South Sudan calls on UN to impose sanctions against Sudan
BBC News –
Up to 4000 people are fleeing into South Sudan every day to escape fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile province, according to medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres. MSF told the BBC that about 30000 people were now in makeshift shelters just inside South …
Chicago Tribune –
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Sudan said it had pulled its police forces from a disputed border region, removing a possible obstacle to troubled peace talks with its neighbor South Sudan which also claims the fertile area. The ownership of Abyei is a major …
BusinessWeek –
By MOHAMMED SAEED Sudan’s military says 169 policemen remain in the disputed oil-rich Abyei region following the army’s withdrawal from the area this week. Military spokesman Col. Sawarme Khalid Saad told the official Radio Ombdurman on Friday that the …
UPI.com –
JUBA, South Sudan, June 2 (UPI) — The United Nations said it is providing emergency aid as it tries to relocate an estimated 20000 refugees amassed on the South Sudanese border. Refugees along South Sudan’s Elfoj border area have fled their homes …
AllAfrica.com –
Khartoum — Sudanese and South Sudanese negotiators agreed Friday on a roadmap to guide their talks being held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa under the mediation of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), according to Sudan’s …
Shanghai Daily (subscription) –
KHARTOUM, June 2 (Xinhua) — Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to begin negotiations on security arrangements as part of the current round of talks between the two sides in Addis Ababa under the African Union mediation, Khartoum’s Al-Sudani daily …
Sudan Tribune –
June 2, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has written to over 75 former and current government officials directly asking them to account for misappropriated funds. Kiir in a statement released on Friday 1 June, as part of anti-corruption …
Sudan Tribune –
By Julius N. Uma May 31, 2012 (JUBA) – As talks between Sudan and South Sudan got underway on Tuesday US-based Refugees International has recommended that both parties make the status of each other’s citizens a priority. Refugees International (RI) …
Press TV –
Smoke rises from burnt homes in the disputed Abyei region, located on the border of Sudan and South Sudan, May 23, 2012. South Sudan has called on the United Nations to impose sanctions against Sudan for what it refers to as “continued aerial and …
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