‘New Khartoum’ returnees still hope for Abyei poll
Returnees from Abyei residing in the ‘New Khartoum’ settlement of Kwajok are determined to vote in a referendum on the status of their homeland in spite of the killing of their paramount chief two...
View Article14 women and children shot in Ulang County
At least two people were killed and 14 were wounded by cattle raiders in Ulang County of Upper Nile State. Fourteen of those injured or killed were women or children, according to a foreign...
View ArticlePress release: Diplomats call for ‘dialogue’ in Jonglei
Following is the text of a joint statement by Ambassador Susan D. Page (United States), Ambassador Hanne-Marie Kaarstad (Norway), Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Jon Dean (United Kingdom), Ambassador Sven Kühn...
View ArticleMore flee ahead of ‘decisive hour’ in Kordofan battle
Thousands of people continue to flee across the North Kordofan border from areas around Abu Kershola, a town in South Kordofan seized by the Sudan Revolutionary Front on 27 April.read more
View ArticleExclusive (I): SSLA deny role in Warrap raids
Ex-rebels of South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) led by Bapiny Monytuil in Unity State who have responded to South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s calls for amnesty strongly denied allegations by the...
View ArticleExclusive (II): Mayom group mediating with hold-out rebels
A top commander in the South Sudan Liberation Army disclosed that he has been in contact with other rebel commanders to persuade them to make peace with the government. In an interview with Radio...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese returnees abducted by armed groups in Khartoum camps
Reports from South Sudanese refugee camps in Khartoum claim that armed groups have been kidnapping youth from the camps, many of whom are waiting for the authorities to transfer them to South Sudan.A...
View ArticleSudan accused ‘elements’ of SPLA, Israel of supporting SRF in S. Kordofan
Sudan’s presidential advisor and the chairman of the National Congress Party, Nafie Ali Nafie, has claimed that military elements from South Sudan are currently backing the Sudan Revolutionary Front...
View ArticleCommodities prices drop but traders complain of checkpoint extortion
A numbers of residents in Wau town, Western Bahr el-Ghazal state, have reported a reduction in commodity prices in the town’s markets after South Sudan’s border with Sudan was reopened this year...
View ArticleBahr el-Ghazal conference discusses street children phenomenon
A conference discussing issues facing the greater Bahr el-Ghazal region, which ended on Sunday in Wau, has highlighted the problem of street children in the region.read more
View ArticleJuba postpones joint border crossings committee meeting with Sudan
The Joint Technical Committee assigned to demarcate the border between South Sudan and Sudan have announced that a meeting to be held this month has been postponed, allegedly to discuss the parties’...
View ArticleAlleged small arms distribution in Umm Rawaba to fight SRF
Informed sources claimed yesterday that the administration of the Popular Defence Force (PDF) distributed more than 1500 rifles to citizens in Umm Rawaba last weekend, allegedly to encourage them to...
View ArticleSAF air strikes kill 5 in South Kordofan
Sudanese rebel group, The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), has accused the Sudanese government in Khartoum of ethnic cleansing of the Nuba people of South Kordofan, due to arbitrary...
View ArticleSouth Sudan cuts oil output citing problem with exports to Sudan
South Sudan has almost halved its oil production due to a problem with oil exports to Sudan, it said on Tuesday, adding it suspected its rival had closed the cross-border pipeline in a possible sign of...
View ArticleSouth Sudan pipeline closure ‘not official’
A high-ranking official in the government of Unity State confirmed that the flow of oil from South Sudan’s western fields toward the north was stopped.read more
View ArticleWork resumes in Wau Teaching Hospital following attack
Work resumed at Wau teaching hospital in South Sudan yesterday after an attack last week on staff by a relative of a deceased patient. One anaesthetist was killed in the attack by a man whose wife died...
View ArticleGreater Bahr el-Ghazal governors pledge support to Kiir in next election
Governors from Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap, Lakes State and Western Bahr el Ghazal have unanimously resolved to fully support the election of President Salva Kiir for another term in office....
View ArticleS. Kordofan: 2 killed, 4 injured in attack on traders’ convoy
At least 2 traders were killed and 4 others injured as a convoy was hijacked in the Sudanese state of South Kordofan on their way to South Sudan’s Unity state.read more
View ArticleBorder tribes hold migration talks in Unity State
Border tribes are holding talks in Unity State over migration of cattle within the northern parts of the state. The conference attracted participants from Mayom, Abiemnhom, Rubkona and Pariang on the...
View ArticleNBeG flood displaced complain of lack of services; question state tax
Flood-affected residents in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal state who were temporarily transferred by authorities to the area of Riang-Aluel Weng last year, have complained that they lack any land on which to...
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