Salva-Bashir Summit: What is expected?
By Luka Biong DengJanuary 3, 2013 - Presidents Salva and Bashir will meet on 4th January 2013 in a summit that is widely expected to be decisive and final in giving the last chance for the two...
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International community urge Bashir & Kiir to resolve outstanding issues
January 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM/JUBA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and foreign ministers of Norway, UK and US governments welcomed Sudan South Sudan presidential summit scheduled to take place in Addis...
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Egypt reiterates its readiness to mediate between Khartoum and Juba
January 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Egyptian President , Mohamed Mursi reiterated his willingness to bridge the caps between Sudan and South Sudan over the post-secession issues and to end the current...
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Sudan denies not paying 2012 dues to UN despite list showing otherwise
January 3, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman denied that his country is behind on its financial obligations to the world body.Daffa-Alla Elhag...
View ArticleSouth Sudan denies summoning Sudanese ambassador over border conflict
January 3, 2013 (WAU) - South Sudan on Thursday denied reports that the ministry of Foreign Affairs and International cooperation secretly summoned Sudanese ambassador Mutrif Sideeg over recent border...
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Balanda Community Association regrets Farrajallah deaths, supports relocation...
Balanda Community Association Western Bahr el Ghazal - WauJan 4 2013Press Release from the Balanda Community Association expressing regret over the killing of 26 civilians in Farrajallah in December...
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UN confirms Sudan's delinquent status, arrears reach $1 million
January 4, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The United Nations on Friday revealed that Sudan is several years behind on its payments and owes close to $1 million, which has yet to be paid.United Nations spokesman...
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South Sudan's ruling party to hold an extraordinary convention next month
January 4, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's ruling party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), will hold its long-awaited extraordinary convention next month in order to review the party's...
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Kiir calls on SPLA to defend South Sudan before leaving for Bashir summit
January 4, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit told his security officials on Friday to prepare to defend the country from aggression from neighbouring Sudan, shortly before heading...
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Addis Ababa mediators meet with Bashir and Kiir, talks to start Saturday
January 5, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA/KHARTOUM) - Sudanese and South Sudanese presidents will start talks Saturday over the implementation of a security deal after separate meetings with the Ethiopian Prime...
View ArticleJonglei jazz band performs for peace and development
January 4, 2013 (BOR) - South Sudan's next generation of artists, such as the Pigi United Jazz Band, are trying to build a collective national identity and spread peace in the young nation, through the...
View ArticleFestive celebrations pass peacefully in Lakes State
January 3, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The commissioner of Rumbek East County in South Sudan's Lakes State, David Marial Gumke, said Thursday that his county celebrated Christmas and New Year without any sign of...
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WBEG: Balanda community condemns Farajalah killings, accepts Wau County transfer
January 5, 2013 (WAU) - South Sudan's Balanda community in Western Bahr el Ghazal State on Friday denounced last month's killing of 26 innocent civilians in the Farrajallah area of troubled Wau County...
View ArticleI WISH YOU A BETTER JUBA IN 2013.
By Steven WönduJanuary 4, 2013 - I am recycling and article I posted in the middle of the year 2012 complaining about the health and security or rather, the lack of health and security in Juba. Today,...
View ArticleKACE: On the closure of Al Khatim Adlan Center for Enlightenment and Human...
Al Khatim Adlan Center for Enlightenment and Human Development (KACE) On the closure of Al Khatim Adlan Center for Enlightenment and Human Development (KACE)Khartoum, Sudan - 31\12\2012A delegation of...
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C. Equatoria arrests 8 over burnt houses
January 4, 2012 (JUBA) – Security officials in South Sudan's Central Equatoria State have arrested eight suspects in connection with last year's burning of house in Yei River County.Yei Commissioner,...
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Lakes: One killed, two wounded in Cueibet raid
January 5, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Cueibet County of Lakes state have reported that one person was killed and two others injured on Thursday in an alleged cattle raid by armed youth.Cueibet...
View ArticleAn agreement signed between all Sudanese opposition groups - Arman
Today, January 5, 2013, a historical agreement was signed between all Sudanese opposition forces and in particular, representatives and the top leadership of the Sudan Revolutionary Front and a senior...
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Bashir-Kiir summit ends with agreement on implementation timeframe but no...
January 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The presidents of Sudan Omer Hassan al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir agreed on implementing several outstanding items pertaining to Abyei,...
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Sudanese Islamist figure announces movement to opposition ranks
January 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The leader of the Islamic Wasat Party Yousif al-Koda announced that he is joining an opposition alliance which has its stated goal of overthrowing the Sudanese ruling...
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