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- Friday 15 February 2013
February 14, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan has expressed hope that retired Kenyan general Lazarus Sambeiyo can help break the deadlock over post-secession issues between Sudan and South Sudan, as part of the East African regional body (...)
- Wednesday 2 May 2012
By Tom Law
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May 1, 2012 (LONDON) - South Sudan’s lead negotiator with Sudan over post-independence issues and resolving the current conflict indicated Tuesday that he hopes East African countries can play a (...)
- Tuesday 13 March 2012
Press Release/Commentary by GOS/SPLM posted on February 18, 2002 at
16:42:21: EST (-5 GMT)
THE NUBA MOUNTAINS CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT
PREAMBLE
We the Parties to this agreement, the Government of the Republic of Sudan
and the Sudan (...)
- Saturday 21 April 2012
April 20, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan welcomed the announcement made by the chief of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Aronda Nyakairima, on Friday that his military will intervene if the fighting between Juba and Khartoum escalates (...)
- Friday 26 August 2011
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
August 25,2011 (ADDIS ABABA) - African leaders were mostly absent from a summit held in Ethiopia that convened for the purpose of raising funds to tackle the famine and drought driven humanitarian crisis in Somalia (...)
- Friday 30 March 2012
March 29, 2012 (JUBA) - As newly independent South Sudan embarks on post-war recovery efforts, East African regional body IGAD has launched an initiative aimed at strengthening capacity building in the country’s public service.
Under (...)
- Saturday 16 October 2010
By Muhammad Osman
October 15, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – Kenya has called for a summit of the Intergovernmental Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Sudan in Nairobi at the end of this month, the country’s foreign minister Moses (...)
- Tuesday 10 July 2012
July 9, 2012 (BENTIU) - Mass crowds took to the streets of Unity State’s capital Bentiu on Monday for the celebrations of first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence. A mass of people attending the first anniversary of South Sudan’s (...)
- Monday 3 September 2012
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
September 2, 2012 (BENTIU) - Over 200 Ethiopians in Unity State paid tribute to their former prime minister, Meles Zenawi, who died on 20 August. Temesgen Weldegiorgis briefing groups of journalist during (...)
- Thursday 26 August 2010
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
August 25, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) — Ethiopia, the current chairman of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), today condemned the suicide attack carried out on Tuesday by two Islamic militants at the (...)
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