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Southern Sudan and World Bank sign $30M water deal
Southern Sudan has received 30 million US dollars from the World Bank to enable the eastern African country provide safe clean water to its...
Sudan: Ukraine’s silent proliferation of arms exposed
Armed rebels fighting in Sudan are being supplied ammunition by a Ukrainian weapon company, a Russian Newspaper has revealed. The Sudan conflict has...
Southern Sudan human rights abuses denounced
An Independent human rights specialist, Muhammad Chande Osman, has revealed that the Southern Sudan government lacks the capacity to adequately protect it's citizens' human...
UNAMID JSR Gambari meets negotiating teams in Doha
UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari continued his round of consultations with key stakeholders by meeting all the armed movements present in Doha.
In...
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu’s Remarks on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Charge against the Sudanese President
China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu's Remarks on the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Charge against the Sudanese President:
Q: The Appellate Chamber of the ICC...
Southern Sudan-Uganda: First trade show opens in juba
The first ever trade show exhibition involving traders, businessmen and
industrialists from Uganda and southren Sudan is to be held starting on
Wednseday in the southern...
Chad and Sudan seek better ties in a surprise move
Chad and Sudan have moved to mend broken diplomatic ties in a bid to bolster security in both countries. President of Chad, Mr. Idriss...
Uganda elders seek LRA talks, officials reject efforts
The people in northern Uganda, where the rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fought Ugandan government troops for over twenty years, want the...
UNAMID rejects accusations levelled by Sudanese military
The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) strongly rejects the accusations recently made by the spokesman of the Sudanese Armed Forces...
Sudan: Calls for North South border demarkation over arms
Khartoum government has been accused by southern Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), for the chaos caused by illegally armed people in southern Sudan.
SPLA spokesman,...
Police warned not to collect taxes in South Sudan
The government of southern Sudan has streamlined tax collection. It has
also instructed tax payers to register their businesses with the directorate
of taxation with effect...
Sudan: Omar al-Bashir gets a tough challenger
Former Sudanese leader, dethroned by president Omar al-Bashir in a 1986 coup d’état, has declared that he plans to run against Mr. Bashir in...
Southern Sudan: 72 injured admitted after riots
At least 70 students have been admitted to the hospital in Yambio, in southern Sudan's Western equatoria state, after getting injured during riots which...
U.S. Welcomes Normalization of Chad-Sudan Relations
The United States congratulates the Governments of Chad and Sudan on the signing of the January 15 agreements in N'Djamena to normalize relations. The...
Ethiopia increases benzine supplies from Sudan
An agreement reached last week between Ethiopia and Sudan is set to reduce oil imports from many of Ethiopia's fuel supplying countries, including the...
Sudan: Omar Bashir promises friendly separation
President Omar Bashir Tuesday promised to recognize the secession of southern Sudan if that choice prevailed in the referendum scheduled for January 2011. But...
Arusha: East African Community to monitor elections in partner states
Conflicts created by flawed elections in any EAC country would impact negatively on the integration process, says Hon. Kiraso
The office charged with Political Affairs...
Sudan: SPLM meets to select candidates
The political bureau of the ruling party in semi autonomous southern Sudan, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), has started holding a meeting in southern...
Southern Sudan: Ambitious water project to cover all ten states
All the ten states in southern Sudan lack clean water, but that is about to change as the southern Sudan government assures residents that...
Obama Needs to Make Sudan a Priority in 2010
Enough, the anti-genocide project at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement today on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the...
Sudan: Fears over war outbreak
Sudan is on the verge of war, ten international aid groups have warned. The international community has been called upon to prevent a collapse...
Lord’s Resistance Army waves the white flag, after Christmas massacre
In an unprecedented move, the Ugandan rebel group, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), has announced that it is tired of fighting and wants peace.
It's spokesman,...
Sudan elections: High numbers apply to run for various posts
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has said that it has very many people who have come up to stand for various posts in...
Sudan: Significant progress on referendum for independence
Pressure from the United States government has forced the Sudanese National Congress Party (NCP) to pass a significant law that paves the way for...
Sudan presidential and general elections dates set
Sudan's National Electoral Commission (NEC) Sunday set a date on which all those who wish to stand in next year's presidential and general elections...
Sudan: Local languages in schools to promote better understanding
With effect from the 2010 academic year, mother languages will be included in southern Sudan's school curricula.
Southern Sudan nationals have expressed satisfaction over the...
Sudan makes Christmas promise
The first Vice President of the Republic of Sudan, who is also the President of the Government of southern Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has...
Sudan: UN donates $91million to support elections
The National Elections Commission (NEC), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Ministry of International Cooperation, have signed an agreement in Khartoum at...
South Sudan launches Sudan Household Health Survey
The Federal and South Sudan Ministries of Health, have jointly launched Sudan Household Health Survey.
The survey which is to start...
International Criminal Court: Justice or racial double standards?
The indictment by the International Criminal Court of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by government forces...