Bakasoro says Lakes pastoralists cause problems in W Equatoria
Western Equatoria State Governor Joseph Bakosoro says his state faces major security challenges caused by pastoralists who seasonally cross from Lakes state.read more
View ArticleKiir agrees to attend IGAD summit on 18 January
President Salva Kiir today during a meeting with the Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus agreed to attend a summit of the regional bloc IGAD on 18 January.read more
View ArticlePolitician detained at Wunyiik military base
A politician from Northern Bahr al Ghazal who was detained during a recent state SPLM leadership meeting chaired by Gen. Paul Malong is being held at Wunyiik military base, according to a youth leader...
View ArticleSouth Sudan elections budget ‘needs to be approved by parliament’
A member of South Sudan’s parliament says the decision by the Council of Ministers to allocate funding for elections without parliamentary approval is “unacceptable” and “unconstitutional.”read more
View ArticleDarfur peace accord incorporated in Sudan's Constitution, projects to start
Dr El Tijani Sese, head of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), says that the incorporation of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) in Sudan’s Interim Constitution fulfills the demands of the...
View ArticleUN worker kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Abyei
A staff member of the UNISFA peacekeeping mission in Abyei working in the department of demining was kidnaped by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday in the Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan,...
View Article‘I don’t know whether my brother was killed or not’
The family of a man abducted in Yei by unidentified gunmen last November say that they still have not been informed of his whereabouts and are not even sure whether he is alive or dead.read more
View ArticleRenk hospital reports three civilians beaten and killed
Renk Military Hospital has yesterday morning received three dead bodies including a woman killed by unknown criminals in Renk County, a doctor told Radio Tamazuj.read more
View ArticleTwo civilians killed after SPLA-N attack near Kadugli
The Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) launched an attack on the Sudanese Armed Forces at a gold-mining area on Tuesday near South Kordofan’s capital Kadugli, eyewitnesses told Radio...
View ArticleCommunity leaders welcome creation of rebel ‘Phou State’
Refugee community leaders from the counties comprising the former colonial Fangak District have welcomed the move by South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar to designate their area as ‘Phou State’.read...
View ArticleDar El Naila and Ghulfan tribes implementing peace resolutions
Leaders of the Ghulfan and Dar El Naila tribes in Sudan’s South Kordofan state have started to implement the peace resolutions that they came up during a peace conference held by the two feuding tribes...
View ArticleDinka Malual, Rizeigat peace meeting to begin next week
An annual peace conference between the Rizeigat and Dinka Malual tribes is expected to be convened next week in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state in South Sudan, according to a traditional leader.read more
View Article'Criminal' killed in clash with security along Yei-Maridi border
Yei County Commissioner Bedale Cosmos has disclosed that a suspected cattle thief was killed during clashes with a joint security force along the Tore-Maridi border two days ago.read more
View Article9 questioned about murder of National Security officer
Nine people have been questioned in connection with the murder of National Security officer Arop Kiir in Mundri, the UN radio service reported today.read more
View ArticleS. Sudan Civil Society Alliance advocates for peace before election
Deng Athuai, Chairman of South Sudan Civil Society Alliance (SSCSA) said the country needs peace and security to create an atmosphere for free and fair elections with the participation of all South...
View ArticleAntonov airplanes sighted over Raja town
UN peacekeepers in South Sudan reported the sighting of suspected Antonov airplanes over Raja town in Western Bahr el-Ghazal State on Tuesday afternoon and again in the early hours of Wednesday...
View ArticleS. Sudan sports official tries to take away athlete’s scholarship money
A South Sudanese sports official has demanded that Olympic athlete Guor Mading hand over money that he received from the International Olympic Committee as a training stipend.read more
View ArticleTaban Deng to lead SPLA-IO delegation to Khartoum meeting
SPLM-IO chief negotiator Taban Deng is scheduled to travel to the Sudanese capital Khartoum next week for a three-day consultative conference on the current political unrest in South Sudan, a rebel...
View ArticleDisplaced return to Loronyo in Torit County
Authorities of Torit County in Eastern Equatoria State sayd that over a thousand people previously displaced by conflict between the Idali and Loronyo clans have returned home. read more
View ArticleN Bahr el Ghazal governor rejects demand to sack advisor
The caretaker governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state has rejected the demand by the chief of staff of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army – Juba faction (SPLA-Juba), General Paul Malong Awan to sack...
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