accused the army of neighbouring Sudan of carrying out air and ground attacks against Raja County,...
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Sudan's VP says American book proves local centers received US funds to...
January 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese 1st Vice President Ali Osman Taha has defended the recent crackdown on independent pro-democracy centers and suggested they are undercover bodies whose goal is...
View ArticleSudanese security arrest dozens of Unionists
January 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese authorities arrested twenty activists belonging to Unionist Movement on Tuesday after holding a protest in the capital, Khartoum, to celebrate the Independence...
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S. Sudan condemns Raja attack, sends complaint to UNSC
January 3, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan has strongly condemned an attack which it says Sudan's military carried out on its territory on Wednesday, calling for the immediate intervention of the United...
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Payinjiar County hit by hunger after 2012 floods
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJanuary 3, 2013 (BENTIU) - Hunger in Unity State's Payinjiar County is reaching crisis levels, according to local residents and officials following severe flooding last year,...
View ArticleEthiopia arrest suspected Al-Qaeda allied militants
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJanuary 3, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia's security forces have arrested 15 individuals alleged to be members of a terrorist cell affiliated with Al Qaeda's network in the East...
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South Sudan arrests suspects in connection to killing of political columnist
January 3, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan on Thursday announced it has arrested a number of suspects believed to be responsible for the assassination of a leading political commentator, Isaiah Diing Abraham...
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