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Western envoys call for end to conflict in Jonglei
May 18, 2013 (JUBA) – Western diplomats, alarmed by the increasing violence South Sudan’s Jonglei state, have issued a joint statement calling for an end to the conflict in the country’s largest region.The joint statement, also obtained by Sudan ...…
Sudan say South Kordofan town to be soon liberated
May 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The spokesperson o f the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) announced that they would soon retake the Abu Karshola in South Kordofan from the rebels who seized the area last April.Displaced Sudanese people from the district…
Increase of UN troops in Abyei is part of a previous agreement, Sudan says
May 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s foreign ministry has stated that the call of the UN secretary General for adding (1126) troops to the UN Interim Force for Abyei (UNISFA) came in the context of an earlier agreement between…
Sudan’s defence minister promises rebellion annihilation
May 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese defence minister, Abdel-Rahim Hussein, has reiterated the ability of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) to defeat the rebel groups, stressing that they would completely annihilate rebellion from the country.Defence mini...…
South Sudan denies marginalising minority tribes in government
May 18, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan has denied allegations that it is marginalising minority tribes in the government, asserting that those making such claims are individuals acting out of their own interests.Speaking to Sudan Tribune on Saturday, South ...…
CPJ urges Kerry to address AU summit on press freedom
By Tesfa-Alem TekleMay 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on US secretary of state John Kerry to address African leaders on the issue of press freedom in Africa during an upcoming continental summit.In…
Machar tells SPLA to distance itself from politics
May 19, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s vice-president, Riek Machar, has strongly directed the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) to distance itself from the ongoing political debates in the country.South Sudan’s V-President Riek Machar speaks d...…
Rumbek court sentences government official to two years in prison
May 18, 2013 (JUBA) - Rumbek county court on Friday sentenced a government official to two years in prison for assaulting a reporter for South Sudan Television (SSTV) and threatening him with pistol in the Lakes state capital.Johnson Poth Matur…
UN chief appoints Haile Menkerios special AU representative
May 17, 2013 (JUBA) – The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has appointed Haile Menkerios as new Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) and his Special Representative to the African Union at the level…
S. Sudan warns security forces, militias over violence against civilians
May 17, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan president, Salva Kiir has warned armed rebel groups and “ill-disciplined” elements within the regular security forces to halt violence against innocent civilians in the country.South Sudan president Salva Kiir (R...…
China to increase loans provided to Sudan
May 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The People’s Republic of China has agreed to speed up measures aimed at increasing the level of loans offered to Sudan with priority given to projects linked to increasing production.This came following talks on developing…
Khartoum behind fresh wave of violence over gold in Darfur: report
May 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A new report argues that the Sudanese government’s struggle for control of Darfur’s gold resources, rather than inter-tribal conflicts is behind the recent surge in violence in the war-torn western region.UNAMID forces fro...…
Unity state: Five police and one solider die in Koch-Mayom clashes
May 17, 2013 (BENTIU) - Five Unity state policemen and one soldier were killed in Buoth district of Koch county on Friday in an attack local authorities have blamed on youth from neighbouring Mayom county.The incident follows tension and clashes…
UN humanitarian chief to visit Sudan
May 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The head of the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is scheduled to make a three-day visit to Sudan later this month.Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Re...…
Kiir promises to investigate Khartoum’s claims of support to Sudanese rebels
May 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has promised to verify the information given to him by the Sudanese foreign minister, Ali Karti, on claims of continued support offered by several bodies within his government to...…
Give no more room to “betrayers of the nation”, says WBEG governor
May 16, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan should give no more concessions to “betrayers of the nation”, the governor of Western Bahr el Ghazal state said on Thursday, in an apparent reference to rebel groups active in Jonglei, Unity and…
Murder suspect shot after escaping from Rumbek prison
May 17, 2013 (JUBA) - A murder suspect who escaped from Rumbek’s main prison over a month ago was shot in the Malual-Kodi area of Lakes state on Thursday by wardens from South Sudan Prison Services.A senior security official in…
Khartoum summons western diplomats over Juba’s alleged rebel support
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Foreign Affairs ministry on Tuesday summoned top diplomats from Britain, US and Norway over claims alleging that South Sudan supports rebel movements in the country.Khartoum officials, SUNA reported, informed th...…
Trial of Sudan’s former intelligence director postponed – lawyer
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The trial of Sudan’s former director of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Salah Gosh has been postponed until next Monday, one his lawyers said today.Salah Gosh former advisor to Sudanese President (P...…
Sudan officially lifts pre-publication censorship
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese authorities have officially began implementing the directives of 1st Vice President Ali Osman Taha to lift direct pre-publication censorship on newspapers.A Sudanese journalist protests against censorship in Kha...…
Sudan holds security meeting as FM heads to Juba
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Council of Defence and National Security (CDNS) discussed Thursday the recent attacks by the alliance of rebel groups, Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), while the foreign affairs minister is preparing to fly to Juba to…
Sudan denies presence of Chadian troops in Darfur
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) -The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) denied statements by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) about the presence of Chadian troops in Darfur and described it as "false allegations" .Sudan’s official spokesman of the Armed F...…
South Sudan’s youth organization accuses SPLM SG of failing the party
May 16, 2013 (JUBA) – A national association for youth in South Sudan has accused the ruling party’s secretary general, Pagan Amum Okiech, of allegedly failing the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the country.In an interview with the ...…
Independence “incomplete” without Abyei, says South Sudan forum
May 16, 2013 (JUBA) – Attendees at a high-level conference in South Sudan have issued a statement, asserting the new nation’s independence from Sudan “remains incomplete” until Abyei is transferred back to the South from which it was moved in…
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