Motor boat attack leaves 8 dead, 9 wounded in Jonglei state
Link to web article here.March 21, 2017 (BOR) – Eight people have been confirmed dead after a boat attack on Sunday which left nine others wounded.A boat crosses from Bor to Mingkaman on 10 November...
View ArticlePope Francis to visit South Sudan in October: report
Link to web article here.March 22, 2017 (JUBA) - Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic church, will visit South Sudan in October if the security situation improves.Pope Francis recieves the flag...
View ArticleSouth Sudan rebels capture oil workers following $500mn contract
Link to web article here.A new oil exploration contract signed by Nigeria's Oranto Petroleum caused a recent flare of violence in the country's north - as experts warn against investing in South...
View ArticleThe crisis unfolding in South Sudan: It could be a repeat of the Rwanda...
Link to web article here.The world must intervene(CHARLES LOMODONG/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)In 1994 the Clinton administration was blamed for inaction as genocidal killings claimed 800,000 lives in Rwanda....
View ArticleAs South Sudan's Civil War Worsens, Thousands of Children are Being Forced to...
Link to web article and video here.Link to web image here.It was just before dark, and Charles was pulling weeds with his father in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state when roughly a dozen armed...
View ArticleEgypt and Sudan confirm good relations, reject insults
Link to web article here.The phone call came following statements from the Sudanese information minister that stirred controversy between the two countriesEgyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh...
View ArticleTunisia’s PM arrives in Khartoum for bilateral talks
Link to web article here.March 22, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Tunisia’s Prime Minister Youssef Chahed Wednesday has arrived in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on a two-day official visit.He was received at the...
View ArticleSouth Sudan, Haiti and Ukraine Lead World in Suffering
Link to web article here.by Linda LyonsSTORY HIGHLIGHTS47% in South Sudan rate their lives poorly enough to be sufferingPoverty, natural disasters prolong pain in Haiti, where 43% suffering41%...
View ArticleNuba refugees in South Sudan reject resignation of SPLM-N deputy chairman
Link to web article here.Photo: Abdel-Aziz Adam Al-Hilu/YoutubeSouth Kordofan citizens who are living as refugees in South Sudan have rejected the recent resignation tendered by the SPLM-N deputy...
View ArticleBringing clean water to the people of Sudan
Link to web article here.Without water there would be no life – it’s a necessity for all living things, from the smallest of plants to the largest of animals. For some people, getting enough water to...
View ArticleSudan, Saudi to hold first joint air force drill
Link to web article here.Khartoum - Sudan said on Sunday it will begin this week a joint air force drill with Saudi Arabia, the first such manoeuvres since Khartoum allied with Riyadh after breaking...
View ArticleSudan searching for French hostage: foreign minister
Khartoum - Sudanese security agents have launched a search for an abducted Frenchman after a Chadian minister reported that he was being held in the neighbouring country, Khartoum said on...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Humanitarian coordinator condemns killing of six aid workers
Link to web article here.Link to web image here.(Juba, 26 March 2017): The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, has strongly condemned the killing of six aid workers in an ambush on...
View ArticleUN CHIEF ACCUSES SOUTH SUDAN’S GOVT OF IGNORING FAMINE
Link to web article here.Operation Lifeline Sudan helps about 2.5 million displaced people facing famine in the Sudan. Picture: United Nations Photo.Antonio Guterres has accused South Sudan’s...
View ArticleSudanese intelligence chief meets CIA and FBI leaders
Link to web article here. March 26, 207 (KHARTOUM) - The head of the National Intelligence and Security Services, Mohamed Atta, has visited Washington, DC, in response to an invitation extended by the...
View ArticleSudan affirms al-Bashir’s participation in Arab summit despite calls for his...
Link to web article here.March 26, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese government Sunday has downplayed calls by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Jordan to meet its obligations towards the International Criminal...
View ArticleIGAD “condemns” South Sudan’s armed groups
Link to web article here.March 27, 2017 (JUBA) - Eastern Africa’s Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the body that mediated South Sudan 2015 shaky peace agreement, has condemned...
View ArticleVox Sentences: 20 million in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Yemen face...
Link to web article here.Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what's happening in the world, curated by Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to...
View ArticleWar-Ravaged South Sudan Draws $500 Million Oil Bet From Oranto
Link to web article here.- Nigerian explorer expects cost of producing crude to decline- South Sudan trying to revive oil industry after output slumpedNigeria’s Oranto Petroleum International Ltd....
View Article$250m needed to assist S. Sudan refugees in Uganda: U.N
Link to web article here.March 27, 2017 (KAMPALA) - The United Nations has warned that Uganda is at a “breaking point” as almost 3,000 refugees fleeing famine and the violence in South Sudan enter the...
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