SSLM/A rebels 'ready for negotiation'
A South Sudan rebel group known as the South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SSLM/A), commanded by Lt Johnson Ulony, has expressed its interest in negotiating with the government of South Sudan to end...
View ArticleSudan Army confirms chopper crash killed seven in Blue Nile
The spokesman for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) confirmed the crash of a military helicopter in a neighbourhood of Ad Damazin, the capital of Blue Nile on Thursday morning, which killied seven crew...
View Article‘Four years from signing to handover of Lamu oil pipeline’: Nhial
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of South Sudan, Nhial Deng Nhial, announced that he expects the proposed Lamu oil pipeline to be completed four years after a contract is...
View ArticleKhartoum must comply with AU proposal for Abyei referendum: Ukec
The Secretary-General of South Sudan’s ruling party SPLM said Khartoum is bound to conduct a referendum for the contested region of Abyei in October, in line with the proposal of the African Union (AU)...
View ArticleCourt at Sinja postpones consideration of Blue Nile events indictees’ cases
Sinja court of Sennar State yesterday postponed the consideration six complaints against the Blue Nile indictees who total 85 defendants.read more
View ArticleMisseriya leader accuses SPLA of killing three herders in Abyei
A prominent Misseriya leader is accusing SPLA elements of killing three fellow tribe members who are herders, and of rustling a number of cattle in the vicinity of Abyei on Tuesday.read more
View ArticleJuba calls for SAF withdrawal from Upper Nile; accused Khartoum of violating...
The Government of South Sudan accused the Sudanese government yesterday of violating the terms of a signed cooperation agreement between the two parties ensuring, amongst other things, arrangements for...
View ArticleS. Kordofan MPs’ caucus accuse Juba; NCP accuses opposition of supporting rebels
A caucus of Sudanese MPs from South Kordofan state have once again accused South Sudan of supporting rebel groups, the SPLM-North and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) prolonging insecurity in the...
View ArticleFire kills diesel salesman in Aweil
A man who locked himself inside a roadside storage stall was killed Saturday night when the diesel inside went up in flames.read more
View Article'Army formation routed in South Kordofan': rebels
Forces of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) claim to have defeated elements of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Tuesday near Umm Berimbita and Khordeleb in South Kordofan.read more
View ArticleThree Sudanese soldiers captured after incursion into Upper Nile
Three Sudanese soldiers were captured after a brief exchange of fire at the border of Upper Nile State. Manyo County Commissioner Al-Tayeb Ajak said that the captured men were all non-commissioned...
View ArticleFighter jets target Kauda in South Kordofan
Two MiG jets targeted the town of Kauda at half past nine in the morning on Sunday with four bombs, causing terror among civilians in the area.read more
View ArticleReport: ‘We had no time to bury them’
A new report by the human rights group Amnesty International points to evidence that the Ingessana Hills in Blue Nile state “endured multiple scorched earth offensives in 2012” as well as bombing...
View ArticleS. Kordofan farmers ‘prevented from cultivating’ in SPLM-N areas
Farmers from Habila in Sudan’s South Kordofan state face an uncertain future as local authorities in the state have prevented them from cultivating their land, because they reside in areas under the...
View ArticleSouth Kordofan embarks to stop border trade with South Sudan
Authorities in Sudan’s South Kordofan state have once again put a halt to cross-border trade with South Sudan, voicing their support for the president’s decision to suspend the joint cooperation...
View ArticleKiir reaffirms commitment to cooperation deal
South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, described on Monday Khartoum’s decision to shutdown Sudanese pipelines exporting Southern oil last Saturday as “very unfortunate” and announced that his government...
View ArticleSAF: Amnesty International’s Blue Nile report is ‘baseless’
The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) have described a report by Amnesty International documenting the alleged deliberate systematic killing of civilians and destruction of property in Blue Nile state as false...
View ArticleMisseriya U-turn: agree to hold Abyei referendum
The leadership of the Misseriya tribe have announced their compliance with the African Union (AU) mediators’ proposal to conduct a referendum on the future of the contested Abyei region scheduled to...
View ArticleSudan, rebels trade blame for pipeline blast
The Sudanese government and rebels accused each other of blowing up a pipeline last night in a disputed region bordering South Sudan. The explosion took place in the Ragaba area within the Abyei...
View ArticlePress release: ‘Troika’ countries call on Juba and Khartoum to honour pacts
Following is the text of a joint statement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague:read more
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