South Sudan accuses Sudan of bombings ahead of talks

By Waakhe Simon Wudu AP File photo – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiirr, center, and Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, right, stand on the podium at the start of independence celebrations in Juba, South Sudan. South Sudan said Monday Sudanese war …

By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan accused Sudan on Monday of flying warplanes over the southern capital Juba and bombing other parts of its territory, one day before the resumption of negotiations between the two foes.

* Oil shutdown strangles currency inflow, sends prices soaring * Ruling ex-rebels call for belt-tightening patriotism * Alarmed donors, China press for oil deal with Sudan * Hardship will not be equal in world’s newest state By Pascal Fletcher JUBA, …

JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s citizens who paid in blood for their independence in a long liberation war are being told freedom carries its own price – in hardship. An oil shutdown from January by the former bush rebels who now run the world’s newest …

 Sudan bombs S. Sudan on eve of peace talks: South

South Sudan said Monday Sudanese war planes and artillery had bombarded its territory on the eve of peace talks, as Southern officials set off to attend African Union-led negotiations in Ethiopia. “They are bombing South Sudan, attacking South Sudan, …

Khartoum – Sudan says it is ready to pull its soldiers out of the contested Abyei region, former US president Jimmy Carter said after meeting Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir on Sunday. “He has notified the negotiators he’s ready to withdraw troops from …

By NICHOLAS BARIYO KAMPALA, Uganda—Oil-producing Sudan and South Sudan traded accusations Monday, with each accusing the other of starting cross-border attacks, just a day before the resumption of crisis talks aimed at ending weeks of fighting.

 Juba, Khartoum to meet for crisis talks after fighting

ADDIS ABABA, May 28 – Sudan and South Sudan are due to restart African Union-led talks in the Ethiopia Tuesday in the first face-to-face meeting since bitter border fighting took the foes to the brink of all-out war. International pressure has pushed …

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has said he is ready to pull troops from a disputed border area with South Sudan, former US President Jimmy Carter said on Sunday, describing it as a major step toward achieving peace between …

 Sudan, S. Sudan negotiators to meet in first face-to-face peace talks since …

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (R) and his southern counterpart Salva Kiir are due to restart African Union-led peace talks. (File photo) By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES Sudan and South Sudan are due to restart African Union-led talks in the Ethiopia on …

Former US President Jimmy Carter says Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir told him he is ready to pull troops out of Abyei — a region also contested by South Sudan. Mr. Carter held talks with the Sudanese president in Khartoum Sunday, …

South Sudan’s independence last July was forged through years of hard-fought rebellion in the bush, so it seems fitting that the world’s newest nation still keeps much of its history in a tent. The weather-beaten brown tent in a roadside government …

 Sudan complains over south ‘aggression’: media

South Sudan’s government in Juba denies backing the rebels and accuses Khartoum of supporting insurgents south of the border. (File photo) By AFP Khartoum has complained to the UN Security Council over alleged “aggression” by South Sudan, …

The African continent recently commemorated Africa Day under a plethora of challenges that continue to traumatise and stifle development, much to the detriment of the populace. Hunger and endless senseless wars have become a normative value and there …

 Relief as Govts Agree to Talk

Khartoum – The international community has welcomed the announcement of the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to resume talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next week, under the auspices of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (Allafrica).

 S.Sudan accuses Sudan of bombings ahead of talks

South Sudan accused Sudan on Monday of flying warplanes over the southern capital Juba and bombing other parts of its territory, one day before the resumption of negotiations between the two foes. The two Sudans have been at loggerheads over a long …

By Maha El-Sanosi, 28 May 2012 Khartoum — South Sudanese in Sudan are facing deportation after their citizenships were revoked by the Sudanese government. They have lived, studied and worked together for decades, but now, ten months into South Sudan’s …

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is ready to pull troops from the disputed, Abyei, border area with South Sudan, former US President Jimmy Carter said on Sunday at a press briefing. “President Bashir told us he had notified the negotiators that …

 Sudan, South Sudan to restart AU-brokered talks in Ethiopia

Pagan Amum (left), the chief negotiator from South Sudan, the lead mediator for the African Union, Piere Buyoya (centre) and Sudan’s head negotiator Idriss Abdu Qadir attend the African Union-led talks, Addis Ababa, March 13, 2012.

May 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s presidential assistant Nafie Ali Nafie renewed his accusations against the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) for their alleged participation in the seizure of Heglig by the south Sudanese army.

 Sudan: Country Is Willing to Withdraw Its Troops From Abyei, President Carter

Khartoum — President Omer Hassan al-Bashir is ready to withdraw Sudanese troops from Abyei, announced the former American president Jimmy Carter in Khartoum on Sunday. President Carter and former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi who are …

By Ahmed elzobier May 27, 2012 — Hisham Abbas wrote on a Sudanese website a compelling and horrific story about the wars in the south. He and many others were forcibly recruited at the young age of 17 before they had even finished high school.

By Peter Reat Gatkuoth, 27 May 2012 “The discrimination against women means any distinction, exclusion, restriction or any differential treatment based on sex and whose objectives or effects compromise or destroy the recognition, enjoyment or the …

May 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The spokesperson of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Colonel Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa’ad, has emphatically denied allegations of using cluster bombs in fighting against rebels of South Kordofan State. Last week the London-based …

Khartoum — Sudan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Saturday has filed a new complaint accusing the South Sudan of carrying attacks on its territory in Darfur and South Kordofan and providing support to rebel groups.

By Col. Chuol Wan Luot, 27 May 2012 The initial South Sudanese experience of negotiating with Khartoum was of negotiating with “solid” counterparts in the midst of crisis toward potential conflict. Today, however, there is a growing of information and …

May 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A senior member of the ex-opposition Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has dismissed internal complaints over the party’s participation in the Sudanese government, asserting that they are “happy” to be on board.

The above headline in our yesterday’s news bulletin sounds extremely important and encouraging for future development of republic of South Sudan. When the 29 ministries were announced by the President Salva Kiir Mayardit on 6th September, 2011 without …

May 26, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan claimed on Saturday one woman was killed on her farm in Majakbaai village, Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, following a raid carried out by Khartoum-backed Arab tribesmen. “This belligerent act is another violation of …

Thabo Siavhe (28), who was captured by North Sudanese soldiers while doing landmine clearance work on a United Nations contract in Sudan some four weeks ago, was released on Sunday, along with three other captives. Thabo was an employee of the …