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S. Sudan lawyer challenges Nimule eviction order
March 4, 2013 (JUBA) – A lawyer representing 39 businessmen whose shops and hotels at South Sudan's border town of Nimule could be demolished following a ministerial order has challenged the legality...
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Kiir writes to African heads of state over endless negotiation with Sudan
March 4,2013 (JUBA)- South Sudan president Salva Kiir has written a letter to African leaders asking them to support a road map issued by the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) to resolve...
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Sudan shuts down English-language teaching center in Khartoum
March 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese authorities on Monday raided the Aslan center in Khartoum which specializes in teaching English as a second language and informed its managers that they are shutting...
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Uganda refutes Sudan's account of ICGLR meeting
March 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Ugandan government rejected Sudan's depiction of the outcome of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) ministerial meeting which took place last...
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Jonglei governor relieves commissioners of Akobo, Nyirol and Fangak
March 5, 2013 (BOR) - The governor of Jonglei state, Kuol Manyang Juuk, announced on Monday that he was relieving three longstanding county commissioners from their positions with immediate...
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“No oil discovered” says Ethiopia and UK company
By Tesfa-Alem TekleMarch 5, 2013 (ADDIS ABAB) - The Ethiopian government and Tullow Oil Plc, has dismissed media reports that the UK company has discovered oil along Ethiopia's western South Omo...
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Boy reunited with parents in Unity state after cross-border negotiations
By Bonifacio Taban KuichMarch 5, 2013 (BENTIU) - A Sudanese boy from South Kordofan has been returned to leaders from his community after a meeting between Plata nomads and leaders from Unity state's...
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Pro-Salafist newspaper blasts Sudan's Bashir, calls him a ‘serial liar'
March 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan a-Bashir came under an unusual attack from a pro-Salafist newspaper which described him as a liar and accused his government of...
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Kiir directs N. Bhar el Ghazal governor to resolve political differences
March 5, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan president Salva Kiir has issued a letter, directing the governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, Paul Malong Awan, to resolve his differences between rival...
View ArticleUN report confirms South Sudan support to Darfur rebels, Khartoum
March 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese foreign ministry has renewed its accusations that Juba supports Sudanese rebel groups, saying a recent United Nations report confirmed their presence in South...
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Bashir postpones his visit to North Darfur
March 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The governor of North Darfur, Osman Mohamed Yousif Kibir, has denied that the visit of president Omer Hassan al-Bashir to his state, scheduled for Wednesday, has been...
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SPLM website temporarily suspended
March 5, 2013 (JUBA) - The website of South Sudan ruling party (SPLM) - SPLMToday.com has temporarily been suspended earlier this week, according to a source at US-based web hosting company,...
View ArticleSudan's NCP rules out direct talks with SPLM-N
March 5, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has ruled out direct talks with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N), reiterating that Juba has to first...
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South Sudan's second lady urges women to push for affirmative action
March 6, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan's second lady has urged women in the new country to push for more representation in government to increase their participation in decision-making processes.South...
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MPs reject Kiir's attempt to reinstate N. Bahr el Ghazal speaker
March 6, 2013 (JUBA) - A group of MPs in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State on Wednesday protested against the attempt by South Sudan's President to reinstate Aguer Wol Aguer as the speaker of the state...
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SPLA kill 28 rebels in advance against Yauyau's forces in Jonglei
March 6, 2013 (BOR) - South Sudan's army (SPLA) said Wednesday that it has killed 28 rebel fighters during fighting in the Khong-khong area of Jonglei state's, Pibor county , which began on Saturday....
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Sudan-South Sudan resume talks over implementation of signed deals
March 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Joint Political and Security Committee (JPSC) meeting between Sudan and South Sudan, which is expected to begin on Thursday, will discuss the implementing a border buffer...
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ICC judges set May 2014 as trial date for two Darfur rebel commanders
March 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have decided that the trial for two Darfur rebel commanders accused of killing African peacekeepers will commence in May...
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Bashir wants those behind Sudan's loss of landing slot at Heathrow airport...
March 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese President Omer Hassan al-Bashir on Wednesday reviewed results of a probe into Sudan Airways' highly controversial loss of a landing slot at Heathrow airport in...
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Mahdi ready for dialogue with Sudanese government to achieve democratic...
March 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The leader of the Umma National Party (UNP) expressed his party's willingness to engage in dialogue with the regime and the other political and military components of the...
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