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Controversial SPLM secretary takes oath in Lakes state, senior members boycott
February 5, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The Lakes state branch of South Sudan's ruling party - the SPLM - has controversially appointed Mabor Ater Dhuol as the new acting party secretary on Tuesday, as senior...
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Sudan's Central Bank makes $80 million available to pharmaceutical companies
February 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The governor of Sudan's Central Bank (CBoS) Mohamed Kheir Al-Zubair announced today that his institution will provide $80 million in hard currency to pharmaceutical...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Church calls to review separation of religion and the state
February 5, 2013 (JUBA) - The church in South Sudan has called on the government to review the current policy and constitutional provision which stipulates the separation of the state from religion and...
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Sudanese security services wants ban imposed on several opposition parties
February 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) sent a letter to the Political Parties Affairs Council (PPAC) calling for banning several political parties that...
View ArticleSRF rebels claim Mali Islamist groups arrived in Darfur
February 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) has claimed that fighters of a Malian Islamist group have arrived in North Darfur state as they fled northern Mali after attacks by...
View ArticleSharia inflation: a preacher speaks politics
By Magdi El GizouliFebruary 6, 2013 - The allies of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) recently welcomed the professional Moslem cleric turned politician Yusif al-Koda in their Kampala habitat. Yusif...
View ArticleQatar to host Darfur Donors' conference next Aril
February 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A donors conference for Darfur will be held next April, meanwhile the regional authority estimated that the reconstruction of war ravaged western Sudan needs an amount...
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Sudan to release 5 POW's from South Sudan army, urges reciprocation
February 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The spokesperson of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), Colonel Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa'ad, announced on Wednesday that they plan to release five prisoners of war (POW) from South...
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UN says Sudan disbursed funds to pay membership fees
February 6, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The Sudanese government has recently made a payment to the United Nations to satisfy the delinquent dues which resulted in the suspension of the East African nation's...
View ArticleLakes caretaker governor calls for ministerial support for disarmament
February 5, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state's military caretaker governor Major General Matur Chut Dhuol has called on the council of ministers to put more efforts into collective cooperation to support...
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Sudan reaffirms accusation to US of providing support to SPLM-N
February 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A senior official with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) again pointed a finger at the United States, claiming it is aiding rebels from the Sudan People's...
View ArticleMachar calls on civil society to create awareness on reconciliation
February 6, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's vice-president, Riek Machar, has called on civil society organisations in the country to play a role in creating awareness and mobilising the population for the...
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S. Sudan's interior ministry says illegal migrants pose security threat
February 5, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's internal security is at risk partly due to the surging influx of illegal migrants, the deputy minister of interior, Salva Mathok, says.A police trainee...
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Sudanese president holds talks with Iran's Ahmadinejad in Cairo: state media
February 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir met with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today on the sidelines of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)...
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Darfur rebels urge humanitarian aid to civilians, caution against Mali group
February 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A Darfur rebel group urged humanitarian assistance to civilians displaced by the combats in Jebel Marra and warned the international community against the alleged arrival...
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Humanitarian Bulletin South Sudan
Humanitarian Bulletin South Sudan 28 January – 3 February 2013Highlights Last minute funding rescued the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service from suspending all flights on 1 February Humanitarian...
View ArticleSouth Sudan political parties subscribe to national reconciliation process
February 7, 2013 (JUBA) – Representatives of various political parties in South Sudan have expressed readiness to participate in the process of healing for national reconciliation across the...
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Emergency assistance sought after hunger kills 10 in E. Equatoria
February 6, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Wednesday made an emergency appeal in order to avert a looming hunger crisis in Eastern Equatoria state, saying lack of food items has forced villagers there to...
View ArticleGirl, 14, raped and killed in Wulu, Lakes state
February 6, 2013 (RUMBEK) - A 14-year-old girl was raped and killed in Wulu county of Lakes State early Wednesday morning by an unknown group of men, the county commissioner, Ezekiel Thiang Mangar, has...
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New maternity ward opens in Bor
February 6, 2013 (BOR) - South Sudan, which has the worst maternal mortality rate in the world, opened a new a new maternity ward in Bor, the capital of the young nation's largest state on...
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