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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 … |
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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 Sudan. South 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 …
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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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