Press must be able to work freely in South Sudan
CPJ Press Freedom Online
We are writing to express our deep concern about the deteriorating state of press freedom in your country. In the past six months, CPJ has documented several cases of attacks, intimidation, and detention of journalists by security agents in South Sudan …
Sudan minister gets new hip in Chennai
Times of India
“I wanted to hear the celebration and breathe in the air of hope of thousands of people who lost their kin in the conflict, but the television in my hospital room was the only window to my country,” said Kau, who is now the internal affairs minister of …
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Sudanese leaders to hold talks in Addis Ababa
Africa Review
South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his Sudan counterpart Omar al-Bashir, are scheduled to hold a summit in Addis Ababa on Friday on the Abyei impasse and accusations of rebel support, officials said on Tuesday. The announcement followed a visit of …
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AfDB Supports Tripartite Committee Efforts
Sudan Vision
Khartoum- African Development Bank (AfDB) confirmed interest to support the efforts of the Tripartite Committee between Sudan, South Sudan, and the African Union, for the treatment of external debt in the framework of the zero option agreed upon in the … |
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Mbeki – Continent Can Solve Its Problems
AllAfrica.com
Mbeki, who stated this shortly after receiving the Daily Trust African of the Year 2012 Award at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja last night, said the success which the panel he led to resolve the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan remains a … |
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Ex-South Sudan Rebels Claim Khartoum Arrested Its Members, Confiscated …
AllAfrica.com
Kampala — A South Sudanese rebel group, which recently signed a peace deal with the Juba government, claims the government of Sudan arrested some of its members and confiscated personal belongings, including cars and houses in the capital, … |
UPDATE 2-South Sudan cuts oil output, sees new problems with Sudan
Reuters Africa
JUBA/KHARTOUM May 21 (Reuters) – South Sudan has almost halved its oil production as it faces new “problems” exporting crude to Sudan, it said on Tuesday, suspecting its long-time rival had closed a cross-border pipeline, a move that would be a sign of … |
South Sudan initiative aims to keep young girls in primary school
EducationGuardian.co.uk
It’s a familiar routine for girls in South Sudan, but Nagomoro was a trailblazer. She was the first girl from Ibba county – a community of 90,000 people – in landlocked Western Equatoria state to finish primary school. Being the only girl at her school … |
UAE investors seek to invest in South Sudan
Sudan Tribune
The investors said they were responding to the visits to their country by the South Sudan’s vice-president, Riek Machar, in which he assured investors in the rich Arab nation of huge potentials as well as the attractive investments laws in the 22-month … |
A C-Turn and SPLM Is Full Swing Into Regionalism
AllAfrica.com
opinion. Regionalism has made it back into the South Sudanese politics, thanks to the leadership of the ruling SPLM that sees these as a way to grainer regional loyalties before the 2015 general elections. So far three regional conferences have already … |
“Report Fairly On Africa”, Ssali Urges Foreign Journalists
AllAfrica.com
South Sudan: “Report Fairly On Africa”, Ssali Urges Foreign Journalists. By Martin Jada (news Agency of South Sudan)., 21 May 2013. press release. Dr. Shaka Ssali, a famous host of Voice of America’s “Straight Talk Africa” has urged foreign journalists … |
SA sold weapons during Sudanese conflict
Independent Online
The report of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) to Parliament records that the committee approved sales of R25.5 million to the UN operation in Sudan, sales of R25.5m to Sudan and sales of R6.9m to South Sudanbetween … |
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Lakes – More Arrests in Rumbek Over Beer Ban
AllAfrica.com
Juba — South Sudanese police and national security personnel continued their crack down on places suspected to be selling alcohol on Tuesday in Lakes state capital, Rumbek. The decision to close bars selling wine, beer and locally brewed alcoholic … |
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