Bombing in ‘Mile 14’ displaced two thousand: chief
The bombing last week by the Sudanese air force on the ‘Mile 14’ border area caused the displacement of more than two thousand civilians, according to a local chief.The aerial attack at Kiir Adem on...
View ArticlePhotos: Kiir Adem bombing
Aerial bombing last week in Kiir Adem in the contested area along the Bahr el-Arab river killed six people and caused hundreds of villagers to flee. Among the more seriously wounded, three were from...
View Article5 Stories You May Have Missed
A look back over a few key stories of the last week from national and international press:Behind the Foiled Sudan Coup (US News & World Report, 26 November) – The declining health of the Sudanese...
View ArticleWBeG state marks 16 days of activism against gender-based violence
The Ministries of Social Welfare and Culture, Youth and Sport along with Wau’s women’s association celebrated the international day for the abolition of gender-based violence on Monday. read more
View ArticleMisseriya protest over international involvement in Abyei
Protests took place in Khartoum yesterday over Thabo Mbeki’s African Union (AU) proposal on Abyei. read more
View ArticlePress release: 'Major reform or more war'
A thinktank yesterday released a press statement and accompanying 28-page report on the Sudanese regime's political situation in light of the arrests of high-ranking former and current officials one...
View ArticleSudan's detained ex-security chief in hospital
Sudan's former intelligence chief, detained for an alleged plot to sabotage national security, has been taken to hospital with heart trouble, his brother said on Thursday.Salah Gosh was one of 13...
View ArticleYellow fever from Darfur spreads to S. Sudan
Two people from Darfur died of yellow fever in Raja hospital in South Sudan’s north-west. County health officials have 2,000 vaccines on hand to combat the outbreak, which has claimed at least 134...
View ArticleMSF ends hospital support in Raja
The aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have ended their activities in Raja County, Western Bahr el-Ghazal state, concluding a two year contract.Dr Yasser Biajo, Raja hospital director, thanked...
View ArticleFamilies of female Kadugli detainees call for their release
The families of a group of detained women in Kadugli have voiced their deep dissatisfaction at their detention and lack of judicial process.The women were detained by the authorities in South Kordofan...
View ArticleSudan’s al-Khair optimistic on Abyei deadlock
The Sudanese co-chair for the disputed Abyei region received foreign envoys at his home Thursday, telling Radio Tamazuj afterwards that he was optimistic about upcoming talks with his southern...
View ArticleYellow fever claims more lives in South Darfur
Three displaced persons have died and another six have been infected with yellow fever in Kalma camp, South Darfur on Saturday, 1 December, according to reports received from the area.Ali Yaqoub, head...
View ArticleMoney Monday: 5 key stories
This is the sixth edition of ‘Money Monday’ featuring a round-up of financial journalism from or about the two Sudans:Sudan currency falls to new lows as government sounds warning bell on spending...
View ArticleTown lacks meat after Ambororo nomads expelled
Butchers at Raja market complained of lack of cows, sheep and goats due to the ban of Ambororo cattle keepers from the county.Raja’s main market has seen a rise in meat prices owing to the shortage of...
View ArticleProtest in Babanusa in west Kordofan
Citizens in Babanusa in the western sector of South Kordofan held a sit-in demonstration yesterday morning at the locality headquarters in protest against the deterioration of services in the city.A...
View ArticleSouth Sudan marks AIDS day
South Sudan marked AIDS day on 1 December and also declared the following Monday, today, a public holiday.World AIDS day is dedicated every year on 1 December to raising awareness of AIDS, a disease...
View ArticleDinka Ngok criticize Misseriya Abyei protests
A group of Dinka Ngok from Abyei have criticized the Misseriya popular committee’s opposition to Mbeki’s African Union proposal on Abyei as supported by the UN.read more
View ArticleUproar at death sentence in Darfur case
Authorities in eastern Darfur managed to quell community uproar on Saturday following the trial of four alleged armed burglars. The incident occurred last month in Umm Snendra where a number of...
View ArticleUN delays base-building in S. Sudan counties
The UN mission in South Sudan has extended its schedule for building 35 county support bases, saying that “engineering capacity within the Mission is stretched to the limit.”A recent report by the UN...
View ArticleUS envoy in Sudan for talks on border areas
The US Special Envoy to Sudan Princeton Lyman visited Khartoum to discuss the cooperation agreement signed last September in Addis Ababa and the conflicts over the border areas South Kordofan, Blue...
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