Israel Appoints Non-resident Envoy to South Sudan
Israel appoints non-resident envoy to South Sudan
Jerusalem Post
By HERB KEINON The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday named Haim Koren as ambassador to South Sudan, signaling the importance Jerusalem attributes to its relationship with the world’s newest state. Koren, a former director of the ministry’s Political Planning …
UN Security Council presses for ethnic reconciliation in South Sudan
Associated Press of Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (APP) – UN Security Council members have called on warring ethnic communities in South Sudan’s Jonglei state to engage in reconciliation and end the “cycle of conflict” that has claimed an unknown number of casualties in recent …
Explainer: violence in South Sudan
The Guardian
When South Sudan became independent six months ago, many anticipated trouble between the world’s newest state and its northern neighbour Sudan. But the worst loss of life has come in violence between groups within South Sudan itself, …
DFA: South Sudan on crisis alert level 3
Manila Bulletin
With these words from Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday raised crisis alert level 3 in South Sudan in light of the deteriorating security situation caused by inter-ethnic violence in the …
Headlines of major daily newspapers issued in Khartoum today the 9th of …
Sudan News Agency
Defense Minister: We will not accept to be a state ride to the enemies of South Sudan. Faced charges punishable by death, (151) defendants in the events of the Blue Nile are presented for trials. Al- Bashir announced the preparations for holding a …
UN Security Council presses for ethnic reconciliation in South Sudan
Associated Press of Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (APP) – UN Security Council members have called on warring ethnic communities in South Sudan’s Jonglei state to engage in reconciliation and end the “cycle of conflict” that has claimed an unknown number of casualties in recent …
GSDF faces challenges in S. Sudan mission
The Daily Yomiuri
The Ground Self-Defense Force’s nation-building activity as part of a UN peacekeeping operation inSouth Sudan is likely to take a long time and face various challenges. In mid-January, the first batch of a GSDF engineering unit will be sent to South …
South Sudan Marks Peace Day
Oye! Times
This Day is commemorated yearly in remembrance of the CPA that ushered in a new peaceful era in the history of South Sudan after decades of civil war where 2.5million people were killed and over 4 million others displaced. The event was organized by …
UN launches aid effort in South Sudan
Reuters Video
Jan 10 – The United Nations launches a complex humanitarian effort in South Sudan as Africa’s newest nation struggles with tribal clashes. Nick Rowlands reports.
South Sudan, UN Ill-Prepared to Contain Tribal Violence
World Politics Review
By Catherine Cheney | 10 Jan 2012 Outbreaks of violence between the Lou Nuer and Murle tribes inSouth Sudan, which began last month and continued into this week, have left hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced in one of the most remote corners …
South Sudan’s latest ethnic violence claims 22 lives Firstpost Juba, South Sudan: Members of a South Sudanese tribe targeted in massive attacks late last month have killed 22 people and burned down three villages of the opposing tribe in new attacks, a state governor said. Thousands of youth from the Lou Nuer … |
South Sudan accuses Sudan of blocking oil exports Atlanta Journal Constitution By MICHAEL ONYIEGO AP JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan said Tuesday that Sudan, its northern neighbor that controls the region’s pipelines, has blocked the movement of 3.4 million barrels of oil belonging to the south since December. … |