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Sudan paid $200 million to Darfur authority, regional minister
January 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government paid the first instalment of its financial commitment to the Darfur regional Authority (DRA), reaffirmed Tadjadine Bechir Niam, DRA Minister of...
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Sudan's spy chief says Libya's Gaddafi stirred up trouble in the country
January 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The director of Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Mohamed Atta Abbas al-Moula accused the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi of being responsible...
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Sudan's east witnesses protests over transportation crisis
January 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Police in the coastal town of Port Sudan used tear gas to disperse protests by angry commuters stranded due to lack of public transportation.File - Southern Sudanese men...
View ArticleNyala hospital faces shortage of doctors and technicians
January 31, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - General Manager of Nyala Hospital Omer Yacoub complained about the lack of qualified personnel and necessary equipments in the South Darfur largest health centre.He denied...
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Sudan acknowledges losing voting rights at UN over outstanding dues
January 31, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government acknowledged for the first time that it is behind on membership dues to the United Nations which resulted in losing voting rights at the world...
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Sudanese Islamist party leader signs New Dawn charter, blasts ruling NCP
January 31, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The head of the Al-Wasat Islamic party, Youssef al-Koda, on Thursday joined the controversial New Dawn charter signed earlier this month in Uganda by Sudanese opposition...
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Jonglei: 3 killed in Twic East ambush
January 31, 2013 (BOR) - Three people are said to have been killed and three others wounded in an attack by unknown gunmen on Nyuak payam [district] on Wednesday morning, according to the Commissioner...
View ArticleSouth Sudan accuses Sudan of imposing economic war
January 30, 2013 (JUBA) - Sudan is attempting to impose an "economic war" on its Southern neighbour, a senior South Sudan official said Wednesday, in the latest iteration of the bad relations between...
View ArticleSudanese army, Darfur rebels deny humanitarian access to Jebel Marra, UN says
January 31, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government and rebel groups are denying humanitarian access to many parts of the Jebel Marra area in Central Darfur, Eduardo del Buey, Deputy Spokesperson for...
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S. Sudanese pupils among top candidates in Uganda exams
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJanuary 31, 2013 (KAMPALA) - South Sudanese were among top performers in the 2012 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results released by Uganda's ministry of education and sports...
View ArticleJEM rebels say clashed with Chadian army in Darfur
January 31, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) clashed with the Chadian army in the remote area of Um Dukhun in South Darfur, said a statement posted on the website of the rebel...
View ArticleJonglei: Pibor peace talk stall after clashes
January 31, 2013 (JUBA) – Peace talks organised by local leaders in Pibor county of South Sudan's Jonglei state with David Yau Yau's rebels have been delayed by recent clashes in the town, officials...
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Nearly 300 Sudanese refugees cross into S. Sudan daily: UNHCR
January 31, 2012 (JUBA) – At least 300 refugees from Sudan's South Kordofan are crossing the border into Yida, South Sudan's largest refugee camp, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said.The...
View ArticleReflections about AU recent decision on Abyei
By Tim FlatmanJanuary 31, 2013 - In continuing to endorse Thabo Mbeki's proposal to resolve the status of Abyei, but deciding not to follow through on its earlier commitment to refer it to the UN...
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Sudan's envoy contradicts foreign ministry on cause of UN financial arrears
February 1, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The Sudanese ambassador at the United Nations Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman contradicted the justification offered by the foreign ministry in Khartoum to explain why the...
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New Dawn signatories no longer Muslims, Islamic body in Sudan rules
February 1, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudan Scholar Council (SSC) issued a ruling today stating that those who signed and endorsed the New Dawn charter are now outside the religion of Islam.Secretary...
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Poland announces the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Sudan
February 1, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The government of Poland announced on Thursday that it has established diplomatic relations with South Sudan.According to a statementon the Polish Foreign Ministry...
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DHS expands eligibility for citizens of Sudan & South Sudan to live and work...
February 1, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that citizens of Sudan and South who were present in the United States on January 9, 2013 will be allowed to apply...
View ArticleKhartoum's response will not eclipse the New Dawn Charter
By Gibriel Ibrahim Mohamed,January 22, 2013 - The signing of the New Dawn Charter by the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), the National Consensus Forces (NCF), civil society, youth, women and student...
View ArticleEgyptian ambassador visits Bor
January 31, 2013 (BOR) - The Egyptian Ambassador to South Sudan, Mu'ayid Fathallah, made a short visit to Jonglei state to see the progess on the construction of the Egyptian clinic in Bor on...
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