Final Stretch: UNSC to sanction South Sudan
Final Stretch: UNSC to sanction South SudanLink to web article here. By Steve Paterno In a last ditch effort to exert some semblance of influence over South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council...
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Sudan denies accepting humanitarian access from abroad
Sudan denies accepting humanitarian access from abroadDecember 28, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - A senior Sudanese official on Wednesday has denied Khartoum’s acceptance to deliver some of the humanitarian aid to...
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South Sudan’s president to visit Khartoum soon: FM
South Sudan’s president to visit Khartoum soon: FMLink to web article here. January 2, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit would visit Khartoum during the coming days to meet...
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Rampant inflation affects Nuba markets
Rampant inflation affects Nuba marketsWhat happened…South Sudan inflation rates, more than 17 percent in October, are now over800 percent, severely affecting prices and supply availability in certain...
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Reverend Kuwa Shamal is released
Reverend Kuwa Shamal is released3 Jan 2017Reverend Kuwa Shamal, one of four men on trial in Sudan for national security-related crimes, was released from prison on 2 January 2017, after the trial judge...
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Sudan frees one pastor, a second is kept behind bars
Sudan frees one pastor, a second is kept behind barsOne of two pastors in Sudan accused of crimes against the state has been freed while a judge has upheld the charges against a second.Rev Kuwa Shamal...
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Pastor in Sudan freed, others still facing charges
Pastor in Sudan freed, others still facing charges PUBLISHED ON 5 January, 2017 BY Ruth K'lama Link to web article here. Sudan (MNN) — 2017 is starting out on a note of praise for Rev. Kuwa Shamal...
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Christian pastor freed in Sudan, others still charged
By COSV, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16971897Christian pastor freed in Sudan, others still chargedJanuary 4, 2017 By Morning Star NewsLink to web article here....
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UN envoy calls to achieve full peace between Sudan and South Sudan
UN envoy calls to achieve full peace between Sudan and South SudanJanuary 4, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom on Wednesday has called for...
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South Sudan plans to increase oil production as prices go up
South Sudan plans to increase oil production as prices go upin Oil & Companies News05/01/2017Link to web article here. South Sudan is planning to increase its oil production in the coming days as...
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Exams postponed at Sudan’s Red Sea University after boycott
Exams postponed at Sudan’s Red Sea University after boycott January 4 - 2017PORT SUDANLink to web article here. Student boycott action Port Sudan 28 Dec 2016The Red Sea University administration has...
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Is a Christian pastor facing trumped-up charges in Sudan?
Is a Christian pastor facing trumped-up charges in Sudan?Link to web article here.Khartoum, Sudan, Jan 8, 2017 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Charges have been dropped against one Christian pastor in...
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South Sudan media in tatters as economic crisis deepens
South Sudan media in tatters as economic crisis deepens Most journalists in war-torn South Sudan are earning even less than security guards World Bulletin / News DeskLink to web article here. Most...
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Forgive to be forgiven, Bishop tells S. Sudan’s President
Forgive to be forgiven, Bishop tells S. Sudan’s President Link to web article here. January 9, 2017 (JUBA) - The Archbishop of the Catholic Church Diocese of Juba, Loro Lokudu has urged South Sudan...
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South Sudan rejects 4,000 additional UN peacekeepers
South Sudan rejects 4,000 additional UN peacekeepersGovernment move is a reversal of an earlier decision to accept the deployment of the regional protection force.More than 12,000 UN peacekeeping...
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South Sudanese President creates four more states
Link to web article here.January 15, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan president Salva Kiir has created for additional states, raising the number of the states in the world’s youngest nation to 32.South...
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South Sudan's central bank governor, other senior government officials sacked
Link to web article here. South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has sacked his longer – serving central bank governor Korneilo Koryom Mayik and his deputy John Dor amidst the country economic collapse....
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Travel ban on opposition leaders shows human rights crisis in Sudan: al-Digair
Link to web article here. January 15, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Chairman of Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP) Omer al-Digair Sunday said the travel ban against him and other opponents confirms the government...
View ArticleU.S. eases Sudan sanctions, but terror label sticks
Link to web article here. By Anne Gearan / The Washington Post The United States will ease some financial sanctions against Sudan in recognition of what the Obama administration says are small areas of...
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Makeshift justice the only recourse for ill-protected women at South Sudan camp
Link to web article here. For women who routinely run the gauntlet of harassment and sexual violence, Malakal protection of civilians camp has roundly failed to live up to its name. A UN police officer...
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