Sudan working on improving image in foreign media: minister
March 20, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese minister for culture and information, Ahmed Bilal Osman, disclosed that his ministry attempted to hire public relations experts holding US citizenship to work...
View ArticleSudan ready to negotiate with SPLM-N rebels: official
March 20, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese minister of defence, Abdel-Rahim Mohammed Hussein, has disclosed that his government received a fresh letter from South Sudanese president Salva Kiir confirming...
View ArticleOpposition party calls for handing over power to Sudanese army
March 20, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The opposition National Umma Party (NUP) called on Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir to hand over power to the army if he intends to step down before the resolution of the...
View ArticleKhartoum must establish banking presence in South Sudan, bank manager says
March 20, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The general manager of Sudan's Export Development Bank (EDB), Mohammed Rashid Mohammed Salem, called for the swift signing of cooperation protocols between the central banks...
View ArticleEVENT: The Future of Religious Minorities in the Middle East, North Africa...
ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6JF, UK The Sudanese ProgrammeConference on“The Future of Religious Minorities in the Middle East, North Africa and the Two Sudans”Friday 7th June and...
View ArticleJapan funds major upgrade to Al-Jazeerah girls' school
March 21, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The recent handover ceremony of Al-Jazeerah state's Al-Komor Village Girls' Primary School, which has undergone a series of extensive refurbishments, was attended by a...
View ArticleOver 20 prisoners died in Warrap state: sources
March 21, 2013 (JUBA) – More than 20 inmates died due to poor conditions in South Sudan's Warrap state prison last year, authorities and family members have informed Sudan Tribune.Inmates at Unity...
View ArticleGovernor orders Lakes State lawmakers not to discuss budget cuts
March 21, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes State Legislative Assembly received a strict letter of instruction from the military caretaker Governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol on Wednesday asking lawmakers not to...
View ArticlePanel urges investigation into World Bank funded project in Ethiopia
By Tesfa-Alem TekleMarch 21, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - An independent panel has urged an investigation into complaints by Ethiopians that the World Bank is funding a programme that has forced tens of...
View ArticleNational healing and building of a nation; we're all equal!
By Suzanne JamboMarch 21, 2013 - Words can never be enough to emphasize how our people have ALL paid the price most dearly during our entire struggle for Freedom. No one was spared, from EVERY part of...
View ArticleAUPSC thanks Sudan at conclusion of Darfur field mission
March 21, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) has expressed its “heartfelt gratitude” to the Sudanese government for its warm hospitality following the conclusion of...
View ArticleZain Sudan repatriated part of its profit abroad in 2012: source
March 21, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Zain Sudan has been able to repatriate a portion of its operating profit abroad in 2012, a senior banking official told Sudan Tribune today.The official who spoke on...
View ArticleWomen wage peace in South Sudan
By Danielle B. GoldbergMarch 19, 2013 - Hon. Dr. Priscilla Joseph Kuch, Deputy Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare for the Republic of South Sudan, views violence against women as one of the...
View ArticleChad unsure on participation of Sudan's Bashir in regional summit next month
March 21, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – Chad's foreign minister, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has denied suggestions that the Great Green Wall summit was postponed as a result of international pressure relating to the...
View ArticleKhartoum directs oil companies to export South Sudan's oil production
March 21, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan has officially directed oil companies to take the necessary measures allowing the exportation of the South Sudanese oil.A South Sudanese soldier walks past a crude oil...
View ArticleSudan groups protest Qatar's hosting of Darfur donors conference
March 21, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – A number of Sudan advocacy groups sent two separate letters of protest to the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and the head of the African Development Bank...
View ArticleEVENTS: A DECADE OF DARFUR
A DECADE OF DARFURApril 2013 will mark ten years since the start of the genocide that has devastated Darfur in Sudan, leaving at least 300,000 dead and millions living in refugee camps.Darfur has been...
View ArticleFINAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE NINE NGOK DINKA CHIEFDOMS' CONFERENCE UNDER THE THEME...
FINAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE NINE NGOK DINKA CHIEFDOMS' CONFERENCE UNDER THE THEME “TOGETHER FOR ABYEI” BETWEEN THE PERIOD 8TH – 11TH MARCH, 2013 ABYEI TOWN – ABYEI AREAFINAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE NINE NGOK...
View ArticleS. Sudan's president appoints new Abyei co-chair
March 21, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir has issued a decree appointing Edward Lino the new co-chair of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC).Members of the Abyei Joint...
View ArticleSecurity implications for elections in Lakes state
By Sunday Manyang AgokI am writing in response to South Sudan Human Right Society for Advocacy petition to President Salva Kiir Mayardit calling for formation of Lakes state High Election Committee and...
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