US to participate actively in Darfur development - Sissi

May 18, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – United States will actively participate in Darfur recovery and development, said the chairmen of Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), as Qatar prepare to hold a second donor conference. Tijani al-Sissi (SUNA) More than a (...)

Sudan lodges complaint with UNSC over south’s official map

May 18, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government complained to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over a new official map adopted by South Sudan earlier this month saying it includes areas that are disputed by both countries as well as (...)

Fear of bombings affects school attendance in Unity State

By Bonifacio Taban Kuich May 18, 2012 (BENTIU) - Recent fighting along the South Sudan-Sudan border has disrupted the education of many children in Unity State, which was bombed by the Sudan Armed Forces during the clashes in April. A picture (...)

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Saturday 19 May 2012
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Gas cylinder leakage suffocates hundreds in Sudan’s capital

May 18, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – More than 200 citizens in the Sudanese capital Khartoum have suffered from suffocation as a result of a leakage of gas cylinder. The incident took place on Friday in (...)

Sudan lodges complaint with UNSC over south’s official map

May 18, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government complained to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over a new official map adopted by South Sudan earlier this month saying it includes (...)

US to participate actively in Darfur development - Sissi

IOM airlifts nearly 2,000 South Sudanese from Khartoum

By Julius N. Uma May 18, 2012 (JUBA) - At least 1,890 South Sudanese, who were initially stranded in Kosti, a way station located 300km south of Khartoum have been successfully airlifted to (...)

Fear of bombings affects school attendance in Unity State

By Bonifacio Taban Kuich May 18, 2012 (BENTIU) - Recent fighting along the South Sudan-Sudan border has disrupted the education of many children in Unity State, which was bombed by the Sudan (...)

Jonglei flooding requires drainage system

May 17, 2012 (BOR) - Jonglei's governor, Kuol Manyang Juuk, has ordered the construction of a drainage system to deal with the flooding in the state capital, Bor. Kuol Manyang Manyang Juuk (...)

Female journalist arrested without charge in Rumbek

May 18, 2012 (RUMBEK) - Police in South Sudan's Lakes State on Monday 14 May arrested a female journalist working for state-owned Radio FM-98 in Rumbek. Lakes State Police Commissioner Saed (...)

Friday 18 May 2012
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Sudanese woman reportedly sentenced to death by stoning for adultery

May 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A court in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has sentenced an unidentified woman to be executed by stoning for committing the “crime of fornication” under Islamic Shariah laws, (...)

NCP denies intention to question Sudan’s foreign minister over his criticism of Bashir

May 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan has dismissed press reports that it is intending to hold Foreign Minister Ali Karti to account over his thinly veiled (...)

US congressional committee votes to cut aid from states hosting Sudanese president

May 17, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – A congressional committee in the United States House of Representatives voted to cut off aid to any state that hosts Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir who is (...)

Mbeki arrives in Khartoum to meet Sudanese leaders over talks with Juba

May 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – African Union’s (AU) mediator for Sudan and South Sudan, Thabo Mbeki, arrived in the capital Khartoum on Thursday evening as part of his efforts to encourage the two sides (...)

Darfur rebel leader says regime change is the only option for peace in Sudan

May 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — A Darfur rebel leader said regime change in Khartoum is a radical option but remains the only viable solution to take Sudan out of an endemic political instability and (...)

Sudan central bank allows Forex bureaus to determine own exchange rate

May 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Foreign exchange (Forex) bureaus in Sudan will be able to buy and sell currencies using their own exchange rate away from the official one, it was announced today. FILE - (...)

Corruption threatens South Sudan’s loan dealings: Global Witness

By Julius N. Uma May 18, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s decision to pursue oil-backed financing in the wake of a looming economic crisis faces real transparency tests, if details of any loan (...)

Lakes state governor calls for increased agricultural production

May 17, 2012 (JUBA) - The governor of Lakes state, Chol Tong Mayay, has declared every Friday during this rain season as a half working day at all level in state government institutions, in order (...)

Shooting in Twic East, Jonglei kills one

May 17, 2012 (BOR) - One person is reported dead and another injured in Twic East county of Jonglei state in an attack by an unidentified gunman on Wednesday. According to a close relative of (...)

Ethiopia, Sudan ink an official criminal extradition treaty

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle May 17, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia and Sudan on Wednesday signed a judicial agreement on the extradition of criminals. Mohamed Bushara (SUNA) The agreement which was (...)

Abyei SPLM official - military option “fully available”

May 17, 2012 (JUBA) - Leaders from the contested region of Abyei on Thursday called for the “unconditional” withdrawal of the Sudanese forces, to allow displaced people to return to their ancestral (...)

South Sudan investigates killing of Kenyan national

May 17, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan said on Thursday it has formed a fact-finding committee to establish the “actual cause” of the deadly shooting of a Kenyan national on 14 May in the country’s (...)

Thursday 17 May 2012
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UNSC hears progress report on relations between Sudan & South Sudan

May 16, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – The United Nations Security (UNSC) held a closed meeting on Wednesday to listen to a briefing by the UN Secretary General Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Haile (...)

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Juba: ‘Filthy’ is an understatement 2012-05-18 05:28:04 By Steven Wöndu May 17, 2012 — President Salva Kiir was being polite on May 16th when he said Juba was a filthy habitat. The truth of the matter is that Juba is not only dirty; it is dangerous and (...)

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AI: SUDANESE JOURNALIST FACES HARASSMENT 2012-05-18 20:27:17 Amnesty International SUDANESE JOURNALIST FACES HARASSMENT 18 May 2012 Faisal Mohammed Salih, a prominent journalist and columnist from Sudan who had been arrested by the National Security (...)

AMNESTY: HEALTH CONCERNS FOR DETAINED ACTIVIST 2012-05-11 20:18:33 Amnesty International Health Concerns For Detained Activist - Bushra Gammar Hussein Rahma 11 May 2012 More than ten months after his arrest, Sudanese activist Bushra Gamar Hussein Rahma (...)

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