Lakes state: Over 2,000 students start primary leaving exams
January 8, 2013 (RUMBEK) – At least 2,370 students from across the eights counties in South Sudan's Lakes state are taking part in this year's primary leaving examinations, Athian Majak Malou, the...
View ArticleCivilians in Payinjiar County say Unity State has failed to protect them
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJanuary 8, 2013 (BENTIU) - Cattle owners in South Sudan's Unity State say that the government has failed to protect them from raids from neighbouring areas after an estimated...
View ArticleReply to Luka Biong's Articles: “Sudan Under Bashir: Trajectory of Shame and...
By Khalid Al MubarakJanuary 7, 2013 - Dr. Luka Biong, co-chair of the Abyei Oversight Committee and senior member of the SPLM, has published an important article in “New Nation” newspaper (republished...
View ArticleIs Dinka Bor against Dinka Bahr el Ghazal?
By Zechariah Manyok BiarJanuary 8, 2013 - The killing of Isaiah Abraham and the anger it generated in Dinka Bor Community has made some people wonder whether Dinka Bor now see Dinka Bahr el Ghazal as...
View ArticleNew Dawn for the Sudanese people
By Mahmoud A. SuleimanJanuary 8, 2013 - This article comes on the backdrop of the signing of the New Dawn Charter by all the Sudanese Opposition, both peaceful civil and the Armed Movements. One says...
View ArticleSudan's PCP insists on Islamic constitution as ruling NCP steps up rhetoric...
January 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The students arm of the opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) rejected a clause included in the newly signed opposition charter saying it suggests a separation of...
View ArticleUN humanitarian body asks Security Council to "urgently" secure access to S....
December 8, 2013 (LONDON) - The main humanitarian arm of the United Nations appealed to the world body's powerful Security Council for help Tuesday in securing access to two conflict areas in the south...
View Article80 killed in Misseriya clan clashes in South Kordofan - witness
December 8, 2013 (LONDON) - Around 80 people were killed in fighting between rival clans of the Misseriya tribe in the town of al-Fula in South Kordofan State on 6 January, a source in the area told...
View ArticleUS offers $10 million reward for information on assassins of USAID diplomat...
January 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The United States on Tuesday announced that it is offering a total of $10 million for information leading to the arrest of two men convicted by a Sudanese court over...
View ArticleSudanese Embassy to UK: The "Revolutionary Affront" Groups Kampala Declaration
The Embassy of the Republic of Sudan Press Release, 9 January 2013 The "Revolutionary Affront" Groups Kampala Declaration Sudanese Embassy UK: The "Revolutionary Affront" Groups Kampala Declaration -...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY WELCOMES DECISION TO EXTEND MANDATE OF THE NCRC
SSHURSA - SOUTH SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY FOR ADVOCACY PRESS RELEASEHUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY WELCOMES DECISION TO EXTEND MANDATE OF THE NCRCJanuary 9, 2013The South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy...
View ArticleCivil society organisations closed in renewed clamp down on freedom of...
African Centre for Justice and Peace (ACJPS) Civil society organisations closed in renewed clamp down on freedom of association in Sudan9 January 2013Three civil society organisations and one literary...
View ArticleRumbek denies responsibility for Unity State cattle raids
January 9, 2013 (JUBA) - Authorities in Rumbek, the capital of Lakes State has denied allegations from Unity State's Payinjiar County that the Lakes State government is behind cross border cattle...
View ArticlePolice investigate death of two foreigners in Bor
January 9, 2013 (JUBA/BOR) - Authorities have ordered an investigation into the deaths this week of an Ethiopian and a Sudanese man in Bor, the state capital of South Sudan's Jonglei state.On Wednesday...
View ArticleWarrap's Gogrial West County forms development committee
January 9, 2013 (WAU) - Authorities at a community meeting bringing together officials from South Sudan's border state of Warrap, have formed a development committee to oversee implementation projects...
View ArticleJonglei: Two killed and four injured in Dinka clan clashes
January 9, 2013 (BOR) - Tension remains high after clashes between two clans from the Dinka tribe in Bor County on Tuesday evening left two people dead and four others wounded, the police told Sudan...
View ArticleW. Bahr el Ghazal governor accuses radio journalist of sabotage
January 9, 2013 (WAU) - Western Bahr el Ghazal Governor, Rizik Zachariah Hassan, has accused a radio journalist of sabotaging the coverage of the 24 December visit of President Salva Kiir to Wau,...
View ArticleEthiopia: Court rejects Journalist's appeal over ties with rebels
January 9, 2013(ADDIS ABABA) - An Ethiopian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a journalist who remains imprisoned on charges of terrorism.Reeyot Alemu was a high school English teacher and a...
View ArticleSouth Sudan army did not yet withdraw from disputed areas, spokesperson
January 9, 2013 (JUBA/KHARTOUM) - The South Sudanese army has not received orders withdraw from the border disputed areas from its military leadership, said Philip Aguer SPLA spokesperson on Wednesday...
View ArticleU.S. believed killers of USAID employee in Sudan received inside help to...
January 9, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The United States had intelligence suggesting that four men sentenced to death over the 2008 assassination of a USAID employee in Sudan in were assisted in their escape...
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