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14 pastoralists arrested in Lakes state
March 11, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in South Sudan's Lakes State have arrested 14 pastoralist youth in connection with Friday's gun battle with the army (SPLA), which left a person dead and two...
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Sudan's NUP chief urges Khartoum & Juba to immediately implement cooperation...
March 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The head of the National Umma Party (NUP), al-Sadiq al-Mahdi called upon the two Sudans to abide by the implementation matrix on cooperation agreement saying that any...
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South Sudan may soon resume oil exports through Sudan
March 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The delegations of Sudan and South Sudan in the Ethiopian capital agreed on Tuesday to allow for the resumption of oil exports that were suspended last year for disagreement...
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SPLM-N blames African mediation for only consulting with Sudanese government
March 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) called on the African Union mediation team to consult with the two parties when it comes to decide on the date of the...
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SPLM only party that recognises women, says official
March 12, 2013 (JUBA)- The south-ruling party (SPLM) is the only political entity that has given women an equal opportunity to participate in the process of building the new nation, a party official...
View ArticleN. Bahr el Ghazal politician shoots police officer
March 12, 2013 (JUBA) - A politician and retired Brigadier General from South Sudan's Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, Jal Malith Jal, is alleged to have fired live bullets at a police officer in the...
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S. African company to spearhead network provision in South Sudan
March 12, 2013 (JUBA) - Airspan Networks Inc., a South African-based provider of 4G broadband wireless access networks, has announced that RCS-Communication Ltd, a seasoned service provider in South...
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Detained Sudanese, Eritreans under threat in Israel: HRW
March 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Authorities in Israel are threatening Sudanese and Eritrean nationals, including asylum seekers, with prolonged detention in a bid to force them to leave the Middle East...
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Sudan's Gezira agricultural project is failing, governor says
March 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The governor of Sudan's Gezira state al-Zubair Bashir Taha slammed a government law adopted in 2005, saying it has done nothing to improve productivity of the country's...
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Sudanese pound strengthens slightly in wake of Khartoum-Juba agreement
March 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The US dollar inched lower in the Sudanese black market in what appeared to be an immediate reaction to the agreement signed on Tuesday between Khartoum and Juba to resume...
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Bashir calls Kiir as the latter renews his invitation to visit Juba
March 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir renewed Tuesday his invitation to the Sudanese counterpart Omer Al-Bashir to visit Juba during a telephone call between the two...
View ArticleThe World Watches Silently while Thousands Die
The Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SRRA) The World Watches Silently while Thousands Die12 March 2013Aware of the current conflict between the Government of Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People's...
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Sudanese president to head committee on implementation of agreements with Juba
March 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir will chair an extraordinary cabinet session on Thursday to discuss the nine cooperation agreements signed with the South Sudan...
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United Nations seeks $1 billion for humanitarian projects in Sudan
March 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The United Nations said on Wednesday that it wants to come up with $983 million in order to finance 364 projects in conflict ridden parts of Sudan.United Nations Resident...
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Sudan's financial dues to the UN will be paid in local currency, says minister
March 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government will disburse its dues to the United Nations (UN) in local currency, an official here said today.Sudan saw its voting rights at the UN General...
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Jonglei: Man killed in retaliatory attack between Adol subclans
March 13, 2013 (BOR) - Tensions are high in Pan-Pandiar village of Bor County after a man was shot dead in an attack by a man from another section of the Dinka Adol ethnic group.A South Sudanese...
View ArticleAU commission to take up Swedish-Eritrean journalist's case
By Tesfa-Alem TekleMarch 13, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, said on Wednesday that, the African Union's main human rights body has decided to investigate the case of...
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UN condemns shooting of its peacekeeper in Jonglei
March 13, 2013 (BOR/JUBA) - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has strongly condemned Tuesday's shooting of its peacekeeper in a remote part of the country's Jonglei state.UN officials...
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Media bodies condemn arrest and detention of S. Sudanese journalist
March 12, 2012 (JUBA)-The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the "very inhumane" manner in which a South Sudanese journalist was arrested and detained in the capital, Juba.On...
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Sudan will soon pass law to combat human trafficking: MP
March 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese parliament expects to receive a draft bill from the cabinet soon containing an anti-human trafficking law, a legislator said today.An unidentified girl, former...
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