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Sudan's annual inflation rises to 41.6 in July
August 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Annual inflation in Sudan jumped to 41.6 percent in July from 37.2 in June due to soaring food prices, official statistics said. Sudan has been facing rising inflation as...
View ArticleUK envoy launches anti-sexual violence initiative in S. Sudan
August 9, 2012 (JUBA) - The British Ambassador to South Sudan on Wednesday officially launched an initiative seeking to prevent sexual violence mainly in conflict regions of the world's newest nation....
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No new deadline for Sudan and South Sudan but pressure to continue , US Rice
August 9, 2012 (WASHINGTON) — UN Security Council will not fix a new deadline to the Sudan and South Sudan talks in Addis Ababa over the unresolved issues, nonetheless the talks cannot last for months,...
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S. Sudan's Pagan dismisses SPLM-DC's claims of "raw" oil deal
By Julius N. Uma August 9, 2012 (JUBA) -South Sudan's chief negotiator, Pagan Amum, has dismissed opposition SPLM-DC claims that the country got a raw deal from the recent oil agreement it reached with...
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Oil deal news already improving currency, gold rates in Sudan
August 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese pound is slowly beginning to recover from months of sharp declines in value against the US dollars following news of a deal reached to resume exporting South...
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Darfur NGOs urge humanitarian intervention amid upsurge of violence
August 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese NGOs have voiced deep concerns over the humanitarian conditions unfolding as a result of days of violence against refugees in the country's western region of...
View ArticleWarrap parliament pledges to work with Governor Deng
August 11, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan's Warrap State pledged on Saturday to working together with the state executive under gubernatorial leadership of Nyandeng Malek, apparently in attempt to end a...
View ArticleSouth Sudan police, army refute Jonglei rebel recruitment
August 11, 2012 (JUBA) - The commissioner of police in South Sudan's Jonglei state has dismissed claims that local youth are being recurred into a rebel group in Pibor County led by David Yau Yau. Yau...
View ArticleEthiopia's Zenawi will back in office very soon, minister
August 12, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's health is in good condition, improving fast and he will resume his official duties very soon, a top government official said...
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S. Sudan initiates plan to curb youth unemployment
By Julius N. Uma August 12, 2012 (JUBA) - The high rate of unemployment among the young people in South Sudan will soon be a thing of the past, should the planned national youth service initiative...
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S. Sudan assembly starts public hearing on Auditor's report
August 12, 2012 (JUBA) - The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) will effective Monday begin the long-awaited public hearing on the Auditor General's 2007/2008...
View ArticleCuba pledges to transfer technology to South Sudan
August 13, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan and Cuba step up bilateral cooperation in the area of capacity building and transfer of technology to the new country. The outgoing Cuban ambassador to South Sudan,...
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Mbeki to propose draft agreements on Abyei, border conflicts: sources
August 12, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Thabo Mbeki, head of the African Union (AU) panel mediating talks between Sudan and South Sudan, is preparing a draft comprehensive agreement on all outstanding issues...
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SRF rebels deny agreement with Uma party to hold conference on peace in Sudan
August 12, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese rebel alliance denied reaching an agreement with the opposition Uma National Party (UNP) to hold a national conference for peace in Sudan including all the...
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Sudanese authorities on high-alert after floods “killed 32 people”
August 12, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese ministry of interior has declared a state of national emergency in order to confront a wave of floods that already led to the death of 32 people and...
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UNAMID peacekeeper killed by unknown gunmen in South Darfur
August 12, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A member of the UN-AU joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur known as UNAMID was killed and another was injured when gunmen attacked their policing unit on Sunday. File photo...
View ArticleDo not rush to sign peace deal with South Sudan without popular support,...
August 12, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir directed Sudanese negotiating team to not sign a peace deal with the South Sudan without ensuring it has the necessary official and popular...
View ArticleSOMALIA - Young freelancer shot dead in Mogadishu after returning from exile
Reporters Without Borders SOMALIA Young freelancer shot dead in Mogadishu after returning from exile 13 August 2012 Reporters Without Borders is dismayed to learn that Mohamud Ali Keyre, a journalist...
View ArticleUN failure and mendacity to curb violence in Darfur
Darfur: UN Failure and Mendacity Culminate in an Avalanche of Violence By Eric Reeves August 12, 2012 — Three weeks ago I wrote at length and in detail about efforts by the leadership of the UN and...
View ArticleSudan's Islamists: the disavowal of politics
By Magdi El Gizouli August 14, 2012 — Ghazi Salah al-Din, the head of the National Congress Party (NCP) parliamentary caucus and a leading intellectual of the post-Turabi Sudanese Islamic Movement,...
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