Authorities encouraging returns to Duk County
Thousand of displaced people who fled out of Duk County when it was overrun by rebels have decided to go back home after SPLA recaptured the town a month ago, according to the county government.read more
View ArticleVideos: New atrocities in South Sudan
South Sudan suffered a new spasm of violence last week that left dead hundreds of people, with massacres of civilians carried out in two state capitals, Bentiu and Bor.read more
View ArticleSouth Sudan church leaders want to observe Addis peace talks
Leaders of the South Sudanese churches who formed the National Platform for Peace and Reconciliation together with two other institutions earlier this month have requested to observe the upcoming round...
View ArticleSPLM-N arrives in Addis for talks with Sudan government
Negotiators of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North have arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for talks with the Sudanese government.read more
View ArticleGovernor says assassinated Wau police chief was rebel
The governor of Western Bahr al Ghazal State says that the senior police officer killed in Tombura by unknown gunmen was an arms smuggler and ‘defector’ to the SPLA opposition faction.read more
View ArticleUN confirms massacres in South Sudan, says FM being used for hate messages
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has confirmed that hundreds of civilians were killed en masse at the Bentiu hospital and mosque last Tuesday and Wednesday, also disclosing that the radio...
View ArticleTwo IRC staff among victims of Bor massacre
Two staff of the relief organization International Rescue Committee were killed last Thursday in the attack on the UN base in Bor town, when armed gunmen overran the base perimeter targeting unarmed...
View ArticleSalaries committee paying Upper Nile civil servants
Authorities in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state have announced that payment of state government employees’ arrears is ongoing in the state.read more
View ArticleSouth Sudan education minister heads to Khartoum
South Sudan’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, John Gai Yoach will pay a three-day visit to the Republic of Sudan with the aim of discussing ways to enhance cooperation on...
View ArticleBabanusa youths stage protest over corruption charges
Youths in Babanusa Locality in Sudan’s West Kordofan state staged protests yesterday, alleging that the locality government’s fuel stocks were being sold by a member of parliament.read more
View ArticleUK: ‘Those inciting violence will be held accountable’
United Kingdom Foreign Office Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds has condemned ‘ethnically motivated’ attacks in South Sudan, saying that not only those who actually perpetrated the violence but also...
View ArticleDarfur refugees at Boro Medina complain of lack of aid
Sudanese refugees who are currently living in Boro Medina camp in South Sudan’s far northwest complain of food shortages and poor health services. The refugees have lived in the camp in Raja County of...
View ArticleUN needs ‘urgent military reinforcements’ after Bentiu massacres
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) says that “urgent military reinforcements are needed” to protect the increasing population of civilians at its base in Bentiu after massacres in the...
View ArticleAU inquiry panel begins work in South Sudan
The African Union (AU) Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan says that it has begun its first mission to South Sudan. The commission is tasked to produce a report within three months to be presented to...
View ArticleSudan: Parties disagree on format for ‘Two Areas’ talks
Negotiators of the Sudanese government and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North disagreed on the agenda and committee arrangements for talks that started this week in Addis Ababa under the...
View ArticleFighting at South Sudan’s Mapel army base
Fighting erupted among SPLA soldiers in Mapel base in Western Bahr al Ghazal on Friday leaving several people dead and causing many others to flee to the bush.read more
View ArticleFreed political prisoners stopped from leaving South Sudan
Security personnel of the South Sudanese government stopped two freed political prisoners from leaving the country this afternoon, just hours after being set free by a judge after the prosecution...
View ArticleObama under Congressional pressure to sanction South Sudanese leaders
US President Barack Obama is under pressure from US lawmakers to sanction ‘high-profile individuals’ on both sides of the civil war in South Sudan, using the sanctions authority he authorized earlier...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Gunfights within Bahr el Ghazal capital
Fighting broke out last night within Wau, the capital city of Western Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan. The cause of the shooting has not yet been confirmed, nor the number of casualties.read more
View ArticlePolitics: G7 and Juba factions report progress in SPLM Political Bureau talks
Members of the Political Bureau of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement have reported agreement on an agenda and rules of engagement for the intra-party dialogue hosted in the Ethiopian capital...
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