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- Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. (Rendering by Boeing)
- Thursday 14 February 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
February 14, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian military source has told Sudan Tribune that the country has built the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone which could be used for multiple purposes. A US (...)
- Friday 2 May 2008
May 2, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Minister Dominic Dim Deng and other 19 military officials have been killed as result of a plane crash between Wau and Juba, the Sudan Television reported today. (...)
- Wednesday 27 February 2013
February 26, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan has established its first civil aviation authority to regulate the industry and develop its potential in the region 19 months after gaining independence.
A sign welcome visitors to Juba (...)
- Saturday 13 October 2012
October 12, 2012 (RUMBEK) - Rumbek Airport is being upgraded so it can accommodate international flights in time for South Sudan’s second independence anniversary in 2013, according to Lakes State’s Minister for Physical Infrastructure (...)
- Friday 27 January 2012
January 27, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan which gained independence from Sudan six months ago on 9 July 9 2011 will soon establish a civil aviation authority that will manage its potential civil aviation industry in the new country, says (...)
- Sunday 28 April 2013
April 27, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday resumed flying Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner passenger jets three months after the globe fleet were grounded over the failure of its battery system. An Ethiopian Airlines (...)
- Saturday 24 March 2012
By Ngor Arol Garang
March 23, 2012, (JUBA) - South Sudan has secured funds to complete upgrades to Juba International Airport by the end of June, the country’s Deputy Transport Minister, Mayom Kuoc Malek said on Friday.
Malek said it (...)
- Friday 30 March 2012
By Ngor Arol Garang
March 29, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan has formed a technical fact finding committee to investigate the cause of a plane crash at Wau Airport on Thursday morning, according to officials. Feeder Airlines plane after (...)
- Tuesday 28 February 2012
February 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese minister of agriculture, Abdel Halim al-Mutafi, has escaped certain death in a helicopter crash which killed three people on Monday. Sudan’s minister of agriculture and forestry Abdel Halim (...)
- Tuesday 28 August 2012
August 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A Russian plane that crashed last week in Sudan’s southern region of Kordofan was ordered to be grounded by inspectors four days before takeoff, a local newspaper has revealed, shedding more light on the (...)
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