UN wants South Sudan hybrid court - and fast
UN wants South Sudan hybrid court - and fastAfrica / 16 September 2016, 09:59amLink to web article here. Juba - A United Nations team formed to monitor and report on human rights situation in South...
View ArticleReports: Sudan government arrests people returning from Israel
Reports: Sudan government arrests people returning from IsraelOver 3,300 arrest warrants have been issued for Sudanese citizens returning to the country after having been to Israel, which is considered...
View ArticleGunman kills 11 South Sudanese at Juba soccer game watch
Link to web article here.November 6, 2016 (JUBA)- At least 11 people, mostly football fans, are reported dead in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, when a lone gunman opened fire at a group of people...
View ArticleSouth Sudan’s main opposition party elects new chairperson
Link to web article here.November 6, 2016 – South Sudan’s main opposition party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement for Democratic Change Party (SPLM-DC) have elected a new leader to replace its...
View ArticleSudan: New Day in Court for Pastors in Khartoum
Sudan: New Day in Court for Pastors in KhartoumLink to web article here.Khartoum — In the ninth court session against three pastors and a Christian layman in the Central Khartoum Court on Thursday, the...
View ArticleSouth Sudan withdraws troops from border with Sudan
Link to web article here.November 8, 2016 (JUBA)- South Sudanese government under President Salva Kiir announced on Tuesday that it has pulled out troops from the common border with the neighbouring...
View ArticleSudan’s striking doctors campaign to free fellow detainees
Link to web article here.November 9, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) announced on Tuesday they have initiated an intensive campaign, with the support of many groups, to...
View ArticleUS urges caution in Sudan
Link to web article here.Khartoum - The United States on Tuesday asked its nationals in Sudan to take caution against possible protests following recent government decisions to increase prices of fuel...
View ArticleUN warns that South Sudan risks spiralling into a genocide
Link to web article here.Link to web image here.South Sudan’s festering civil war risks spiraling into genocide, according to the U.N.’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, who cited recent...
View ArticleFaint hopes over abducted Sudan refugees
Link to web article here.Khartoum - Humanitarian organisations are working round the clock to ascertain the whereabouts of 32 children and women kidnapped by armed groups in South Sudan.It is feared...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese official sacked for meeting SPLM-IO leader
Link to web article here.November 13, 2016 (JUBA)- A gubernatorial adviser in the newly created Tonj state of Bahr el Ghazal region, home to President Salva Kiir has been arrested and relieved from his...
View ArticleUganda: Tens of Thousands Flee Violence in South Sudan
Link to web article here.“I came to Uganda because of the violence in South Sudan," says 37-year-old Rose Roba, who arrived in Uganda with her five children around a month ago after fleeing South...
View ArticleSudan: Darfur - Policeman Gets Life Imprisonment for Child Rape
Link to web article here.El Geneina — A policeman has been sentenced to lifelong imprisonment for raping a minor in West Darfur on Thursday.The Special Criminal Court for Darfur Crimes in El Geneina...
View ArticleSudan in the wake of a Trump victory
Link to web article here.I have been asked regularly over the past week what a Trump victory means for Darfur, and Sudan more broadly. I must confess the gravest concern and a fear that the U.S....
View ArticleTrump’s adviser vows not to lift sanction against Sudan
Trump’s adviser vows not to lift sanction against Sudan WASHINGTON D.C. (11 Nov.) Link to web article here. Walid Phares, Trump’s foreign policy adviser says US President-elect has pledge not to...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese President grants amnesty to rebels
Link to web article here.November 16, 2016 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has reportedly granted amnesty to 750 troops loyal to his main political rival and the country’s former First...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Populations at Risk - Imminent Risk
Link to web article here.Despite the August 2015 peace agreement, recent violence in South Sudan poses an imminent threat to populations who may be targeted on the basis of ethnicity and presumed...
View ArticleDecision to pull out Kenya's troops from S. Sudan justified
Link to web article here.For those who have been in war zones, whether as combatants, observers, innocent victims, or reporters, there is nothing as distressing as finding yourself in a situation where...
View ArticleU.S. to propose UN arms embargo on South Sudan
U.S. to propose UN arms embargo on South Sudan November 18, 2016 (WASHINGTON) - The United States (U.S.) Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power Thursday announced that a proposal for arms...
View ArticleSudan welcomes Russia’s withdrawal from war crimes court
Sudan welcomes Russia’s withdrawal from war crimes courtNovember 16, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese government on Wednesday has welcomed Russia’s decision to withdrawing its signature from the founding...
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