Human Security in Darfur, Year's End 2012: South Darfur
Intolerable human insecurity and threats to humanitarian operations in Darfur remain largely invisible; an overview in three parts: South Darfur By Eric ReevesJanuary 11, 2013 -In assessing human...
View ArticleENDING poverty IN OUR GENERATION
ENDING poverty IN OUR GENERATION Save the Children's vision for a post-2015 frameworkA historic achievement is within reach. We can be the generation that ends poverty, forever. For the first time, it...
View ArticleSPLA clashes kill 10 people in Lakes state
January 11, 2013 (JUBA) - A cattle herding group in Cueibet County of Lakes State clashed with soldiers from South Sudan's army (SPLA) on Friday, resulting in the death of seven soldiers and three...
View ArticleUnity: Car ambush kills three on Payinjiar Road
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJanuary 11, 2013 (BENTIU) - Bandits in South Sudan's Unity State attacked a police Toyota pickup vehicle on Thursday afternoon killing three and leaving five critically injured...
View ArticleWestern Bahr el Ghazal governor says December protest was instigated
January 11, 2013 (WAU) - The Governor of South Sudan's Western Bahr el Ghazal, Rizik Zachariah Hassan, said Friday that December's protests over transfer the headquarters of Wau County was politically...
View ArticleDefend S. Sudan territory at all cost, army chief instructs recruits
January 11, 2013 (JUBA) – The South Sudan Army (SPLA) chief of staff has instructed members of armed forces to live up to their constitutional obligation to defend and protect the young nation's...
View ArticleSudanese army kill over 50 rebels in South Kordofan – spokesperson
January 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) repulsed an attack on its positions southward of the capital of South Kordofan state where they killed over 50 rebels, said Al-Sawarmi Khaled...
View ArticleS. Sudan accuses Sudan of unilaterally creating Abyei humanitarian commission
January 12, 2013 (WAU) - South Sudan on Friday objected to the formation of a humanitarian commission for the disputed region of Abyei, describing it “a unilateral decision” by the government of Sudan...
View ArticleAbyei is Being Invaded Again by the Sudan
Republic of South Sudan - Office of the President Abyei Joint Oversight Committee Press ReleaseAbyei is Being Invaded Again by the SudanAbyei, 10th January 2013The Sudan Government has made it clear...
View ArticleSouth Sudan will pay for all loses from Wau transfer conflict - draft report
January 9, 2013 (WAU) - Western Bahr el Ghazal is to ask South Sudan's central government to financially compensate businesses whose properties were damaged by protests in December over administrative...
View ArticleUK urged to refrain from funding Ethiopia's “special police”
January 12, 2013 (LONDON) - An exiled independent advocacy group, Resolve Ogaden Coalition (ROC), on Saturday urged the British government to refrain from sending money to train Ethiopian...
View ArticleRumbek North County authority denies attacking Unity State police car
January 12, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The Commissioner of Rumbek North County in Lakes State, Stephen Mathiang Deng, on Saturday denied allegations that young men from his county participated in an attack on a...
View ArticleS. Sudan cabinet approves launching of national reconciliation
January 12, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's cabinet has approved the launch of a national reconciliation and healing process due in April this year, to try and reconcile the past and present conflicts...
View ArticleSPLM-N confirm fresh attacks in South Kordofan, deny killing of 50 rebels
January 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan people's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) confirmed attacks on the positions of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in different areas located east of the capital of...
View ArticleS. Sudan warns of looming war with Sudan over Abyei
January 12, 2012 (WAU) – The failure by both Sudan and South Sudan to resolve their outstanding post-session issues, including the fate of the contested oil-producing Abyei region, could lead the two...
View ArticleSignatories to 'New Dawn' charter had full mandate from opposition parties:...
January 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The representatives of opposition parties who signed the 'New Dawn' charter in Uganda last week were fully authorized and mandated to endorse the document, an opposition...
View ArticleFour Chinese workers kidnapped in Darfur: official
January 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Four Chinese nationals were among fifteen workers at a road company taken hostage at gunpoint in Sudan's volatile Darfur region, an official said on Sunday.FILE - Chinese...
View ArticleSudan confident that Abyei dispute will not be referred to UNSC: FM
January 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government on Sunday expressed confidence that its dispute with South Sudan over the border region of Abyei will not make it to the United Nations Security...
View ArticleSudan's Bashir renews attack on New Dawn charter, reiterates commitment to...
January 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir again blasted opposition parties for signing what is known as the "New Dawn" charter saying that it will be combated using the...
View ArticleSudan says it thwarted attempts by foreigners to smuggle precious metals
January 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese ministry of minerals disclosed Sunday that a number of foreigners were detained at a crossing point as they attempted to smuggle rocks containing precious...
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