Implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement that resulted in South Sudan independence in 2011.
Videos
Al Jazeera English | SPLM leader speaks to Al Jazeera | 20 Oct 2007
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has pulled out of the government in Khartoum, endangering a peace deal bewteen South and North Sudan signed in 2005.
Al Jazeera English | 2005 Sudan peace deal in jeopardy | 11 Oct. 2007
A new politicial divide could be opening up in Sudan, after the main opposition party from the south announced it’s suspending work participation in the government. The Sudan people’s Liberation Movement says its ministers and officials won’t be turning up for work with what’s supposed to be a national unity government. They say their political partners from the north have failed to meet a long list of demands, agreed to in a 2006 peace deal. That deal ended 20 years of fighting between southern rebels and the government in Khartoum.
The peace deal is signed in Naivasha, Kenya, on January 2005.
Tuesday 14 June 2011 June 13, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government appeared to downplay earlier reports that a deal was reached on withdrawing its forces from Abyei during the high level talks taking place in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. U.S. (...)
Thursday 8 November 2007 November 7, 2007 (WASHINGTON) — South Sudan leader Salva Kiir warned Wednesday that his former rebels would stay out of the national government in Khartoum until a 2005 peace deal is fully implemented. South Sudan leader and First Vice (...)
Saturday 12 May 2012 May 11, 2012 (JUBA) – The Vice President of South Sudan, Riek Machar said Friday that only 40% of the international border between Sudan and newly-independent South Sudan has been agreed in principle, dismissing Khartoum’s claim that 80% (...)
Wednesday 5 December 2007 December 4, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Two former ministers of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) contested their removal from the party saying such decision can only be issued by the political bureau but not the SPLM leader. Telar (...)
Sunday 5 September 2010 By Lam Akol
September 4, 2010 — Sudan is passing through the most critical stage of its modern history and is set to undergo the hardest trial ever. In less than twenty weeks, its will would be tested: either to remain united or its (...)
Sunday 9 January 2011 January 7, 2011 (JUBA) – The Nuer ethnic group, the second largest community in Southern Sudan after the Dinka tribe, organized a celebration on Thursday for its legacy on the eve of the region’s referendum on independence of the region. (...)
Monday 19 March 2007 March 19, 2007 (JUBA, Sudan) — South Sudan leader Salva Kiir has stripped his finance minister of immunity from prosecution to allow authorities to question him in connection with a graft inquiry, a minister said on Monday. Salva Kiir (...)
Sunday 29 June 2008 By James Gatdet Dak
June 28, 2008 (JUBA) - The Chairperson of the Southern Sudan component of the North-South Border Demarcation Commission, Engineer Riek Dogoal Juer, said the committee charged with the task to demarcate the (...)
Sunday 1 March 2009 By James Gatdet Dak
February 28, 2009 (JUBA) — The Vice President of the semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, described the execution to arrest Major General Gabriel Tang Ginye as a "complicated matter." (...)
Saturday 25 August 2012 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
August 24, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – Following the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Monday 20 August, South Sudan’s government has urged the country’s new leadership in Ethiopia to continue extending its (...)
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 (...)
Latest Comments & Analysis
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 (...)
MORE