Tensions high between Sudan army and Misseriya tribe
Tensions are very high between traders from the Misseriya tribe and authorities in Sudan after fire was set to a market in Nyama, a town north of the disputed Abyei Area in the Misseriya territory,read...
View ArticleSudan National Consensus Forces meets with Misseriya leaders over Abyei
A delegation of the Sudan National Consensus Forces (NCF), an allied group of Sudan’s opposition parties, met with prominent Misseriya community leaders in Khartoum on Tuesday to discuss issues that...
View Article‘Many civilians arrested in Abu Karshola’ following SRF withdrawal
The Sudanese Security Services have embarked on a ‘massive campaign of arrests’ in the South Kordofan town of Abu Karshola following the withdrawal of rebel forces earlier this week.read more
View ArticleBashir threatens to curtail oil flow alleging South Sudan ‘rebel support’
In Khartoum on Monday, Sudanese president Omar Al Bashir reiterated his threat to shut down and block South Sudan’s oil from flowing through Sudan’s oil pipeline facilities “if the South Sudan...
View ArticleDocument: UN Security Council approves extra troops in Abyei
The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution yesterday mandating the deployment of 1,126 more troops for its peacekeeping force in the Abyei area.read more
View ArticleAweil Hospital receives medicines from WHO
The Health Ministry in Northern Bahr al Ghazal received a donation of anti-malaria and diarrhea drugs from the World Health Organization and other health partners for six months.read more
View Article‘Not enough guns in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal’
State police commissioner Major General Peter Mading says that there is a shortage of guns and policemen in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal, making it difficult for police to protect civilians.read more
View ArticleTeachers on strike in Abiemnhom County
Teachers in Abiemnhom County of Unity State have closed the schools and gone on open-ended strike, accusing the state ministry of education of non-compliance with its pledges towards the education...
View ArticleEight border points to be opened
Eight of the eleven border points identified between the border areas are to be opened immediately. The Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed on activating the committee that will work on...
View ArticleBlue Nile to be diverted ‘a few metres’ for Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
The Ethiopian officials have said that the section of the Blue Nile that passes through Sudan “will be diverted for a few metres”, for the construction of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, but will then...
View ArticleMayom County Commissioner: SSLA forces in poor condition – Juba must act
The Unity state Mayom County commissioner John Bol Mayak spoke yesterday of the deterioration of humanitarian conditions for forces of the South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA), the armed group which...
View ArticlePress release: Reporter arrested after covering evictions in Ethiopia dam region
Ethiopian authorities have detained since Friday a reporter who sought to interview people evicted from their homes in a region where the government is building a contentious hydro-electric dam on the...
View ArticleReturnees arrive from Sudan to Upper Nile region
A number of South Sudanese families arrived safely yesterday in the Upper Nile Renk County, after returning from Sudan.Some of them told Radio Tamazuj that they departed from Sudan’s Kassala state last...
View ArticleAbyei citizens returning home after Sultan’s death
The people of the hotly contested region of Abyei have started returning home again after the killing of Ngok Dinka paramount chief Kuol Deng Kuol a month ago.read more
View ArticleTeachers in Wau against abolishing Arabic lessons
Arabic-speaking teachers in schools of Wau, Western Bahr El Ghazal, complained about the state education ministry’s ultimatum abolishing lessons in Arabic in primary one and two.read more
View ArticleKiir meets head of Japanese infrastructure giant
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit met with the leader of Toyota Tsusho Corporation during a visit to Japan. They discussed the possibility of building an oil pipeline from South Sudan to the...
View Article1,000 South Sudanese to be deported from Sudan next Saturday
The Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) in Khartoum state has begun with preparations to deport 1,000 South Sudanese returnees to their respective final destinations in the various South Sudanese states....
View ArticleMoney Monday: 5 key stories
A weekly round-up of journalism about economic events in the two Sudans: read more
View ArticleUNISFA accused of blocking Nyama-Mayom road
Traders in Mayom County of Unity State have accused the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) of stopping goods from moving from West Kordofan into South Sudan. Misseriya traders have been using...
View ArticleNBeG State Ministry of Agriculture receives equipment from WFP
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state on Monday received a quantity of non-food logistical items from the World Food Programme (WFP). read more
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