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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
Tuesday 6 July 2010 July 5, 2010 (WASHINGTON) — PetroChina, the largest oil and gas firm in China, has scrapped plans to process Sudanese crude at its new refinery in south China under U.S. pressure, sources told Reuters.
"There is a freeze on Sudanese (...)
Monday 22 April 2013 April 21, 2013 (AWEIL) - More than 150 people from South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state have been put behind bars allegedly for failing to pay local household taxes, local chiefs and residents said Sunday.
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Thursday 26 April 2012 April 25, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government announced on Wednesday the introduction of new measures aimed at increasing revenues and reducing spending in order to put aside more funds to support the army amid growing military (...)
Friday 1 February 2013 January 30, 2013 (JUBA) - Sudan is attempting to impose an "economic war" on its Southern neighbour, a senior South Sudan official said Wednesday, in the latest iteration of the bad relations between the two nations.
Bol Makueng, a (...)
Monday 2 July 2012 July 1, 2012 (ABYEI) - South Sudan on Sunday dismissed claims of providing support to Sudanese rebels, saying such allegations are being used to provide a scapegoat for Khartoum’s "failure to address its internal challenges".
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Saturday 30 June 2012 June 29,2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan is proposing cutting the numbers of government and elected officials by 40% in a bid to reduce the public spending as the country faces a severe economic crisis. A Southern Sudanese woman sits waiting (...)
Thursday 29 November 2012 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
November 28, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – Remittances sent to poor nations from family and friends living abroad has increased from $3.5 billion in 1990 to $27 billion in 2011, according to a new United Nations report.
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Monday 16 July 2012 July 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese pound has continued to decline against the US Dollar as the inflation rate reached over 37% last June, indicating the severe economic situation of the country. The value of the Sudanese pound (...)
Thursday 22 November 2012 November 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese finance ministry Undersecretary Abdel-Rahman Dirar today denied that he has issued a decision imposing new taxes and fees on sugar and accused merchants of artificially bumping up prices. 50 (...)
Friday 22 February 2013 February 21, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese minister of minerals, Kamal Abdel-Latif, said on Wednesday that he expects the country’s gold production to jump to 150 tonnes, thus generating $8 billion in revenues. Sudanese president Omer (...)
On Abyei enough is enough2013-06-18 05:01:47 By Deng Vanang
June 17, 2013 - No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody’s wish that dialogue could (...)
The arming of rebels in Sudan and South Sudan: what is the evidence?2013-06-18 04:57:44 By Eric Reeves
17 June 2013 - News reporting in general, a great deal of analytic writing, and virtually all diplomatic pronouncements about military support for rebel groups—in South Sudan and (...)
Bashir’s decision, a material breach of the oil agreement2013-06-16 06:21:14 By Justice Deng Biong
June 15, 2013 - After its ratification by the National legislatures in both South Sudan and Sudan States, the Cooperation Agreement [CA] (Oil Agreement included) signed on (...)
South Sudan civil society alliance ask to meet the president2013-06-12 05:23:59 South Sudan Civil Society Alliance
National Issues Discussed with the Presidential Legal Advisor and Appeal to meet the President
June 7, 2013
Ladies and gentlemen of the press, today the (...)
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On Abyei enough is enough 2013-06-18 05:01:47 By Deng Vanang June 17, 2013 - No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody’s wish that dialogue could (...)
The arming of rebels in Sudan and South Sudan: what is the evidence? 2013-06-18 04:57:44 By Eric Reeves 17 June 2013 - News reporting in general, a great deal of analytic writing, and virtually all diplomatic pronouncements about military support for rebel groups—in South Sudan and (...)
Bashir’s decision, a material breach of the oil agreement 2013-06-16 06:21:14 By Justice Deng Biong June 15, 2013 - After its ratification by the National legislatures in both South Sudan and Sudan States, the Cooperation Agreement [CA] (Oil Agreement included) signed on (...)
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