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Al Jazeera English | South Sudan facing food crisis | 30 April 2012
A combination of bad weather, pests and a deteriorating relationship with the North has led to an economic crisis that is challenging South Sudan’s food security. Ongoing clashes with Khartoum over the countries’ contested border area have halted the import of cheap food goods from the North, leaving Juba to rely on high-cost goods imported from southern neighbour Uganda. Another full-scale war between the two rival Sudans would make an already tough situation much worse. Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste reports from Juba.
Al Jazeera English | Sudan declares emergency on border with south | 29 April 2012
Al Jazeera English | Al Bashir rules out talks with South Sudan | 23 April 2012
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Saturday 27 January 2007 A research paper presented by Ismail S.H. Ziada at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Since its independence of Britain and separation from Egypt in 1956, Sudan has enjoyed only 11 years of relative stability and peace.
The oil (...)
Wednesday 25 July 2012 By Julius N. Uma
July 24, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s annual inflation increased by 74%
from June 2011 to June this year, while the country witnessed an
upsurge in its consumer price index by 1.7% from May 2012 to June, the
National (...)
Friday 28 December 2012 December 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The pro-Sudanese government labour union threatened to stage a nationwide strike within a week if the minimum wage is not raised, as the talks with the finance minister over the issue are deadlocked. (...)
Sunday 3 May 2009 May 2, 2009 (JUBA) – Southern Sudan Beverages Ltd (SSBL) announced Friday its first locally produced beer, White Bull Lager, touting the product as “world-class” and saying that the brewing facility will create employment for hundreds of (...)
Sunday 23 October 2011 By Ngor Arol Garang
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Thursday 23 August 2007 By James Gatdet Dak
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Monday 20 February 2006 Feb 19, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — The construction works of the new Khartoum Airport will begin next October so as to be completed in the year 2010, said chairman of the implementation unit of the project, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Abdalla.
The (...)
Saturday 9 June 2012 June 8, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan said Friday it was increasing taxes and customs duties, apparently in an attempt to fill the gap in the country’s budget deficit after the closure of the oil production earlier this year.
Landlocked (...)
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 (...)
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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 (...)
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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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