Watery diarrhea outbreak - 9 children in Raja die
Nine children have died and fifteen more were admitted to hospital in Boro Medina, Raja county following an outbreak of watery diarrhea in the area. read more
View Article4 more women accused of SPLM-N ‘collaboration’ arrested in Kurmuk
Security forces in Blue Nile state’s town, Kurmuk have arrested four women accused of collaborating with Sudanese rebel group, the SPLM-N.A source in Kurmuk yesterday told Radio Tamazuj that security...
View ArticleDoctor says Agok civil hospital conditions 'terrible'
The Agok Civil Hospital in the Abyei area faces ‘terrible’ conditions and shortage of medicines, according to Dr. Garang Dak Jur, the hospital director.The doctor said that the hospital suffers a...
View ArticleGunfight breaks out in Pibor town
A firefight between SPLA and rebels broke out in the market area of Pibor in eastern Jonglei today, causing thousands to flee the area temporarily.The fighting began shortly after 11:00 and lasted for...
View ArticleSPLM politburo meets to adopt basic documents
The Political Bureau of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, the governing party of South Sudan, began a three-day meeting to review basic documents laying out the party’s vision and rules.Party...
View ArticleKhartoum and Juba to resume defence talks
Sudan and South Sudan are expected to resume on Thursday meetings of the Joint Political and Security Mechanism (JPSM), a committee tasked by the Addis Ababa agreement with overseeing the...
View ArticleSpoiled food seized under Renk campaign
Large quantities of spoiled food were seized yesterday by health authorities alongside the department of standards and metrology in South Sudan’s Renk County, Upper Nile state.read more
View ArticleNBeG minister summoned by assembly over water disputes
The Northern Bahr El- Ghazal state minster for agriculture and fisheries, Ayii Paul Akol, was summoned by the state legislative assembly this week to discuss a dispute over water resources between...
View Article4 killed in SAF bombardment of Blue Nile – SPLM-N
The Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement, North (SPLM-N) has accused the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of carrying out aerial bombardment yesterday on the area of Yabous, Blue Nile state, killing four...
View Article‘New Dawn’ signatories will not cut ties to SRF
The National Consensus Forces, a group of Sudanese opposition parties, have promised not to cut their ties with the Sudan Revolutionary Front, which has taken up arms against the government in Blue...
View ArticleDarfur students stage protest in W. Kordofan
Darfur university students began a strike last Monday at El Salam University in western Kordofan against the institution’s orders that they must pay tuition fees.According to the Doha and Abuja peace...
View ArticleTwo Umma Party members arrested in South Kordofan
Security officers in Al Dibebat Locality of South Kordofan arrested several days ago two members of the National Umma Party after a political rally.Ehab Mohamed Madibo, a member of the Umma Party...
View ArticleHeld textbooks released from Nimule customs
The delivery of primary school textbooks to Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is underway again following a twelve day hold-up at customs in Nimule as the books were being shipped into South Sudan from a storage...
View ArticleActivist Jalila Khamis seeks peace on International Women’s Day
Sudanese activist and former prisoner, Jalila Khamis Kuku, highlighted the plight of Sudanese women in the conflict zones of South Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur as part of a celebration for...
View ArticleSouth Sudan to transport 20,000 stranded returnees from Renk
The South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC) have committed to transporting 20,000 South Sudanese returnees currently stranded in Renk, Upper Nile State.read more
View ArticleEthiopian forces in Abyei deny presence of SAF
The Ethiopian force deployed in Abyei under a UN banner has denied the presence of Sudanese armed forces in the region, countering accusations made by the South Sudanese information minister Dr....
View ArticleEvidence on Farajalla killings presented in court
A police investigator presented on Thursday to Wau North Court documents related to the killing of six farmers in Farajalla, Wau County, last December.Second Lieutenant Lola Karlo presented to the...
View ArticleDocument: Implementation Modalities for Security Arrangements
The defense ministers of Sudan and South Sudan agreed yesterday on a plan to carry out the security agreement signed last September, apparently putting back on track the package of deals that would...
View ArticleNyuon agrees to evacuate Mile 14 by 24 March
South Sudanese Defense Minister John Kuong Nyuon has agreed with his Sudanese counterpart to evacuate SPLA troops from the disputed ‘Mile 14’ area by 24 March, in accordance with the agreement signed...
View ArticleSudanese presidency extends Blue Nile popular consultation by 6 months
The popular consultation process in the Blue Nile region has been extended a further six months by the president, at the request of local authorities in the region.read more
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