Kiir holds talks with Mbeki over post-independence disputes with Sudan

May 21, 2012 (JUBA) - The head of the African Union team mediating between north and South Sudan over a host of security, economic and political issues that arose from South Sudan's independence last year, said negotiations date could be (...)

Sudan seeks Arab support on its disputes with Juba

May 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese government is expecting to get an important Arab support in a ministerial meeting to be held next month to discuss ways to boost peace and development in the troubled east African country. Sudan's Foreign (...)

Sudan calls on African nations to withdraw from ICC

May 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government reiterated its long standing position that countries in the African continent should withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) which has charged president Omer Hassan al-Bashir with ten (...)

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US donates $30 million for emergency operation in South Sudan

May 22, 2012 (JUBA) — The US government has announced $30m cash donation directed towards the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) emergency relief operation, specifically targeting (...)

Minister reveals discrepancies between Sudan, UN estimation of refugee

21 May, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s Interior Minister Ibrahim Ahmad Mahmoud has revealed that their estimates on the number of Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries are vastly different from (...)

Sudan seeks Arab support on its disputes with Juba

Sudan’s armory catches fire amid confusion over cause

21 May, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A huge fire broke out Monday at a warehouse belonging to Sudan’s Military Industry Corporations (MIC) in the capital Khartoum amid conflicting reports by official sources (...)

Abyei community protests Sudan defiance to withdraw troops

May 21, 2012 (JUBA) - Hundred of citizens from the contested region of Abyei demonstrated across South Sudan and in the United States on Monday, according to an official from the area, in protest (...)

Sudan calls on African nations to withdraw from ICC

Northern Bahr el Ghazal gives security top priority over internal affairs

May 21, 2012 (JUBA) - Officials from South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State said Monday that providing security to civilians and protecting the border with Sudan was the priority the (...)

Opposition criticises Ethiopia-Sudan extradition agreement

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle May 21, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia’s biggest coalition of opposition parties, the Forum for Democratic Dialogue in Ethiopia (Medrek), has condemned a judicial agreement (...)

Twic East, Jonglei Commissioner calls for focus upon agriculture

May 20, 2012 (BOR) - The Commissioner of Twic East has called on the residents of the county to tighten their belts and focus upon subsistence crops, in order to tackle the current food crisis. (...)

Kiir holds talks with Mbeki over post-independence disputes with Sudan

Monday 21 May 2012
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Central bank’s decision on currency exchange rates draws ire of Sudan’s finance minister

May 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Central Bank of Sudan’s (CBS) decision to allow Forex bureaus in the country to use their own rates instead of the official one in currency transactions has attracted (...)

Sudan frees UN deminers captured in Heglig

May 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Four United Nations (UN) deminers arrested last month by the Sudanese army along the country’s tense borders with neighbouring South Sudan have been freed and handed over (...)

Activists ask Lakes State governor to end unlawful arrest of journalists

May 20, 2012 (JUBA/RUMBEK) - Civil society and human rights groups have criticised police in South Sudan's Lakes State for the arrest, and three-night detention of a female journalist who works (...)

Juba calls for "steep" sanctions on Sudan over Abyei

May 20, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Sunday said it is time the international community imposes "steep sanctions" on the government of neighbouring Sudan for its "deliberate" failure to comply (...)

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Umma party denies withdrawal from Sudanese opposition alliance

May 19, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The National Umma Party (NUP) has denied rumours about its withdrawal from the alliance of Sudanese opposition forces following statements by a leading official of the (...)

Security first, Sudan’s Bashir tells Mbeki

May 19, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The chairman of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) saw little change in Khartoum’s position regarding the resumption of negotiations with Juba (...)

Resumption of talks with South Sudan does not mean compliance with UN resolution - Nafi

May 19, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Presidential assistant, Nafie Ali Nafie, said the resumption of talks with the South Sudanese government does not mean Sudan’s acceptance of what is dictated by the (...)

World Bank gives South Sudan $38 million grants to improve rural roads

May 19, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Saturday said it has received a grant amounting to $38 million from the World Bank, to support infrastructure projects, specifically building roads in rural (...)

Ethiopia denies forcing thousands off land

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle May 17, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Ethiopian government has rejected growing accusations that it is forcibly relocating tens of thousands of indigenous people in the country’s (...)

South Sudan pledges transparency in finance deals

May 19, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan says it will allow full access to information involving deals with international financial institutions, following a report by Global Witness on Wednesday, which (...)

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