Sudan’s communist party welcomes security agreement
The Sudanese communist party’s spokesman, Yusuf Hussein, has praised Juba and Khartoum’s agreement on security on Friday in Addis Ababa as a positive step towards resolving outstanding issues between...
View ArticleUNDP chief meets Abyei co-chair on resuming projects
The United Nations’ Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Ali al-Zaatari, has stressed the need for the resumption of developmental and rehabilitation projects in Abyei, according to Sudan’s Abyei...
View ArticleWoman detainee leaves hospital back to prison in Sudan
A female prisoner who is a former employee of the ministry of health in South Kordofan was discharged from a hospital and sent back to prison despite her "unstable condition", the Human Rights and...
View ArticleSPLA clashes with cattle raiders in Mayom
South Sudan’s army clashed with cattle raiders in Unity State on Monday morning, according to the state government spokesman. He said both the raiders and the soldiers who pursued them were based in...
View ArticleSudan interior ministry prepares to open border crossings
The Sudanese Minister of Interior Gen. Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid said that the matrix signed between Juba and Khartoum last Friday had ruled for the opening of 10 border crossings. In a press statement...
View ArticleNgok Dinka conference calls for massive return by June
Delegates representing the Ngok Dinka people at a four-day conference in Abyei town have called for massive return of displaced members of the tribe to the disputed border region before June this...
View ArticleSPLA to withdraw from buffer zone, says police to remain
The Sudan People’s Liberation Army is to withdraw from the border area with Sudan within a period of two weeks, the army's spokesman said at a press conference yesterday. South Sudan's...
View ArticleDeal puts oil resumption on two week deadline
The document signed this morning between Sudanese and South Sudanese negotiators in Addis Ababa puts oil production on track to resume within two weeks, according to the lead mediator.This breakthrough...
View ArticleMAJOR BREAKTHROUGH AT ADDIS TALKS
The lead negotiators of Sudan and South Sudan signed this morning an ‘implementation matrix’ on the Cooperation Agreement of last September, only four days after another major breakthrough on the...
View ArticleUpper Nile: Infrastructural development deadlines may not be met
South Sudan’s Upper Nile state Ministry of Physical Infrastructure acknowledged yesterday that challenges are afoot for completing road construction and infrastructural development before the rainy...
View ArticleHundreds of Blue Nile families displaced in Sennar
Hundreds of families from Sudan’s Blue Nile state have been displaced to Sennar state amidst conditions they described as critical.read more
View ArticleTransportation of 1750 South Sudanese returnees to begin
Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission in Khartoum have announced arrangements for the voluntary repatriation of 1750 South Sudanese citizens.read more
View ArticleTransfer of 8 Misseriya youths to Kadugli prison
Sudanese security forces in South Kordofan State transferred this week eight detained youth from the border town of Meiram to Kadugli, the capital of the state.About a dozen youths from the Misseriya...
View ArticleAnalysis: Juba visit key for Bashir legacy
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir accepted yesterday an invitation to Juba, setting in motion plans for a ceremonial visit laden with meaning for the embattled leader and his party.read more
View ArticleKhartoum and Juba to resume oil export in 2 weeks - Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki, former president of South Africa and the head of the African Union High Implementation Panel (AUHIP), announced early yesterday morning that Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to resume the...
View ArticleBlue Nile refugees request transfer from Ethiopian camp amid ‘harassment’
A number of refugees from Blue Nile state in Churkoli, an Ethiopian refugee camp, have complained of harassment by local authorities and a lack of food in the camp. The conditions apparently come...
View ArticleHigh rate of pneumonia in Debi, Nuba Mountains
Health officials in Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan said there is a high rate of pneumonia infection in the region, Catholic Radio Network reported.Nabil Barnaba Angelo, a Nurse at Debi Health Care...
View ArticleFlour shortage resumes in eastern Darfur
Discontent has spread in Ed Daien town of East Darfur State due to the lack of flour in the town’s markets for the second time within two weeks’ time. The shortage caused long queues to form at the...
View ArticleKerry, Hague and Eide welcome ‘clear deadlines’ for withdrawal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide welcomed new arrangements for withdrawal of Sudanese and South...
View ArticleFuel crisis in South Kordofan’s western towns
South Kordofan state’s western towns are currently suffering a fuel crisis, triggering an increase in the price of domestic travel and consumers’ goods in the region.A number of citizens from the...
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