SLM-AW rebels say in control of positions recently seized in Central Darfur
January 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A rebel group reiterated that its fighters still control a position in Central Darfur taken recently and denied statements published in Khartoum that the Sudan Armed Forces...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Qatar large investments in Egypt and Algeria an "embarrassment" to...
January 9, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – This week's economic agreements worth billions of dollars between the energy-rich Gulf state of Qatar and the North African nations of Egypt and Algeria represents an...
View ArticleOCHA South Sudan: Humanitarian Snapshot (December 2012)
OCHA South Sudan: Humanitarian Snapshot (December 2012)Over 30 humanitarian crises face South Sudan as 2012 comes to a close. Aid agencies are focused on responding to the needs of over 200,000...
View ArticleOCHA Humanitarian Funding update - 31 December 2012
OCHA Humanitarian Funding update 31 December 2012 Humanitarian partners appeal for US$1.18 billion to meet emergency needs in South Sudan for 2012. Download full report here: OCHA Humanitarian Funding...
View ArticleOCHA South Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin for the period 31 December 2012...
OCHA South Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin for the period 31 December 2012 to 6 January 2013Highlights -* Up to 8,000 people were reportedly newly displaced in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State in the...
View ArticleUnity State citizens angry over postponement of CPA celebrations
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJanuary 9, 2013 (BENTIU) - Citizens in South Sudan's Unity State expressed their anger on Wednesday that celebrations to mark the peace deal that led to the country's...
View ArticleN. Bahr el Ghazal: Four inmates die from overcrowding, diseases
January 10, 2013 (JUBA) – At least four inmates at a central prison in Aweil, the Northern Bahr El Ghazal state capital have reportedly died from illness and overcrowding, eye witnesses told Sudan...
View ArticleSPLA acknowledges soldiers defection to other armed groups
January 10, 2013 (JUBA) – At least eleven soldiers are thought to have defected to David Yau Yau's rebel group in Jonglei State since he re-launched his localised insurgency in April 2012, the...
View ArticleAustrian killed in Ethiopia attack, suspects arrested
January 10, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia has arrested two suspects in connection with last week's killing of an Austrian tourist in northern Ethiopia, Amhara Regional police told Sudan Tribune on...
View ArticleBashir's Sudan and Iran: an Alliance of Terror
By David L. Phillips and Ahmed Hussain AdamJanuary 10, 2013 - Israeli warplanes attacked Sudan's military-industrial complex at al-Yarmouk on October 23, 2012. While the raid set-back Sudan's weapons...
View ArticleSudan threatens to ban political parties dealing with rebels
January 10, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir has raised the spectre of banning political parties that conclude political alliance with rebel groups, the interior minister announced...
View ArticleSPLM debate ends with calls for deliberation on national issues
January 11, 2013 (JUBA) – A three-day roundtable debate organised by South Sudan's ruling party (SPLM) came to an end on Wednesday with calls for inclusive deliberations on national issues in the...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda announces formation of its student wing in top Sudan university
January 10, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The organization Al-Qaeda in Sudan announced yesterday the birth of its student wing in the University of Khartoum in a new sign of growing extremist influence in the...
View ArticleAbyei: Leaders give pre-conditions for joint administration with Sudan
January 10, 2013 (JUBA/KHARTOUM) – A Senior official from Abyei on Wednesday demanded that Sudan immediately withdraws its troops from the contested region and stop Messeriya nomads from settling there...
View ArticleUNAMID confirms death and displacement in Darfur tribal fighting
January 10, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) issued a statement today confirming the eruption of tribal clashes in the restive region leading to an...
View ArticleIs Zechariah Manyok Biar sowing seeds of discord between two Jieng communities?
In response to Is "Dinka Bor against Dinka Bahr el Ghazal?" by Zechariah Manyok Biar.By Mabior W. Makuek, RumbekOn 9th January 2013, Sudan Tribune published an article authored by brother Zechariah...
View ArticleThe New Dawn Convention - Unofficial English Translation
New Dawn Convention document, translated by Abdul IzzadineNot official version, not signed!05/01/2013, KampalaThe New Dawn ConventionPreambleTo satisfy the yearning demands of our people in North Sudan...
View ArticleMy Advice to Zechariah Manyok Biar and Ateny Wek Ateny
In response to Is "Dinka Bor against Dinka Bahr el Ghazal?" by Zechariah Manyok Biar.By Beny Gideon MaborJanuary 11, 2013 - The complementary opinions expressed on different occasions by different...
View ArticleSudan: End the attack on NGO's
Amnesty International Sudan: End the attack on NGO's11 January 2013Working on development, human rights and peace has become increasingly difficult in Sudan. In the last month, three NGOs have been...
View ArticleConcern for safety of five political opposition leaders detained in Sudan
African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (11 January 2013) Five political opposition leaders have been arrested by Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) on their return from a...
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