'I begged them to kill me instead': women in South Sudan raped under nose of UN
Link to web article here. Theresa was yards from a UN compound in Juba when soldiers raped her. She is among dozens of women who have suffered amid the chaos prevailing in South Sudan.A young woman en...
View ArticleUN mission in South Sudan confirms discussions on regional protection force...
Link to web article here.The visiting UN Security Council delegation tours Protection of Civilian sites 1 and 3 and discusses the current situation and the way forward for the peace process in...
View ArticleUnited States to Lift Sudan Sanctions
Link to web article here.United Nations peacekeepers at a refugee camp in Sudan on Monday. In exchange for the lifting of United States trade sanctions, Sudan has said it will improve access for aid...
View ArticleSudan: Easing Sudan's Sanctions - Lifeline for Bashir or Catalyst for Change?
Link to web article here. Women and children forced to live in cavesanalysisBy Simona FoltynWhat's behind Obama's 11th-hour decision to lift sanctions on one of the world's most isolated regimes?In...
View ArticleSudanese Pastor Days Away From Death Sentence Decision; 112K Sign Petition...
Link to web article here.Link to web video here.A Christian pastor in Sudan is less than two weeks away from a court decision that could end up sentencing him to death, according to the American Center...
View ArticleS. Sudan rebels deny meeting youth league leaders
Link to web article here. January 17, 2017 (JUBA) - The youth league from South Sudan’s armed opposition faction (SPLM-IO) has denied reports that its members conducted a meeting with pro-government...
View ArticleSudan must end politically-motivated attacks on Darfuri students
Link to web article here. Link to web image here. The Sudanese government must end politically-motivated and sometimes deadly attacks on Darfuri students at universities across the country, said...
View ArticleWith Less Than a Week Left in Office, President Obama Lifts U.S. Economic...
Link to web article here. Today, most of the comprehensive U.S. economic sanctions imposed on Sudan have been lifted, and virtually all trade between the U.S. and Sudan that was previously prohibited...
View ArticleAbduction of S. Sudan Chief Justice’s aide illegal, should be condemned
Link to web article here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE16th January 2015 Legal Watch Associates South Sudan has learned with shock and dismay the abduction of Mr Gama Thomas, an aide to the Chief Justice, Chan...
View ArticleSudan ruling party says no hope to see SLM-N or SLM-AW joining peace
Link to web article here. January 17, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - leading member of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), Nafei Ali Nafei, Tuesday has ruled out the signing of a peace agreement with the...
View ArticleKing of Morocco to visit South Sudan tomorrow
Link to web article here. The King of Morocco, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, is expected to arrive in South Sudan on Friday for a three-day official visit aimed at broadening cordial relations between...
View ArticleSudan’s al-Mahdi vows no bilateral agreement with al-Bashir regime
Link to web article here.January 18, 2017 (PARIS) - Leader of the National Umma Party (NUP) al-Sadiq al-Mahdi has re-assured his allies in the opposition umbrella Sudan Call to not hold any bilateral...
View ArticleFor Sudan, breaking ties with its radical past is a ‘delicate balancing act’
Link to web article here. A child holds bullets picked from the ground, in Rounyn, a village located about 9 miles north of Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, Sudan, on March 27, 2011Sudan is one of just...
View ArticleIn South Sudan, Mass Killings, Rapes and the Limits of U.S. Diplomacy
Samantha Power, center, the American ambassador to the United Nations, and members of the Security Council visited displaced people in Wau, South Sudan, last year.Credit Justin Lynch/Associated Press...
View ArticleSouth Africa has a duty to help save South Sudan
The UN in South Sudan (File, AP)Link to web article here. This year, the single most important objective of the African Union is to end the brewing genocide in South Sudan and to help establish...
View ArticleNews Desk The Lost Hopes for South Sudan
Link to web article here. Nuer fighters in Upper Nile, South Sudan. Hopes for South Sudan’s future soared when it became a nation, but now diplomats are scrambling to make sense of how things went so...
View ArticleSouth Sudan’s Lol governor sacks top advisers
Link to web article here. January 22, 2017 (JUBA) - The Governor of South Sudan’s Lol State Rizik Zachariah Hassan has issued several executive orders sacking two senior advisors and one minister in...
View ArticleLol governor removes three advisers, reshuffles cabinet partially
Link to web article here. The governor of South Sudan's Lol state Rizig Zachariah Hassan has recently issued a decision removing three state advisers and reshuffling his cabinet partially. In a...
View ArticleSudan deports South Sudanese pastor for evangelistic activities
Link to web article here. Sudanese authorities ordered a South Sudanese pastor to leave the country last month for carrying out church activities, sources said. Sudan’s National Intelligence and...
View Article$167m needed for S. Sudan refugees in Sudan: UNHCR
Link to web article here. January 22, 2017 (JUBA) – At least $167 million is needed as an inter-agency response strategy and financial requirements for the South Sudanese refugee emergency across...
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