Thursday 7 February 2013 February 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The spokesperson of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), Colonel Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa’ad, announced on Wednesday that they plan to release five prisoners of war (POW) from South Sudan’s People Liberation Army (...)
Tuesday 12 February 2013 February 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced Monday the arrival in Juba of five South Sudanese soldiers that Sudan handed to the international group on the same day. Freed South Sudanese (...)
Monday 16 April 2012 April 15, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s army says it has brought 14 prisoners of war from Sudan’s army to Juba after capturing them during fighting in the disputed oil region of Heglig.
Al Jazeera Video: South Sudan captures prisoners of (...)
Thursday 21 February 2013 February 19, 2013 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese official on Tuesday said the young nation welcomes Sudan’s decision to release 800 of its prisoners, describing it as a “good gesture”. Barnaba Marial Benjamin (Reuters)
“Sudan accepted to (...)
Friday 20 July 2012 July 19, 2012 (JUBA) - The Republic of South Sudan, on Monday, agreed to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols related to the humanitarian treatment of the victims of war, after a bill was passed by the National (...)
Monday 16 April 2012 April 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — As Juba announced the arrival of a group of Sudanese Prisoners of War (POWs) captured in Heglig, Khartoum accused the South Sudanese army of holding the members of a medical team working at Heglig Hospital. (...)
Thursday 11 October 2012 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
October 10, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia has released a total of 75 Eritrean prisoners of war who were captured by the Ethiopian army during cross border attacks it carried out in March 2011. Region of northern (...)
Thursday 26 April 2012 April 25, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Thirteen Sudanese military personnel who were detained in Heglig will arrive to Khartoum on Thursday, the foreign ministry announced here today.
The prisoners of war (POWs) were detained when South Sudanese (...)
Thursday 19 April 2012 April 17,2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, has accepted international pleas to release Sudanese prisoners of war which the country’s army captured after taking over the contested region of Heglig. SAF prisoners of war at (...)
Friday 27 April 2012 April 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – One of 13 Sudanese prisoners of war (POW) released by the government of South Sudan alleged they were mistreated upon returning to Khartoum on Thursday. Sudanese soldiers, who were held as prisoners of war in (...)
The better approach to reconciliation2013-05-17 06:07:06 By Zechariah Manyok Biar
May 16, 2013 - Some of you who might have read my previous articles know that I promised some weeks ago to write separately on the topic of peace and reconciliation that (...)
OIL: is it a curse or a blessing in South Sudan?2013-05-17 06:04:54 By Jacob K. Lupai
May 16, 2013 - In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high (...)
The misapprehension of peace in the context of conflict resolution2013-05-16 11:40:39 By Ngor Arol Garang
May 16, 2013 - Political leaders and citizens with an interest in politics within the Bahr el Ghazal region will come together for a one week conference on Wednesday, where (...)
Wau Dialogue W. Bahr el-Ghazal state 13-15 May 20132013-05-13 14:41:35 South Sudan Law Society
13th-April-2013
Citizen of Western Bhar el-Ghazal State calls for limitations of President Powers and the Independence of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and (...)
Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom2013-05-04 10:53:49 Human Rights Watch
Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom
Newspapers, Other Media Censored, Confiscated, Shut Down
MAY 3, 2013
(Nairobi) – Sudan should immediately stop censoring (...)
CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom2013-05-03 03:23:16 Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom
New York, May 2, 2013
The Committee to Protect Journalists asks Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the (...)
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The better approach to reconciliation 2013-05-17 06:07:06 By Zechariah Manyok Biar May 16, 2013 - Some of you who might have read my previous articles know that I promised some weeks ago to write separately on the topic of peace and reconciliation that (...)
OIL: is it a curse or a blessing in South Sudan? 2013-05-17 06:04:54 By Jacob K. Lupai May 16, 2013 - In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high (...)
The misapprehension of peace in the context of conflict resolution 2013-05-16 11:40:39 By Ngor Arol Garang May 16, 2013 - Political leaders and citizens with an interest in politics within the Bahr el Ghazal region will come together for a one week conference on Wednesday, where (...)
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