Athor’s Raid in Jonglei: 9 killed in South Sudan rebel raid
9 killed in South Sudan rebel raid
Africa Review
A man stands near destroyed huts in the centre of Duk Padiet after the village in South Sudan was attacked in September 2009. A raid in Jonglei State November 16, 2011 left at least 9 people dead. FILE | AFRICA REVIEW | By MACHEL AMOS in….
South Sudan: Fangak Youth Condemn Rebel Attack On Civilians
AllAfrica.com
The Fangak Youth Union has issued a press release in which it condemns the recent attack on civilians by the rebels in Fangak County. It reads: Fangak Youth Union would like to condemn, in the strongest term possible, the recent attack by the rebels ..
Bank of Khartoum expands in South Sudan, eyes China trade
Daily News Egypt
By Ulf Laessing/Reuters KHARTOUM: Bank of Khartoum, Sudan’s biggest private bank, is expanding in South Sudan to benefit from rising bilateral trade with the new African nation and eyes more Islamic bond sales, top executives said on Tuesday. …
South Sudan: We Need Media to Impact Development
AllAfrica.com
When I arrived Juba Airport yesterday from my Trip to North Africa, I was approached by a number of fellow citizens who might have developed the impressions that the authorities have jailed me but I told them that I left Juba to attend the fourth …
South Sudan states governors call for implementation of decentralization policy
Sudan Tribune
November 16, 2011 (JUBA) – Governors of the ten states in the Republic of South Sudan have called on the national government to fully and effectively implement the policy of decentralized system of governance in the new country. …
South Sudan army release 53 child soldiers
Sudan Tribune
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich November 15, 2011 (BENTIU) – South Sudan’s army released 53 children from its barracks in Unity state on Tuesday after they forcibly recruited earlier this year to help fight a rebellion. Division four of the South Sudanese …
South Sudan rebels reiterate calls to evacuate refugees from the border
Sudan Tribune
By Toby Collins November 15, 2011 (LONDON) – The rebel South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) urged today the UN refugee agency to evacuate 15000 Nuba refugees settled in Northern part of Bentiu”, the Unity state capital. In a statement released on Monday, …
Tension between Sudan, South Sudan
Afrique en Ligue
UN expresses concern over tension between Sudan, South Sudan – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday expressed deep concern about the escalating tension between neighbouring Sudan and South Sudan, especially recent incursions into each other’s …
UN-backed polio vaccination campaign moves forward in South Sudan
News-Medical.net
“Up to 3.2 million South Sudanese children have received vaccinations against polio in a United Nations-backed campaign to ensure the new country remains free of the deadly disease, more than two years after the last case was reported,” the UN News …
Sudan to expand food exports to help overcome crisis
Reuters Africa
Sudan lost most of its oil production — the main source of state revenues — when its former civil war foe South Sudan became independent in July under a 2005 peace agreement. To find new revenues the government plans to increase exports of meat, …
Sudan: IOM assists Southern Sudanese return home from Sudan
Afrique en Ligue
Khartoum, Sudan – Thousands of South Sudanese, who opted to return home following the June separation but are currently stranded in Sudan, have finally started moving southwards, through the joint efforts of the Government in Khartoum and the …
War between Sudan, South Sudan?
UPI.com
16 (UPI) — The governments of Sudan and South Sudan are called on to avoid taking steps that could push the two countries closer to war, a UN peacekeeping chief said. Oxfam, in a Monday statement, said bombing raids and the presence of military forces …