South Sudan peace talks may resume on Monday

July 30, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA/JUBA) – A new round of peace talks between South Sudan's warring parties has been delayed, but officials from the rebel movement and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) say they expect negotiations to (...)

Sudan’s PCP leader demands 2015 elections be delayed

July 30, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The leader of Sudan’s Popular Congress Party (PCP), Hassan al-Turabi, said his party participated in the national dialogue in order to return “power to the people”, disclosing he demanded the government to delay the 2015 (...)

Rebel MVT members call for neutral base outside South Sudan

July 30, 2014 (GAMBELLA) – Military officials of the South Sudanese rebel group led by former vice-president Riek Machar have asked for a neutral country to host the main base of the members of the Monitoring and Verification Team (MVT), accusing (...)

Khartoum on high alert, closes schools amid heavy rains

July 30, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Khartoum state has declared state of high alert following heavy rains which hit the Sudanese capital on Wednesday. A Sudanese woman sits with her child next to her house in a flooded street on the outskirts of the (...)

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New Jonglei bishop to prioritise development in diocese

July 30, 2014 (BOR) – The new bishop of Jonglei state’s Athoc diocese says he will prioritise development in the area, urging the community to join hands with him in support to help establish (...)

Youths, officials critical of government detained in N. Bahr el Ghazal

July 30, 2014 (JUBA) – South Sudanese government agents have have detained a number of youth with critical views in the border state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, raising concerns of further tension (...)

South Sudan peace talks may resume on Monday

Sudan’s PCP leader demands 2015 elections be delayed

Rebel MVT members call for neutral base outside South Sudan

Zimbabwe, South Sudan agree on teacher exchange program

July 30, 2014 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese and Zimbabwean ministers of education say a teaching exchange program agreed between the two countries would provide benefits for both teachers and (...)

Khartoum on high alert, closes schools amid heavy rains

Machar says Martyrs’ Day a reminder for change in S. Sudan

July 30, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – The former vice-president, Riek Machar, who leads the SPLM in Opposition rebel faction, said Martyrs' Day has reminded the people of South Sudan and their leadership (...)

Wednesday 30 July 2014
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South Sudan downplays lack of direct communication with US

July 30, 2014 (JUBA) – South Sudan has downplayed the significance of the lack of direct communication between president Salva Kiir and his US counterpart, Barack Obama, saying the latter should (...)

AU to assess situation of children in conflict-hit South Sudan

July 29, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) will conduct a one-week visit to South Sudan to assess the situation of children (...)

Turabi’s party rejects doubts over Sudan dialogue process

July 29, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) of Hassan al-Turabi has rejected criticism casting doubts over the seriousness of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to (...)

N. Bahr el Ghazal scribes under fire over security reports

July 2014 (AWEIL) – The government of South Sudan's Northern Bahr el Ghazal state vowed to arrest journalists who report on security issues, imposing censorship on media houses in the region. Map (...)

Former South Sudan child soldiers mark second anniversary

July 29, 2014 (WAU) – South Sudan’s former child soldiers, known as the Red Army, on Tuesday marked their second anniversary in Western Bahr el Ghazal state with calls for peace. Members of South (...)

S. Sudan political parties propose creation of prime minister position

July 29, 2014 (JUBA) – South Sudanese political parties are demanding the creation of a prime minister’s position in the proposed interim government between the country’s ruling party (SPLM) and its (...)

Rights body condemns “barbaric” arrest of S. Sudanese youth

July 29, 2014 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese human rights body has condemned last week’s arrest of youth in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, describing the government's move as “barbaric”. In a statement (...)

8 Sudanese killed, 2 injured in Libya’s Tripoli clashes

July 29, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese embassy in Tripoli said that eight Sudanese nationals were killed and two others injured in clashes between armed militias, which took place in the Libyan (...)

Exiled S. Sudan CSOs select representatives for peace talks

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle July 29, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – Exiled South Sudan civil society organisations on Tuesday concluded selecting their representatives for the ongoing peace process, led by the (...)

Sudan’s LJM resolves recent internal differences

July 29, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s former rebel Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) led by al-Tijani al-Sissi has acknowledged the existence of divergent views on certain issues within the (...)

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Top officials turn down invitation to independence celebrations in Uganda

July 28, 2014 (KAMPALA) – A South Sudanese student union in Uganda belatedly marked their country’s third anniversary since independence on Saturday amid claims several senior officials in the (...)

Thousands facing hunger in S Sudan’s northern Jonglei

July 28, 2014 (MABIOR) – Thousands of people are living with critical food shortages and a lack of health services in the north of South Sudan’s Jonglei state. Women collect food sacks air dropped (...)

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