[Ethiopia Government]A Spokesperson Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Sudan has informed the African Union High Level Implementation Panel it does not object AUHIP's latest proposals for solving the problems facing the implementation o...
[The New Sudan Vision]The origin of the term containment (containment policy) can be traced back to an American Diplomat, George Kennan. During the Cold War (1947-1989) between the United States and the Soviet Union, George Kennan formulated the contai...
[Sudan Tribune]The Youth section of the National Umma Party (NUP) issued a statement today announcing that protests are planned for June 29 in al-Khalifa square in Sudan's twin capital of Omdurman.
[Sudan Tribune]Sudan's national assembly narrowly approved a loan from Kuwait after a heated debate on the issue of violating Islamic Shar'ia law which prohibits borrowing money that has interest terms attached.
[Sudan Tribune]Bentiu -Six civilians were seriously injured in a cattle camp in Unity state's Mayom county over the weekend by a group of raiders allegedly from neighbouring Tonj North county of Warrap state.
[Sudan Tribune]Whenever Alex de Waal publishes analysis or reflections, Sudanese intellectuals and activists, and the concerned international institutions and individuals, give it priority attention. The last week of April and first week of May 2013 we...
[Sudan Tribune]Wau -A special court in Wau handling the cases of those charged with involvement in violence last December sentenced three members of the Western Bahr el Ghazal state parliament to two years imprisonment on Monday.
[Sudan Tribune]The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today that it is consulting with the Presidency and other ministries to agree on a time for the visit of South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar.
[Sudan Tribune]The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir met on Wednesday with Chinese special envoy to Africa Zhong Jianhua to discuss the former's decision this month to shut down pipelines that carries oil from landlocked South Sudan for exportin...
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
June 19, 2013 (BENTIU) - Six civilians were seriously injured in a cattle camp in Unity state's Mayom county over the weekend by a group of raiders allegedly from neighbouring Tonj North county of Warrap state.
The raiders managed to escape with 840 cows from the cattle camp next to Wangrang village, which is 30km from Mayom town, according officials in the area.
Keah Machar Guek, who witnessed the attack, told Sudan Tribune on Monday that the attack occurred (...)
June 18, 2013 (WAU) - A special court in Wau handling the cases of those charged with involvement in violence last December sentenced three members of the Western Bahr el Ghazal state parliament to two years imprisonment on Monday.
Along with MPs Julius Benzensio, John Richard and Angelo Marchello, local youth leader Anthony Sokoni and three other young men were all sentenced to a two-year prison term. Three other MPs were found not guilty of involvement in protests and violence.
The (...)
South Sudan and Uganda have agreed to step up security patrols on their common border and on the highway linking Juba to Kampala after a spate of attacks against motorists, officials said Wednesday.
“They agreed to proceed to enforce the deployme...
By Monim El-Jak
June 19, 2013 - Whenever Alex de Waal publishes analysis or reflections, Sudanese intellectuals and activists, and the concerned international institutions and individuals, give it priority attention. The last week of April and first week of May 2013 were for me remarkable weeks, watching de Waal coming with two articles, re-positioning himself as an advocate for “principled” activism and presenting his belief in democratization as the central pillar for resolving Sudan's (...)
Introduction JUBA, South Sudan – The origin of the term containment (containment policy) can be traced back to an American Diplomat, George Kennan. During the Cold War (1947-1989) between the United States and the Soviet Union, George Kennan formulated the containment policy as a United States’ response to a series of moves by the Soviet [...]
The United States has declared China and Russia among the worst countries in fighting human trafficking, a designation that could lead to sanctions against both nations.
In its annual report on human trafficking released Wednesday, the U.S. State Dep...
June 19, 2013, (JUBA) - South Sudan may arrest and prosecute the two suspended federal ministers charged with requesting and wiring funds without the knowledge of the presidency and other relevant institutions, according to a cabinet minister close to president Salva Kiir. On Tuesday Kiir suspended and lifted the immunity of Cabinet Affairs Minister Deng Alor Kuol along with the Finance and Economic Planning Minister Kosti Manibe Ngai for an incident that involves disbursing funds (...)
June 19, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Youth section of the National Umma Party (NUP) issued a statement today announcing that protests are planned for June 29 in al-Khalifa square in Sudan's twin capital of Omdurman.
According to the statement, the "soft attitudes" toward the government "are no longer viable in the face of the system that became addicted to walking on the risks and crises".
"There is no choice but confrontation whatever the price is…. there is no higher cost than the cost of the (...)
June 19, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's national assembly narrowly approved a loan from Kuwait after a heated debate on the issue of violating Islamic Shar'ia law which prohibits borrowing money that has interest terms attached.
Earlier this year, Kuwait and Sudan signed the $85 million loan agreement that aims at expanding electricity in East Sudan and make it available 660,000 people.
The loan was offered at a 2% annual interest rate in addition to 0.5% for administrative fees and a repayment (...)
June 19, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today that it is consulting with the Presidency and other ministries to agree on a time for the visit of South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar. The South Sudanese cabinet d...
“… Saudi Arabia is a destination country for men and women subjected to forced labor and, to a lesser extent, forced prostitution. Men and women from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sudan, Eth...
June 19, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir met on Wednesday with Chinese special envoy to Africa Zhong Jianhua to discuss the former's decision this month to shut down pipelines that carries oil from landlocked South Sudan for exporting into the international market.
Jianhua, who arrived in Khartoum last week, has previously met with foreign minister Ali Karti and oil minister Awad al-Jaz.
According to state media, Bashir explained to the Chinese envoy in (...)
June 19, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today that it is consulting with the Presidency and other ministries to agree on a time for the visit of South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar.
The South Sudanese cabinet decided in its weekly meeting of last Friday to dispatch Machar to Khartoum for talks with officials there on the row that erupted this month following Sudan's decision to shut down its pipelines carrying oil from its southern neighbor. (...)
NERTITI CAMP
The High Committee for Inventory of Losses formed after an attack on camp Nertiti North in Central Darfur last week have assessed that the total losses amount to SDG2,750 million ($6...
