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 (...)

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 and South Sudan (...)

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. (...)

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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 (...)

Sudan says 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 (...)

Increase of UN troops in Abyei is part of a previous agreement, Sudan says

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 (...)

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 (...)

CPJ urges Kerry to address AU summit on press freedom

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle May 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 (...)

Machar tells SPLA to distance itself from politics

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 (...)

Saturday 18 May 2013
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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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

Unity state: Five police and one soldier 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 (...)

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, (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

Friday 17 May 2013
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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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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