US security advisor against arms ban on S. Sudan: sources

January 26, 2014 (JUBA) – The United States security advisor, Susan Rice has for months resisted appeals from key allies, including Britain and France, to push for a weapons bans on South Sudan, diplomats, human rights advocates and congressional (...)

Sudanese opposition sceptical of Mbeki’s ability to achieve breakthrough

January 26, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The African Union chief mediator for the Sudans Thabo Mbeki met today with the opposition alliance of the National Consensus Forces (NCF) who conveyed to him their sense of a deteriorating political environment in (...)

Darfur rebels accuse government militias of launching fresh attacks

January 26, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The rebel Sudan Liberation Movement Abdel-Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) has accused the government of launching fresh attacks on areas east of Jebel Marra in Darfur region. A member of the rebel movement Sudan Liberation (...)

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US security advisor against arms ban on S. Sudan: sources

Five protestors arrested, detained in Jonglei state

January 26, 2015 (BOR/JUBA) – Authorities in South Sudan's Jonglei state arrested five women who protested and called for resignation of caretaker governor, John Kong Nyuon. Jonglei state's (...)

Displaced S. Sudanese accuse rebels of blocking humanitarian access

January 26, 2015 (MABOR) – It’s been alleged that thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in South Sudan’s Jonglei state are being blocked from accessing humanitarian assistance by rebel (...)

N. Bahr el Ghazal split over impeachment of caretaker governor

January 26, 2015 (JUBA) – MPs in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal are sharply divided over attempts by a section of the house to remove caretaker governor Kuel Aguer Kuel from the office. The (...)

11 killed, scores injured in South Sudan ambush

January 26, 2015 (JUBA) – At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in an ambush in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state on Saturday, an official has confirmed. “The incident (...)

Sudanese opposition sceptical of Mbeki’s ability to achieve breakthrough

Darfur rebels accuse government militias of launching fresh attacks

SPLM-N rebels shoot down WFP helicopter in South Kordofan

January 26, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) brought down a UN helicopter in a rebel-held area located east of the capital of South Kordofan state, (...)

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S. Sudan’s Kiir convenes meeting to ratify Arusha deal

January 25, 2015 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, has called for an extraordinary meeting of the ruling party (SPLM) to debate and ratify the recent Arusha pact, which aims to unite (...)

S. Sudan downplays defection of state TV director

January 25, 2015 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese government has downplayed the defection of the head of its state-owned media agency to the armed opposition, saying the latter evaded justice after (...)

UN warns Darfur a potential “fertile ground” for jihadist groups

January 25, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's troubled western Darfur region of may be “potentially fertile ground” for African jihadist radical groups currently active in the continent, particularly in (...)

Sudan to inaugurate new presidential palace on Monday

January 25, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir and his staff will officially move in to the new Chinese-built presidential palace on Monday. The date coincides with the (...)

Sudan’s NCP vows to discipline members running independently in elections

January 25, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has warned that members who plan to run independently in the country's upcoming general elections will be held accountable. (...)

Khartoum renews accusations over Juba’s support to rebel groups

January 25, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s defence minister, Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, has renewed accusations that South Sudan continues to harbour and support Sudanese rebel groups. Sudanese (...)

Floods hinder relocation of S. Sudanese refugees in Sudan: UNHCR

January 25, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said that flooding has hindered transfer of South Sudanese refugees to new relocation sites in Sudan’s White Nile state. (...)

Sunday 25 January 2015
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Rebel leader says president has a lot to explain to S. Sudanese people

January 25, 2015 (NAIROBI) – South Sudan’s vice president, Riek Machar, who leads an armed opposition faction of the ruling party in the country, said president Salva Kiir, his main rival and (...)

S. Sudan rebels deny destroying oil facilities

January 24, 2015 (KAMPALA) – South Sudan's armed opposition office in Uganda has dismissed as “rubbish” allegations by Juba that rebel forces set fire to oil facilities in Unity state this week. (...)

Displaced residents of North Darfur camp warn of severe water shortages

January 24, 2014 (EL-FASHER) – Internally displaced people (IDPs) who fled their homes in North Darfur's east Jebel Marra area following recent fighting there are now facing water shortages and (...)

Justice group calls for postponement of S. Sudan elections

January 23, 2015 (KAMPALA) – The Africa Centre for Transitional Justice (ACTJ) insists South Sudan’s upcoming election be postponed until peace returns to the country. A soldier from the South (...)

Darfur rebel group denies joining peace process

January 24, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – A Darfur rebel group has denied reports that it had accepted under certain conditions to join peace talks being mediated by African Union High-level Implementation (...)

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