Breaking: New cabinet named in South Sudan
President Salva Kiir Mayardit has named the folowing members to his cabinet in a decree issued tonight:read more
View ArticleSRF denies harming civilians in Kordofan
The Sudan Revolutionary Front denied harming civilians in recent clashes in Kordofan and accused the Sudanese government of targeting civilians in the areas of conflict in Kordofan, Blue Nile and...
View ArticlePro-government militia accused of robbery in Dilling area of South Kordofan
A number of citizens including women have been threatened and robbed by armed militia in Sudan’s South Kordofan State, according to a local source.read more
View ArticleMysterious disappearance of refugee at Yida camp
A Sudanese refugees in Yida Camp of Unity State in South Sudan was reported missing yesterday amid mysterious circumstances. read more
View ArticlePhone networks to be extended in Maban County
The state government of Upper Nile has announced the extension of network services in Maban County in the coming month.read more
View ArticleMSF says Jonglei response still inadequate
International medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says that “the aid response remains far from meeting the needs on the ground” in Jonglei state.read more
View ArticleAuthorities in Khartoum introduce new regulations on aid organizations
Dr. Suleiman Abdel-Rahman, Sudan’s commissioner for humanitarian aid, told reporters at the Republican Palace in Khartoum that new regulations have been introduced in order to guide the work of foreign...
View ArticleSudanese MP confirms rebels overran Dilling road
The Chairperson of the Culture and Media Committee in the Sudanese parliament Afaf Tawer revealed new details of the battle that took place near Dilling last Saturday between the Sudanese Armed Forces...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: List of appointed deputy ministers
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit issued on Wednesday a decree appointing ten national deputy ministers, a week after removing all deputy ministers.read more
View Article‘Decade of Darfur violence affects more than 250 aid workers’: OCHA
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has highlighted records showing that more than 250 aid workers have been “affected by violence” in Darfur in the last decade.read more
View ArticleSurprise meeting of Bashir, Turabi and Taha ‘first of its kind’ since 1999
President Omar al-Bashir met with opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and his former security chief Salah Gosh on Wednesday evening in the presence of his vice president Ali Osman Taha, according to...
View ArticleJEM identifies sites in Kordofan where government is burying mines
The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has accused the Sudanese government of planting mine fields in North and South Kordofan states, identifying several locations where it says recent mining...
View ArticleOne of South Darfur’s ‘most dangerous men’ apprehended
The police in Kass locality in South Darfur report that they apprehended “one of the most dangerous offenders in the state” on Thursday.read more
View ArticleMurder, highway robbery in South Darfur
A driver was killed and four other people injured when pro-government militiamen allegedly opened fire on a commercial vehicle in Buram locality in South Darfur on Saturday.read more
View ArticleVideo: 'Searching for ghosts in South Sudan'
Violence stemming from rivalry between Murle and Lou Nuer tribes has sent at least 100,000 people fleeing their homes. Al Jazeera's Peter Greste reports from Jonglei State.Greste says “The state is...
View ArticleCitizens want An-Nahud as West Kordofan's second capital
Citizens of the An-Nahud town in the recently formed West Kordofan state are requesting governor Ahmed Khamis to make it the province's second capital after Al-Fula.read more
View ArticleExplosion in South Kordofan's Dilling kills 3
At least three people were killed and another was injured in Dilling, South Kordofan, when a device allegedly placed on the vehicle carrying the victims exploded.read more
View ArticlePublic hearing organised on upcoming Abyei referendum
The national referendum committee organised a public hearing in Juba on Saturday aimed at raising awareness and sensitising the South Sudanese, especially those in Abyei, to the importance of the...
View ArticleDeputy Governor of Upper Nile State dissolves the State Workers Union
The deputy governor of Upper Nile State John Ivi Mounto issued a decision last week dissolving the State Workers Union.read more
View ArticleOne wounded in bombing of Mabsouta village in South Kordofan
A citizen was seriously wounded last Sunday when an Antonov aircraft of the Sudan Air Force allegedly dropped seven bombs on Mabsouta village in Rashad Locality in South Kordofan State of Sudan.read more
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