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US says South Sudan independence ’inevitable’, warns of “ticking time bomb”

September 8, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said that her country is working hard with international partners to defuse “a ticking time bomb” in Sudan ahead of a vote in January 2011 on what she termed the “inevitable" independence of south Sudan. South Sudan’s referendum on self-determination is the culmination of a floundering peace deal which in 2005 ended two decades of civil war between the Arab-dominated north and the mainly Christian and animist south. Southern Sudanese are widely expected to vote in favor of their own independent (...)

Thursday 9 September 2010

US says South Sudan independence ’inevitable’, warns of “ticking time bomb”

Sudan army blocks UNAMID from accessing scene of recent attack

September 8, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said today that it has been prevented from reaching a village in North Darfur where more than seventy (...)

SPLM official says recent Bashir-Kiir meeting on referendum was a ’failure’

September 8, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – A meeting that took place in late August between the Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir held with his Vice President and president of South Sudan Salva Kiir to (...)

Darfur rebels say LRA attacked their positions near Central African Republic

September 8, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The rebel Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), a signatory of a ceasefire agreement and currently negotiating peace deal with Khartoum in Doha, said today their (...)

Sudan’s unity option based on strategic advice from Ethiopia in 1983 – MP

September 8, 2010 (JUBA) – A member of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly and veteran member of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has disclosed that the of vision for (...)

Injustice perpetrated against employees of ministries in Lakes state - Justice Chamber

By Manyang Mayom September 8, 2010 (RUMBEK) - The Southern Sudan Employees Justice Chamber (SSEJC) has announced that it has discovered a great deal of injustice is being perpetrated against (...)

Energy review saves Ethiopia 96m US dollars, says Word Bank

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 8, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – The World Bank’s (WB) International Development Association (IDA) has said that funded electricity project in Ethiopia is saving the country’s (...)

South Sudan appeals for humanitarian assistances for flood victims

September 7 2010, (MELUT) – On Tuesday the regional government of southern Sudan on reiterated its appeal for humanitarian assistances for victims of the floods swamping State of Northern Bahr el (...)

South Sudan minister calls for proper waste disposal

September 8, 2010 (MELUT) - A minister from the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) called for proper disposal of waste products on Wednesday, saying that the act of urinating on the streets (...)

Jonglei state counties commissioners’ forum to begin on September 9

September 8, 2010 (BOR) – The first meeting of Jonglei State local leaders since their elections is due to start on Thursday, 9 September, in the state’s provincial capital, Bor town. The United (...)

Wednesday 8 September 2010

MP of SPLM-DC designated as leader of parliamentary opposition in South Sudan

September 7, 2010 (JUBA) – The SPLM-dominated parliament in the semi-autonomous region has elected Tuesday a member of SPLM-DC as leader of the opposition three months ahead of crucial referendum (...)

SPLM Secretary General hints on history of self-determination

September 7, 2010 (JUBA) – The Secretary General of the southern Sudan ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Pagan Amum Okiech, said the National Congress Party (NCP) has in the past (...)

Death toll rises to nine in West Darfur camp

September 7, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Peacekeepers say at least three people have died by an attack on displaced camp near Zalingei, West Darfur last week, pushing the death tool to nine victims. Six (...)

Sudan’s Vice-President Taha hails “progressing ties” with UK

September 07, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s Vice-President Ali Osman Moahmed Taha yesterday lauded “progressing ties” with the United Kingdom (UK), signaling Khartoum’s satisfaction with the UK’s new (...)

Sudan’s referendum without food security is meaningless - Itto

By Julius N. Uma September 7, 2010 (MOROBO) - As Southern Sudan prepares for conduct of a referendum on self-determination, a senior government official has warned that success in favor of (...)

Allegations of deaths resulting from mobile phone calls are not true – Minister

By James Gatdet Dak September 7, 2010 (JUBA) – The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Service in the Government of Southern Sudan, Madut Biar Yel, has dismissed as “mere rumors” the alleged (...)

Two men condemned to death for killing Chinese oil workers

September 7, 2010 (KHARTOUM) - Two Sudanese men allegedly affiliated to an armed rebel group in Darfur have been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for killing four Chinese oil workers (...)

Ethiopia: Opposition political parties announce new coalition

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 7, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia’s four main opposition parties, which were defeated in country’s May elections, have formed a new coalition, the state-run Ethiopia (...)

Upper Nile Governor urges police to assert security ahead of referendum

September 7 2010 (MELUT) — On Tuesday Simon Kun Puoch, governor of the oil producing state of Upper Nile urged police forces to provide and maintain adequate security during southern south Sudan's (...)

Newly appointed Commissioner of Payinjiar County receives a rapturous welcome

By Bonifacio Taban Kuich September 7, 2010 (BENTIU) — The newly appointed Commissioner of Payinjiar County of Unity state has received a rapturous welcome by the County population following his (...)

Tuesday 7 September 2010

JEM welcomes Bassole’s move to meet its leader in Darfur

September 6, 2010 (PARIS) — The Justice and Equality Movement welcomed today statements made by the Joint Chief Mediatorabout a meeting that he intends to organize in Darfur with its chairmen (...)

Sudan’s oil revenue reaches $2.7 billion in first half of 2010

September 6, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s oil revenue reached $2.7 billion during the first half of this year which is a 42% increase compared to the second half of 2009, according to the finance and (...)

SLM’s Nur threatens to declare war against Khartoum if attacks on IDP’s continue

September 6, 2010 (PARIS) – Abdel Wahid Al-Nur, leader of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-AW) warned today that he will "declare total war" if the government militias continue attacks on (...)

Sudan’s ruling party skeptical of reported US intention to offer incentives

August 6, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in northern Sudan is skeptical of recent reports about deliberations within the US Administration on offering more incentives (...)

Ethiopia: Over 1000 Eritrean refugees resettled to a third country

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 6, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – Some 1,458 Eritrean refugees from various camps in Ethiopia were resettled to the United States (US) recently, the Ethiopian State (...)

LRA rebels kill eight in South Sudan raid, local official says

By Richard Ruati September 6, 2010 (Yambio) - The Ugandan rebels Lord's Resistance Army(LRA) has killed eight people in raids over the weekend in South Sudan’s state of Western Equatoria, a local (...)

Local community leaders in Lakes State protest reception of new county commissioner

By Manyang Mayom September 6, 2010 (RUMBEK) – The reception ceremony of the newly appointed commissioner of Awerial County in Lakes State, David Mayom Riak, has been publicly protested by local (...)