Uganda's sprawling haven for 270,000 of South Sudan's refugees
Link to web article here. Bidi Bidi camp was opened six months ago but already hosts a fifth of all the South Sudanese fleeing violence and hunger in their home countryMoses Roba still has the scar on...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Cannot Be Allowed to Collapse
Link to web article here.Peacekeeping troops patrol at night in the town of Abyei, disputed territory between Sudan and South Sudan, in December.COLLEGE STATION, Tex. — If the conflict in Syria tops...
View ArticleSouth Sudan develops strategy to improve financial management systems
Link to web article here. January 25, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan is developing a financial management strategy to improve revenues collection as it hopes to diversify its oil dependent economy,...
View ArticleWatchdog group: Denmark, New Zealand least corrupt; Somalia most corrupt...
Link to web article here.Transparency International said that in countries with populist or autocratic leaders, "instead of tackling crony capitalism, those leaders usually install even worse forms of...
View ArticleSudanese court sentences Czech journalist to life in prison over espionage...
Sudanese court sentences Czech journalist to life in prison over espionage chargesLink to web article here. January 29, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - A Sudanese court has sentenced a Czech journalist Petr Jasek to...
View ArticleSudan jails Czech missionary for 'spying': lawyer
Sudan jails Czech missionary for 'spying': lawyerAfricaSunday 29 January 2017 - 10:17pmLink to web article here. FILE: Sudanese authorities arrested Jasek in December 2015 and said at the time that he...
View ArticleSouth Sudan says establishing Hybrid Court undermines peace
South Sudan says establishing Hybrid Court undermines peace Link to web article here. January 30, 2017 (JUBA)- South Sudan’s government says establishment the much-sought after hybrid court will...
View ArticleKenya to resume participation in South Sudan peacekeeping force
Kenya to resume participation in South Sudan peacekeeping forceJanuary 30, 2017 (JUBA) - Kenya has accepted to resume its participation in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) following a...
View Article'NISS prisons in Sudan overcrowded': released detainee
'NISS prisons in Sudan overcrowded': released detainee January 31 - 2017KHARTOUMLink to web article here. Abdallah Abdelgayoum, who was detained for one month and spoke to Radio Dabanga about his...
View ArticleI’m a doctor just back from Sudan, where hospitality from Muslims greeted me...
I’m a doctor just back from Sudan, where hospitality from Muslims greeted me everywhere01/31/2017 10:17 am ETLink to web article here. The Conversation USIndependent source of news and analysis, from...
View ArticleUS sanctions against Sudan lifted after 20 years
US sanctions against Sudan lifted after 20 yearsWhat happened… Link to web article here.U.S. President Barack Obama, in one of his final actions in office, issued an executive order on January 13...
View ArticleJoint Troika Statement Welcoming AU, IGAD, and UN Declaration on South Sudan
Joint Troika Statement Welcoming AU, IGAD, and UN Declaration on South Sudan Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJanuary 31, 2017 Link to web article here. The text of the following...
View ArticleDoctors confirm 'diarrhoea' outbreak in Sudan is cholera
Doctors confirm 'diarrhoea' outbreak in Sudan is choleraFebruary 1 - 2017LONDON / KHARTOUMLink to web article here.Poster about the prevention of cholera with Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) in Bor in...
View ArticleSudan President undergoes minor heart surgery in local hospital
Sudan President undergoes minor heart surgery in local hospitalAbdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with REUTERS 12/01 - 18:15 SudanPresident of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir has undergone a minor heart surgery at a local...
View ArticleUpdated Guidance on Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Terrorist...
Updated Guidance on Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals Home / Blog / Updated Guidance on Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Terrorist...
View ArticleMSF calls for humanitarian access in S. Sudan’s Upper Nile state
Link to web article here. February 4, 2017 (MALAKAL) - The medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said the recent surge in fighting in and around South Sudan’s towns of Wau Shilluk and...
View ArticleSudan denounces Louvre machete attack
Link to web article here. February 4, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese foreign ministry on Saturday has denounced the attack by knife-wielding man against French soldiers in the capital, Paris. On...
View ArticleThe increasingly ominous fate of U.S. Sudan policy under President Trump
Link to web article here. By Eric ReevesAmong the myriad Executive Orders that President Trump has inherited from the Obama administration is one essentially lifting sanctions on the regime in...
View ArticleWFP South Sudan Situation Report #161, 4 February 2017
Download full PDF File here.Link to web article here.In Numbers 1.83 million internally displaced people (OCHA)1,291,323 South Sudanese refugees (UNHCR)223,994 seeking shelter with the UN (UNMISS)4.6...
View ArticleSudan frees British journalist detained in Darfur: embassy
Link to web article here.Khartoum - Sudan has freed a British journalist it detained last month for "illegally entering" the country, the British embassy and Sudanese media said on Thursday."We are...
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