Sudan, South Sudan trade blame for deteriorating security
Sudan, South Sudan trade blame for deteriorating security
Christian Science Monitor
Sudan President Bashir and South Sudan President Kiir are heaping blame on one another amid first cross-border attacks. By Nenad Marinkovic, Guest blogger / November 14, 2011 Editor’s note: This piece was originally published on Nov. 10. …
South Sudan Refugee Camp Bombed – Samaritan’s Purse Reports
YouTube
Samaritan’s Purse VP of Programs reports from inside the refugee camp that was bombed Nov 10, 2011 in Yida, South Sudan. Learn more: http://ar.gy/kM3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1EDjtvlko
South Sudan joins ICAO
eTurboNews
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda | Nov 14, 2011 (eTN) – As the long march for the new Republic of South Sudan continues into independence, the young country has made another milestone step when it finally was accepted as the 191st member of ICAO. …
War again possible along Sudan’s southern border
USA Today
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The presidents of Sudan and the new nation of South Sudan are both predicting the possibility of a new war in an oil-rich region that has seen a spike in cross-border attacks. Troop build-ups are being reported on both sides of …
South Sudan replaces anti-corruption chief
Reuters Africa
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan appointed a senior judge to head its anti-corruption commission at the weekend, in a possible bid to revitalise the organisation which has failed to produce a single conviction since it was set up in 2006. …
South Sudan refugee-camp raid raises tensions
Al Jazeera
The Yida refugee camp in the recently formed nation of South Sudan – home to 20000 people – was hit by a bomb on Thursday, witnesses said. Many feel the government of Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, is to blame. South Sudan split from Sudan in …
Alaska lawmakers seek to force state’s oil-wealth investment fund to divest of …
MiamiHerald.com
By SEAN COCKERHAM ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A bipartisan group of Alaska state legislators hopes to force managers of the $37 billion Alaska Permanent Fund to dump the stocks of companies doing business in Iran, but past efforts to divest from Sudan, South …
Sudan Accused of Bombing Refugee Camp in South Sudan, Killing 12
Democracy Now
Sudan is being accused of bombing a refugee camp in the newly formed nation of South Sudan, killing at least 12 people. The bomb hit a region where more than 20000 refugees live. Growing violence along the border between the two nations has forced …
Sudan Rebel Groups Form Alliance to Topple Bashir
Voice of America
Sudan’s government has been fighting rebels in Darfur since 2003. Clashes with rebels in the states of Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan erupted earlier this year. Bashir and his allies have accused newly-independent South Sudan of supporting the rebels, …
South Sudan: Making Tax Work in South Sudan
AllAfrica.com
Needless to say, nowhere is it possible to escape the former; but it’s all too easy to shun taxes in South Sudan. The system as it presently stands is too complex, difficult to understand, enforce, and comply with. Meanwhile, abundant oil rents and aid …
Sudan: Dr. Kamal Obeid – Acts of Rebel Movements Reflect State of Confusion At …
AllAfrica.com
He said that the new thing was the adoption of the government of South Sudan to these rebel movements and its permit for them to meet in Juba, adding that this move reflect ill intention in dealing with the events at the region. …
South Sudan: Towards a higher education fit for twenty first century
Sudan Tribune
It is my hope that we will have more statesmen than politicians when it comes to designing a policy for higher education in South Sudan. When South Sudan declared its independence on 9th July 2011, it inherited nine public and sixteen private …
UN lauds South Sudan’s decision to back global treaty against anti-personnel mines
DefenceWeb (press release)
The United Nations welcomed the decision of South Sudan to become the newest member of the global convention banning the use, stockpiling, production and sale of anti-personnel mines, describing it as an “historic step” for a country plagued by …
Nile Commercial Bank continues to refund customers as it reopens
Sudan Tribune
Earlier this month the bank reopened in Rumbek, the capital of Lakes state, giving 6000 customers access their money after the bank was bailed out by the South Sudan Central Bank. The manager of the Nile Commercial Bank (NCB), Daniel Mabor Machol, …
UDF denies supporting rebels in South Sudan
Sudan Tribune
12 November 2011 (ST) In a press conference called by, Joice James Konyi and John Jal Thiac, both members of Jonglei’s parliament, on Saturday said their party is not supporting formation of rebel group against the government of South Sudan. …
BRIEF: South Sudan’s Governors Forum kicks off in Juba
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
JUBA, Nov 14, 2011 (Sudan Tribune – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Governors of the ten states of South Sudan arrived in Juba on Sunday, for a forum that will discuss progress and challenges faced in each state. …
US, China in Sudan great game
Asia Times Online
This move will shape events in North and South Sudan and tell us much of the relations between the US and China. The Sudanese conflict entails religion and ethnicity – a Muslim-Arab north with Khartoum as capital, and a Christian-African south with …
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