Over 1000 new refugees recently at Jamaam camp
Al-Jamaam refugee camp in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State has just received approximately one thousand new refugees from Sudan’s Blue Nile state following recent fighting in south Kurmuk.The refugees...
View ArticleDefence lawyers to meet with Blue Nile detainees in Singa
A group of defence lawyers are expected to meet today with Blue Nile detainees allegedly linked to the Sudanese rebel group, SPLA-N, in the prisons of Singa and Er-Roseires in Sennar state.They will...
View Article$2 billion expected trade between Juba and Khartoum
Sudanese economists have estimated that the volume of renewed trade between South Sudan and Sudan following the implementation of cooperation agreements between the two countries may reach $2...
View ArticlePress release: President’s office not compromised during theft
South Sudan’s Office of the President issued the following statement in response to a report by the website Sudan Tribune.read more
View ArticlePhotos: New camp for Nuba Mountains refugees
Nuba community leaders at Yida Camp are deliberating whether to accept humanitarian plans to relocate part of the camp population to Ajwang Atuk, the site of a new camp currently under...
View ArticleWau trials: 4 freed, 7 convicted of inciting violence
Seven people were sentenced to one year in jail while four others were acquitted yesterday of inciting last December’s violence in Wau, Western Bahr el-Ghazal.read more
View ArticleArmed group attacks goods train between Nyala and Daein
Sources reported yesterday that an armed group hijacked a train loaded with goods that was heading from Nyala in South Darfur to Daein in East Darfur.The attack occurred during the afternoon between...
View ArticleAguer: Armed group ‘linked to SAF’ killed 3 at Kiir Adem
Philip Aguer, South Sudan’s army spokesman, said yesterday that an armed group on horseback, allegedly linked to the Sudanese military, killed three people in an attack on the disputed border area of...
View ArticleTaban Deng confirms army's withdrawal from border zone
Taban Deng Gai, Governor of South Sudan’s Unity state, has briefed his state cabinet on details of the implementation of the joint cooperation agreements signed recently between Sudan and South Sudan....
View ArticleMaban County commissioner replaced
Maban County Commissioner Juma Moti has been removed and replaced by Langan Baggari, a source close to the Upper Nile State government told Radio Tamazuj yesterday.read more
View ArticleUNISFA complete first stage of border demilitarisation verification
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Herve Ladsous, announced on Tuesday the completion of the first UN exercise, verifying the withdrawal of Sudan and South Sudan’s militaries...
View ArticleConflicting reports on Kiir Adem death toll
Contradictory reports were circulating yesterday regarding the death toll of an attack by gunmen on horseback in the disputed border area of Kiir Adem last Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Gok...
View ArticleBread prices rise in Kosti, White Nile
Bread prices rose in Sudan’s southern town of Kosti in White Nile State with bakers attributing the inflation to the high price of flour as well as new regulations imposed by security services.The cost...
View ArticleMoney Monday: 5 key stories
A weekly round-up of journalism about economic events in the two Sudans: read more
View ArticleAJOC co-chair invites counterpart to visit Khartoum and Abyei
Sudan’s Co-Chair of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC), Al-Khair al-Fahim invited his South Sudanese counterpart, Edward Lino, to visit to Khartoum and Abyei without international...
View ArticleBashir to visit Juba next week
Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, plans to visit South Sudan’s capital next week, according to a press statement from South Sudan’s office of the president.South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir,...
View ArticleJuba’s interior minister in Khartoum for talks on border crossings
South Sudan’s Minister of the Interior is traveling to Khartoum this week for discussions on the opening of ten border crossings with Sudan.Allison Manani Magaya, South Sudan’s Interior Minister, will...
View ArticleYouth group and Sudan University to send joint convoy to Abyei
The Youth Cooperation to Advocate for Abyei, working in collaboration with the Sudan University of Science and Technology, have stated that they intend to send a convoy to Abyei in the coming days and...
View ArticleBashir orders release of Sudanese political prisoners
Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, has ordered the release of all political prisoners in detention centres across Sudan.Bashir gave the order during his speech at the opening of the new parliamentary...
View ArticleMalakal Hospital lacks blood
Malakal Teaching Hospital in Upper Nile is calling on citizens to donate blood much needed in maternity and operation wards.Maternity Ward Medical Officer Mark Abraham said many women die during...
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