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Rose Nathike: S. Sudan athlete’s race for a better life
Link to web article and video here.Link to web image here.For Rose Nathike, running is a way of life. First the South Sudanese athlete ran to flee the war in Sudan. Then she trained at her refugee camp...
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South Sudan fighting reaches 'worrying proportions' : UN mission
Fighting between government and opposition forces in South Sudan has reached "worrying proportions" in recent days and forced the evacuation of aid workers, with more military supplies seen arriving in...
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South Sudanese army General resigns, cites “tribally engineered war”
Link to web article here. Nairobi/Juba, February 11, 2017 (SSNA) – A senior South Sudanese military officer has resigned from the national army (SPLA), describing the ongoing civil war as “tribally...
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South Sudan Africa’s 'worst refugees’ crisis' country
According to the UN, more than three years of civil war in South Sudan has forced 1.5 million people to flee into neighboring countries.Young girls carry luggage in a United Nations Mission in South...
View ArticleSudan: Humanitarian aid drops
Link to web article and video here.The UN humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan has announced that financial aid for humanitarian aid to Sudan is expected to reduce this year despite a review of U.S....
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South Sudan military officials quit over 'war crimes'
A brigadier general and colonel detail atrocities in damning resignation letters addressed to president.South Sudan has been mired in civil war since 2013 when President Kiir fired his deputy, Machar...
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Sudan hosts more than 300,000 South Sudanese refugees: UN
February 18, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - More than 300,000 people have arrived in Sudan since the beginning of the South Sudanese crisis in December 2013, said the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).South Sudanese...
View ArticleSome 400,000 people sign petition for Czech imprisoned in Sudan
Link to web article here.20 February 2017 Bratislava, Feb 17 (CTK) - Some 400,000 people from all over the world have signed a petition for the release of Czech Petr Jasek, whom a Sudanese court sent...
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Farooq Basha first Indian victim of civil war; Swaraj responds to request for...
Link to web article here. An Indian national, Syed Farooq Basha, was shot dead by rebel fighters in South Sudan on Saturday, diplomatic sources have confirmed.The incident occurred some 900 km from the...
View ArticleSudan: 'AUHIP Should Heed Collapse of Sudan Peace Roadmap' - Think-Tank
Link to web article here. Kampala — After a six-month gap of direct meetings between the Sudanese government and the country's holdout rebel movements, the African Union High-level Implementation Panel...
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South Sudan Activist Criticizes Comments by Peace Monitor
Link to web article here.FILE - Former president of Botswana and head of the organization monitoring South Sudan's shaky 2015 peace deal, Festus Mogae, is seen at a climate change conference in...
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South Sudan trade minister denies fixing exchange rate remarks
Link to web article here. February 17, 2017 (JUBA) - The South Sudanese minister of trade has on Friday denied reports quoting him to have said the government would fix the exchange rate, in a bid to...
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Stay away from oil fields, S. Sudan rebels warn oil workers
Link to web article here. February 19, 2017 (PAGAK) – South Sudanese rebels have warned international oil workers from re-opening oil facilities in South Sudan’s oil-producing territories, saying they...
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Sudan's president accompanies UAE's rulers to defense show
Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir. (AFP, File pictures) Link to web article here. Abu Dhabi — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has accompanied two of the United Arab Emirates' most-powerful rulers to a...
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Sudan not happy with France’s hosting of SLM’s Abdel-Wahid: FM says
Link to web article here. February 26, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese government expressed discontent over France hosting of armed groups leaders particularly Abdel-Whaid al-Nur who refuses to join the...
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Woman journalist says being targeted by Sudan Islamic hardliners
Link to web article here. Khartoum - A Sudanese female journalist and critic of government policies said on Sunday that she is under fire from hardliners who have accused her of "insulting Islam" in...
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S. Sudan: IOM says providing health, shelter aid in volatile areas
Link to web article here. February 25, 2017 (JUBA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said it is providing emergency health care and shelter assistance to South Sudanese forced to...
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Ethiopia and South Sudan agree to construct oil route
Link to web article here. February 24, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA/JUBA) - President Salva Kiir and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn have agreed to build a road linking the two countries enabling South Sudan...
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Bashir orders full aid access to S Sudan famine areas
Link to web article here. Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir. ( File:AFP )Khartoum - President Omar al-Bashir has ordered Sudanese authorities to assist the delivery of international humanitarian aid to...
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Former S. Sudan state governor forms new political party
Link to web article here. February 22, 2017 (JUBA) - A former state governor has split from South Sudan’s ruling party faction (SPLM) allied to President Salva Kiir and formed a new political entity.A...
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