Fears of fresh clashes in Dilling Locality, South Kordofan
Local authorities in Dilling and Kadugli Localities in Sudan’s South Kordofan State warned members of the Gulfan clan of Nuba tribe and the Misseriya Arab tribe in southwest of Diling town against...
View ArticleUnity fighting pushes yet more people into northern Warrap
More displaced people have started arriving to Twic County via Unity State counties Abiemnhom and Mayom following fighting in Unity state, with the number of new arrivals already at least 300...
View ArticleLRA leader Joseph Kony hiding in disputed area controlled by Sudan: report
Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, is possibly hiding in the disputed Kafia Kinji territory between Darfur and Western Bahr al Ghazal of South Sudan, the UN secretary-general...
View ArticleStories of hope and survival: Kang John Bol
Rumbek University student Kang John Bol went to class on Monday, 16 December, not knowing that ethnic tensions would soon force him from his home and leave him trapped at a UN base for months.read more
View ArticleFall of Nasser pushes over 11,000 into Ethiopia
The South Sudanese government assault on the rebel-held town Nasser earlier this week drove at least 11,000 refugees across the border into Ethiopia, according to aid agencies in the western Gambella...
View ArticleSPLA defection in Maban after capture of Nasser
About 48 officers and soldiers defected recently from the South Sudanese national army (SPLA) and other armed services in Maban County in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, soon after the fall of Nasser,...
View ArticleWitnesses confirm military build-up in Blue Nile
Local residents in Sudan’s Blue Nile State expressed concern at ‘mounting tensions’ between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North in the state.read more
View ArticleSudan: 30 refugees deported back to Eritrea
Sudanese authorities have deported about 30 Eritreans, including at least six registered refugees, a human rights organization said today, claiming the UN refugee agency was denied access to the group....
View ArticlePolitics: NCP recruitment drive in Lagawa, West Kordofan
The office of the National Congress Party (NCP) in Lagawa Locality in Sudan’s West Kordofan state has been carrying out mass recruitment of citizens into the party. The party is accused of intimidation...
View ArticleSudan suspends debate on border disputes with South Sudan
Sudan’s presidential assistant, Ibrahim Ghandour, has reaffirmed the neutrality of his government in the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, denying providing assistance to rebels loyal to Riek...
View ArticlePolitics: Kenya’s president receives Pagan Amum
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta received at the State House in Nairobi on Wednesday the four recently released South Sudanese politicians, including former SPLM secretary-general Pagan Amum,...
View ArticleDiplomat says IGAD force will not protect South Sudan's oil
Sudan’s deputy ambassador in South Sudan says the proposed East African IGAD force in South Sudan will protect only ceasefire monitors and has no other purpose, suggesting that the force would not be...
View ArticleScores of women raped, killed in wave of sexual violence in South Sudan
Both parties in the war in South Sudan have used rape and extreme sexual violence resulting in the death of girls and women, according to a report based on eyewitness accounts by Amnesty...
View ArticleUN wants hybrid court for S. Sudan war crimes
The United Nations wants a special or hybrid court for South Sudan assisted by the international community to pursue serious and independent investigations of crimes against humanity, including war...
View ArticleDifferent expectations for Kiir-Machar meeting today
Today rivals Salva Kiir and Riek Machar – the president and former vice president of South Sudan – are meeting for the first time since the outbreak of civil war in December last year. Machar arrived...
View ArticleUN human rights report: Upper Nile state
Witness testimonies and other evidence of human rights violations have been gathered by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and compiled into a human rights report, published 8 May...
View ArticleSudan: Gulfan and Dar El Naila tribes sign truce
The Gulfan Nuba and the Dar El Naila Arab tribes in Dilling and Habila localities in Sudan’s South Kordofan state signed a truce on Sunday, after pressure from local authorities.read more
View ArticleDozens of traders arrested at Joda in White Nile
About 56 Sudanese traders who were living in Upper Nile State’s Renk County were arrested by Sudan’s national security service in the Joda area.read more
View ArticleTwo Sudanese traders died in UNMISS base in Bentiu
At least two Sudanese traders sheltering inside the UN base in Bentiu have recently died and another 47 are wounded. Many of them were shot during the takeover of Bentiu by defected troops last...
View ArticleRebel chief meets Pagan Amum ahead of talks with Kiir
Riek Machar, the head of the SPLM/A-in-Opposition, has met with the SPLM ‘Group of Eleven’ including Pagan Amum in Addis Ababa, ahead of his meeting with South Sudanese president Salva Kiir.read more
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