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- Sunday 12 May 2013
May 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese security agents shut down a TEDx community forum organised in Khartoum on Saturday after unplugging their power supply midway through the event, which aimed to inspire the sharing of ideas through the (...)
- Tuesday 13 November 2012
November 12, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council elections, a group of non governmental organisations (NGOs) from around the world have jointly urged Ethiopia, a standing candidate, to demonstrate its commitment (...)
- Wednesday 3 April 2013
April 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United States on Tuesday hailed yesterday’s announcement by president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir that the government intends to release all detainees currently being held on political grounds. A political (...)
- Monday 21 January 2013
January 16, 2013 (JUBA) – Following a series of attacks, intimidation and threats, comment writers and bloggers in South Sudan say they are operating in a heightened sense of fear. South Sudanese men read newspapers in Juba on 10 July (...)
- Wednesday 30 January 2013
January 30, 2013 (LONDON) - South Sudan slipped 12 places in the annual press freedom index published by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) on Wednesday, leaving it at 124th out of the 180 countries ranked.
Chief among the reasons for (...)
- Friday 12 October 2012
By Toby Collins
October 11, 2012 (LONDON) – A world renowned Sudanese author on Thursday claimed that his material has been confiscated by security services at an international book fair held in Khartoum. A man walks past a closed (...)
- Friday 16 November 2012
November 15, 2012 (PARIS) - A German non-governmental organisation (NGO) said Thursday it is pulling out of Ethiopia in protest against Ethiopia’s controversial 2009 civil society and charity law (CSO), which has put growing (...)
- Sunday 10 February 2013
February 9, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - An international press freedom watchdog has denounced an Ethiopian court hearing after a judge on Friday renewed charges against a journalist who is facing multiple charges in connection to articles he (...)
- Monday 22 October 2012
October 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s Second Vice President Al-Haj Adam Youssef reaffirmed Sunday the role of National Umma Party (NUP) in the ongoing efforts to prepare a new constitution in the country after the secession of South (...)
- Thursday 4 April 2013
April 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The delegation of the European Union to Sudan has welcomed Monday’s announcement by president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir ordering the release all political detainees and calling for dialogue with opposition groups. (...)
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National unity: a project for each and every South Sudanese 2013-05-21 14:23:01 By Jacob K. Lupai May 21, 2013 - South Sudan has just attained independence from an imposed unity that had failed miserably to take into account the objective realities on the ground. In the old (...)
Unity and reconciliation necessary for sustainable peace in Darfur 2013-05-21 14:19:47 By Adeeb Yousif May 20, 2013 -The biggest challenge in the Darfur conflict today is divisions. These divisions have created misunderstanding and mistrust within Darfurian society. Moreover they (...)
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