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Fire Razes South Sudan Ruling Party Offices, Just Days after Presidential Office Went up in Flame

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Fire Razes South Sudan Ruling Party Offices
AllAfrica.com
By Machel Amos, 17 February 2012 The fire engulfed the offices of the secretary general and chief negotiator Pagan Amum, turning piles of papers into ash. Officials said an air conditioner busted into flame in the conference hall and the fire swiftly 

Headquarters of South Sudan’s ruling party up in flames
Al-Arabiya
By Al Arabiya The office building of South Sudan’s ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) was consumed by fire on Saturday, causing the loss of confidential documents. According to official reports, the fire was due to an electric fault, 

South Sudan-Kenya Oil Pipeline Boost for Growth, Says Lagu
AllAfrica.com
By Wesonga Ochieng, 17 February 2012 THE pipeline to be built from South Sudan to the port of Lamu will play a pivotal economic role between the two countries, the South Sudan government has said. Chief advisor to South Sudan government Joseph Lagu has 

South Sudan: Govt Wants Kenya to Mediate in Abyei
AllAfrica.com
By Wesonga Ochieng, 17 February 2012 South Sudan government wants Kenya to mediate in the conflict between South Sudan and its northern neighbour Sudan over Abyei and Kadugli border areas. Chief South Sudan Presidential Advisor Joseph Lagu said that 

Sudan delays China debt, exports $400 mln of gold
Reuters
KHARTOUM Feb 18 (Reuters) – Sudan has secured a five-year delay on its debts to China, the finance minister said on Saturday, part of efforts to make up for the loss of revenues from the oil-producing south. Ali Mahmoud also told reporters the United 

South Sudan: UN Supports Projects
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is supporting a series of short- and long-term projects to help the people of South Sudan’s state of Jonglei, where ethnic rivalries often result in bloody conflict, to feed themselves and 

Tribalism for tribalism is just tribalism
Sudan Tribune
By James Adiok Mayik February 17, 2012 — It is genuine that the world knows problems of good governance in Unity State, South Sudan. It is also good to make it known nationwide that the challenges facing the evolution of quality governance in Bentiu 

South Sudan Wants Oil Back
Wall Street Journal
By NICHOLAS BARIYO KAMPALA, Uganda-Newly independent South Sudan has issued a legal notice over the more than 6 million barrels of oil allegedly stolen by its northern neighbor, Sudan, since December last year as the spat over oil transit fees between 

Fire consumes headquarters of South Sudan’s ruling party
Sudan Tribune
February 17, 2012 (JUBA) – A devastating fire broke out on Friday at the headquarters of South Sudan’s ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Juba, a week a similar incident at the official residence of the country’s president Salva Kiir 

South Sudan on high alert over meningitis outbreak
Africa Review
Director General and Community Health Dr Lul Riek (centre) flanked by WHO and government representatives speak to reporters over a possible outbreak of meningitis in South Sudan. 24 suspected cases have already been recorded so far.
Condoms to South Sudanese military to stem HIV-AIDS
Afrique en Ligue
New York, US – UNFPA provides condoms to South Sudanese military to stem HIV/AIDS. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is working with a non-governmental organization (NGO) to provide condoms to the South Sudanese military in a bid to tackle the high rates 

South Sudan begins legal steps to track oil sold by Sudan
Reuters Africa
By Ulf Laessing JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan has started legal steps to track down oil seized and sold by Sudan in a row between the two countries over oil payments, a government spokesman said on Friday. The landlocked African nation needs to export 

Tanzania plans a railway line to reach South Sudan
East African
By LEONARD MAGOMBA (email the author) Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda have reached a formal agreement to construct a multi-billion dollar railway network, which would also serve South Sudan and tap into the bloc’s growing trade
MFA Accuses South Sudan of Adopting Foreign Agenda
Sudan Vision
State Minister at the Foreign Ministry, Salah Wanasi reviewed, in a meeting with the Japanese Ambassador to Khartoum, developments of relationship with the State ofSouth Sudan, particularly with regard to oil file, pointing out that the State of South 

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