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UNAMID expresses concern over recent fighting in Darfur
Link to web article here.May 22, 2017 (EL-FASHER) - The hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Monday has expressed deep concern over the recent clashes between government forces and rebel...
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South Sudan forces killed 114 civilians around Yei in six months - UN
Link to web article here.The SPLA also committed an unknown number of rapes and incidents of torture and looting, the U.N. said in the report.(REUTERS)South Sudanese pro-government forces killed at...
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Sudan accuses Egypt of backing rebels ahead of foreign minister's trip
Link to web article here.Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (REUTERS)Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir accused Egypt on Tuesday of supporting rebels at war with Khartoum, a week ahead of a visit to...
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Sudan: Rebel commander arrested in Darfur
Link to web article here.Deadly clashes erupted between Sudanese forces and rebels in Darfur over the past daysKHARTOUMA senior rebel commander has been arrested by Sudanese army forces in the troubled...
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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir accuses Egypt of arming rebels
Link to web article and video here.Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has alleged that Egyptian government is arming rebel groups in the troubled Darfur region of the country.Sudanese forces he says have...
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South Sudan's Kiir declares unilateral ceasefire, prisoner release
Link to web article here.South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends the launching of the National Dialogue committee in Juba, South Sudan May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jok SolomunThe president of war-ravaged...
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WHY I BECAME A REBEL SOLDIER IN SOUTH SUDAN
Link to web article here.BenjaminSouth SudanMy days are full of mental preparation. I wake up, read — mostly about Che Guevara these days. Sometimes I read funny things to help maintain my composure....
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Tutu Fellows appeal to African leaders for intervention in South Sudan crisis
Link to web article here.South Sudanese refugees take reading lessons at the UNHCR camp of al-Algaya in Sudan’s White Nile state, south of Khartoum, on May 17, 2017. AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLYAs the...
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South Sudan State Partially Closes Border in Ebola Scare
Link to web article here.FILE - A health worker sprays a colleague with disinfectant during a training session for Congolese health workers to deal with Ebola virus in Kinshasa, Oct. 21, 2014.State...
View ArticleSudan: Pregnancy and War - Women At Risk in the Nuba Mountains
Link to web article here.ANALYSISDuring one of the worst aerial bomb attacks against the rebel-controlled areas in the Nuba Mountains, Awatif Ali Mohammed was very pregnant. Sudan government warplanes...
View ArticleChina to deploy first peacekeeping helicopter unit to Sudan
Link to web article here.China will soon deploy its first peacekeeping helicopter unit to the Darfur region of Sudan. The unit, which is part of the 81st Group Army of the People's Liberation Army...
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Sudan accuses Egypt of backing rebels ahead of foreign minister's trip
Link to web article here.President Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, has been at war with various rebel factions in three southern regions of Sudan for years....
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Egypt denies Sudan claims of providing vehicles to rebels
Link to web article here.Cairo - Egypt has denied the announcement by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir that Egyptian armored vehicles were used by rebels in recent attacks in the Darfur region.Foreign...
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Sudan accused of bypassing arms embargo to import weapons
Link to web article and video here.A UK-based campaign group, Conflict Armament Research (CAR) has said in a new report that Sudan has been able to bypass international sanctions and arms embargoes to...
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Sudan’s Bashir accuses Egypt of supporting Darfur rebel attack
Link to web article here.May 23, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Tuesday has accused Egypt of supporting the armed movements that recently entered Darfur from Libya and South...
View ArticleU.S., Britain, U.N. wary of South Sudan ceasefire announcement
Link to web article here.The United States, Britain and the United Nations were skeptical on Wednesday of South Sudan President Salva Kiir's declaration of a unilateral ceasefire, noting that it...
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S. Sudan’s Kiir Announces Truce, National Dialogue
Link to web article here.South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends a ceremony marking the 34th anniversary of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in the capital Juba, South Sudan Thursday, May...
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South Sudan: ‘Fighting must stop now’ so millions can be spared from famine,...
Link to web article here.FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva (centre) and WFP Executive Director David Beasley (right) at the Rumbek milk processing plant in South Sudan.Photo: FAO/Albert...
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South Sudan president orders army to stop attacks on rebel positions
Link to web article here.May 24, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday directed the army to not attack the position of armed opposition forces after declaring a unilateral...
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South Sudan wildlife surviving civil war, but poaching and trafficking...
Link to web article here.The first aerial assessment of the impact of South Sudan's current civil war on the country's wildlife and other natural resources shows that significant wildlife populations...
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Africa Day Call to Action on South Sudan
Africa Day Call to Action on South SudanWASHINGTON — On Africa Day Thursday, about 300 young African leaders appealed to African heads of state to rescue South Sudan's 2015 peace agreement.The...
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LAST JAPANESE TROOPS LEAVE UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN
LAST JAPANESE TROOPS LEAVE UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN SOUTH SUDANOil-rich South Sudan has been ravaged by civil war since 2013, when President Salva Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, fired his deputy Riek Machar,...
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Doubt expressed over South Sudan ceasefire
Doubt expressed over South Sudan ceasefireThe United States, Britain and the United Nations were sceptical of South Sudan President Salva Kiir's declaration of a unilateral ceasefire, noting it...
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South Sudan statistics are troubling, Washington tells UN briefing
South Sudan statistics are troubling, Washington tells UN briefingUN peacekeepers in South Sudan with one of their helicopters (UNMISS)Link to web article here.About 100 aid workers were forced to...
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South Sudan’s Kiir to prioritise peace over personal ambitions
South Sudan’s Kiir to prioritise peace over personal ambitionsLink to web article here.May 29, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir has vowed to prioritise peace in the country and that his...
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