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"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing" By Konstantin Josef Jireček, a Czech historian, diplomat and slavist.

Clinton to make first visit to South Sudan during Africa trip

Clinton to make first visit to South Sudan during Africa trip
CNN
(CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will this week make her first visit to South Sudan, a nation barely one year old that is locked in a bitter dispute with its northern neighbor, as part of a six-country tour of Africa. Clinton sets off Sudan’s Bashir turns down summit with South Sudan’s Kiir
Reuters
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s president has turned down an invitation from the African Union to meet South Sudan’s leader on Wednesday to move forward stalled talks to end hostilities, state news agency SUNA said on Tuesday. The neighbors came 
The Long Road to Juba for Displaced South Sudanese
AllAfrica.com
In May 2012, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) flew thousands of South Sudaneseto Juba. They were part of an estimated 12-15000 returnees that have been stranded in Kosti, Sudan waiting to travel to the South. The move was brought to 
Why Sudan Should Accept South Sudan’s Financial Package
AllAfrica.com
Since their separation in July 2011, Sudan and South Sudan have been negotiating bitterly about the way forward. Time is running short now. South Sudan closed down its entire petroleum industry last January after Sudan had started confiscating and even 

Business Standard
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit troubled South Sudan on an 11-day Africa trip starting this week aimed at spurring economic growth, peace and security, a US official said. Clinton heads first today to Senegal before traveling on to the 

Clinton to visit South Sudan on major Africa trip
Malaysia Star
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit South Sudan as part of an 11-day tour of Africa starting this week aimed at spurring economic growth and security, a US official said Monday. Clinton heads Tuesday to Senegal before traveling on 

South Sudanese Celebrate Martyrs’ Day
Voice of America
Thousands gathered at John Garang Mausoleum in the South Sudan capital of Juba to celebrate the country’s seventh annual Martyrs’ Day. The event is held each year to remember the sacrifices made by the two million people who died during the 21-year 
Meet the runner with no country
CNN (blog)
By Mick Krever. (CNN) – More than 10000 athletes are competing in the London Olympics, each representing a country. All, that is, except four. One of the so-called “Independent Olympic Athletes” is Marathon runner Guor Marial. His country of South 
Obama welcomes new ambassadors to Burma, South Sudan
Fox News
The list includes the ambassador for the world’s newest nation, South SudanSouth Sudandeclared independence last year after decades of civil war with the mainly Arab north. Relations between the two nations remain strained by a territorial dispute 
George Clooney to auction Tesla for South Sudan nonprofit
Los Angeles Times
Actor George Clooney will have Santa Monica auction house Gooding & Co. auction his 2008 Tesla “Signature 100” Roadster to raise money for a nonprofit that uses satellites to monitor the tense border between South Sudan and Sudan for war crimes and US Peace Institute to Fund South Sudan Research Body

AllAfrica.com – ‎8 hours ago‎
By Julius N. Uma, 30 July 2012 Juba — The US Institute of Peace (USIP) is providing start-up funding and advisory support for the Sudd Institute, a new, independent policy research organization based in the South Sudanese capital of Juba.

Rebel leader dismisses Sudan aid deal as “gimmick”

Chicago Tribune –
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A Sudanese rebel leader said on Tuesday that, despite agreeing to do so, Sudan was not serious about providing humanitarian aid in insurgent-controlled areas in two border states and was putting hundreds of thousands of lives at 
Businessweek – ‎‎
By Salma El Wardany on July 31, 2012 Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir declined to meet his South Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir, to push talks to end hostilities between the two countries, the state-run Suna news agency reported.
Chicago Tribune –
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s president has turned down an invitation from the African Union to meet South Sudan’s leader on Wednesday to move forward stalled talks to end hostilities, state news agency SUNA said on Tuesday. The neighbors came close to 
Al-Bawaba –
South Sudan and Israel signed, in the latter’s capital Tel Aviv this week, their first economic cooperation agreement which focuses on development of technology and water infrastructure. According to the Israeli dailyJerusalem Post, the deal was signed 
Voice of America – ‎
Thousands gathered at John Garang Mausoleum in the South Sudan capital of Juba to celebrate the country’s seventh annual Martyrs’ Day. The event is held each year to remember the sacrifices made by the two million people who died during the 21-year 
Al-Arabiya – ‎Jul 30, 2012‎
About 200000 refugees have fled from a worsening humanitarian situation in Blue Nile and South Kordofan states since fighting between government and rebel forces began in June last year. (Reuters) By AFP Sudanese aerial bombing killed three civilians 
Deutsche Welle – ‎Jul 30, 2012‎
Sudan and South Sudan have until August 2 to resolve their differences over oil, border disputes and the status of the contested Abyei region. The negotiations have been marked by disagreement as border clashes continue. Most experts believe that the 
AngolaPress – ‎Jul 30, 2012‎
NEW YORK – The United States is leading international warnings to Sudan and South Sudan to step up efforts to reach a peace accord this week or face possible UN sanctions. The UN Security Council has given the rival neighbors, who this year came close 
UPI.com – ‎
KHARTOUM, Sudan, July 31 (UPI) — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declined to meet with South Sudan leader Salva Kiir Tuesday in a bid to try to resolve differences between the two countries. The planned summit Tuesday between Bashir and Kiir was 
AllAfrica.com – ‎
Khartoum — Sudanese negotiating delegation to the political talks with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) accused the rebel group of hampering the process by seeking to include issues not related to the agenda.

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