Civilian vehicle abducted along Babanusa-Mujlad road
Unknown armed men on Saturday evening kidnapped a vehicle belonging to the petroleum engineering faculty of Babanusa Peace University.A local source told Radio Tamazuj that the armed group consisting...
View ArticleSudan border crossing unofficially open south of Meiram
A border crossing on the western side of the Sudan-South Sudan border has unofficially opened again after a long period of embargo, with smugglers now taking goods daily from Meiram in South Kordofan...
View ArticleCalls for release or trial of detained women, South Kordofan
Family members and activists have called for the release of a group of at least 35 women arrested in South Kordofan last year, accused of having links to the rebel group, SPLM-North.Transferred to...
View ArticleRSS not prepared for Secondary School Certificate – Sudan Undersecretary for...
Mr. Mohamed Ahmed, Undersecretary of Sudan’s Ministry of General Education has claimed that South Sudan has not fulfilled requirements for its pupils to sit the upcoming Sudan Secondary certificate...
View ArticleCalls for SPLM-N ‘elements’ to leave Upper Nile refugee camps
Administrators in Upper Nile state refugee camps have acknowledged the presence of elements of Sudanese rebel group, SPLA-North, within their camps and have called for their immediate departure.read more
View ArticleAbyei co-chair: No alternative to Mbeki proposal
Dr. Luka Biong, South Sudan’s co-chair of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee, has insisted that Sudan and South Sudan must resolve their differences over Abyei by following the course proposed by...
View ArticleTwo die in unequipped Geissan hospital, Blue Nile
Two women died last week in Geissan, Blue Nile State, reportedly due to lack of medicines and inadequate facilities at the local hospital. Citizens of the area are complaining of poor sanitary...
View ArticleFood prices rise in Kadugli, South Kordofan
The citizens of Kaduguli have complained of rising in food prices. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Sunday, multiple sources said the town market is witnessing ‘skyrocketing’ food prices.The price of one...
View ArticleWater shortages hit Dalami, Nuba Mountains
Water shortages have hit Dalami Locality in SPLA-N territory of the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan. Residents also complained of scarcities of food and basic services.Toma Abdullah Ali, speaking to...
View ArticleGermany holds trade conference with Sudan
The German Foreign Ministry opened yesterday a trade conference with Sudan in Berlin just months after an attack on their embassy in Khartoum.The conference had been scheduled for mid-October but was...
View ArticleEast Darfur to host Misseriya reconciliation conference
A committee established to reconcile sub-clans, Awlad Heiban and Awlad Surur, of the Misseriya tribe scheduled a conference to take place next month in East Darfur.read more
View ArticleUnity State leaders study petroleum act
Unity State leaders have held a consultative workshop in Bentiu to look at the Petroleum Act 2012 and see how the oil companies working in the state could create growth and development, Gurtong website...
View ArticleSouth Sudan county prison short on food
Wanyjok Prison in Aweil East County faces a severe food shortage and lack of space. Women prisoners also complained of filth, lice, and lack of a latrine.The prison authority of Northern Bahr el Ghazal...
View ArticleHepatitis E surges among Blue Nile refugees
The South Sudanese Ministry of Health has dispatched a team of experts to Maban County to assess the spread of Hepatitis E in camps for refugees from Blue Nile. The minister, Dr. Michael Milli Hussein,...
View ArticleHospital in Nuba Mountains losing nurses to INGOs in Yida
The only hospital in the Nuba Mountains is losing medical staff to aid organizations working across the border in Yida refugee camp.The 350-bed hospital in Gidel is the only hospital serving a...
View ArticleNafie: national orgs to aid South Kordofan and Blue Nile
Nafie Ali Nafie, presidential assistant to Omar al-Bashir, has stated that the Sudanese government will continue to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid to people throughout Sudan without...
View ArticleSouth Sudan plans own Secondary Leaving Certificate: failed to meet Sudan’s...
The Republic of South Sudan has announced that it will set its own secondary school leaving certificate examinations for the year 2013. This was announced on Tuesday in the country’s media following...
View ArticleShisha ban: complaints over its impact on Aweil residents
Owners of a number of establishments in Aweil that formerly sold shisha have complained of a loss in income and, potentially, employment following a ban on the practice issued last week.read more
View ArticleStranded returnees call for repatriation amidst worsening conditions - Khartoum
Hundreds of South Sudanese returnees are stranded in various waiting camps in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, waiting for support from humanitarian organisations and the South Sudanese government.read more
View ArticleHepatitis outbreak in Yida refugee camp – 7 dead, 14 new cases
A hepatitis outbreak has so far infected at least 36 people in Yida refugee camp in South Sudan’s Unity State, according to a reliable medical source. Radio Tamazuj learned that of these 36 people, 14...
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