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Unity State cuts 5 ministries in order to pay civil servants full salaries
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJanuary 13, 2013 (BENTIU) - Parliamentarians in South Sudan's oil-rich Unity State passed a resolution on 11 January downsizing the state government as part of austerity...
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Ethiopia-Sudan highway completed
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJanuary 15, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Ethiopian Road and Transport Authority on Tuesday revealed that the construction of a highway linking Ethiopia with neighbouring Sudan has been...
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Nile project aims to unite riparian communities
By Jamie Freedman and Ali AskouriJanuary 16, 2013 (ASWAN, Egypt) – Representatives from Nile basin countries including Sudan have travelled to Egypt as part of an international project to improve...
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South Sudan to open a consulate in Kosti
January 15, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Republic of South Sudan has officially begun taking arrangements for the establishment of a new consulate in Kosti, capital of White Nile state.The consulate will care...
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SPLM-N delegation arrives in Washington
January 15, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A delegation from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N) has arrived Tuesday to Washington for a series of meetings with American officials on the...
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South Sudan says E. African countries back AU proposal on Abyei
January 15, 2012 (JUBA/KHARTOUM) - Leaders from Eastern African countries have expressed "strong support" to a proposal by the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), which aims to...
View ArticleSudan: End Crackdown on Civil Society
Donors, Diplomats Should Insist on Respect for Free Speech, Association(Nairobi, January 13, 2013) –Sudan should immediately rescind its decision to shut down four civil society organizations in...
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New Dawn agreement is strategic breakthrough for Sudan, JEM
January 15, 2013 (LONDON) - The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) praised a political charter recently signed by the political forces and rebel groups saying it represents "a strategic and historic...
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Sudan justice minister threatens officials over non-submission of financial...
January 15, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese justice minister Mohamed Bushara Dousa vowed to criminally prosecute constitutional post-holders who fail to file their financial disclosure forms unless they...
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Sudan says four Chinese workers kidnapped in Darfur have been freed
January 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The government of North Darfur state announced on Wednesday that four Chinese workers kidnapped last week have been released.United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur...
View ArticleSudan: Fabricated charges against Sudanese teacher must be dropped
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASESudan: Fabricated charges against Sudanese teacher must be dropped16 January 2012The remaining charges against Sudanese teacher and activist Jalila Khamis Koko must...
View ArticleLetter to Central Equatoria
By Steven WönduJanuary 15, 2013 - A report by New Times of January 14th that the government of Central Equatoria plans to construct roads and distribute seeds and fertilizers breathed fresh air into my...
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Lakes: 10 dead and 13 others wounded in clashes
January 16, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Inter-clan clashes reignited on Lakes State on Wednesday at cattle camp between Marial-bek and Ghun between sections of the Dinka ethnic group, according to local...
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AU adopts new strategies to eliminate LRA rebels
January 16, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The second ministerial meeting of the African Union, on Tuesday, adopted strategic directives, as part of the Joint Coordination Mechanism (JCM) regional cooperation...
View ArticleEthiopia sentences Kenyan, nine others for plotting terror attacks
By Tesfa-Alem TekleJanuary 16, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - A court in Ethiopia on Tuesday passed jail terms against nine individuals including one Kenyan national who are alleged to be members of a terrorist...
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Activists launch new media center in S. Kordofan
January 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A group of journalists and human rights activists are set to launch a new media center in Sudan's South Kordofan state capital, Kadugli on Thursday.Annas Saeed Kuku, the...
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Sudanese minister paints bleak picture for agricultural sector
January 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese agriculture minister Abdul Halim Ismail al-Mutafi acknowledged that the agricultural sector in the country has underperformed as a result of "wrong economic...
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Sudan's FVP reiterates govt commitment to pay $2 billion for Darfur...
January 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese First Vice-President Ali Osman Taha renewed government calls on the opposition parties to participate in a dialogue over major national issues and reiterated the...
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Sudan lodges three complaints against Uganda with African regional blocs
January 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government filed a series of complaints against Uganda with the African Union (AU), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and International...
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Sudan's Bashir reverses decree on appointment of new Tax Authority chief
January 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese President Omer Hassan al-Bashir abruptly nullified a decision he issued on Monday by which he tapped Mohammed al-Fath Beik as the new secretary-general of the...
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