Sudan: Petr Jasek tells his story
Link to second part of interview here.Link to web article here.Sudan (MNN) — A huge sigh of relief and spontaneous shout of praise could be heard around the world over God’s hand in the recent release...
View ArticleChildren suffer grave violations in Sudan’s conflict – UN reports
Link to web article here.Children attend a math class in grade 3 in Yasin Bay Primary School in the city of El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. Photo: UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani27 March 2017 – Fewer children...
View ArticleAround the Schools: Smith students raise money for Sudan
Link to web article here.Link to web image here.Smith Elementary School third-graders are taking part in a project to raise money for South Sudan.The water situation in South Sudan is very poor, and...
View ArticleGovernment says SPLM-N rift affects efforts for peace in Sudan, as opposition...
Link to web article here.March 27, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government on Monday said that the recent rift within the leadership of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) will...
View ArticleFewer children recruited in Sudan as fighters but still victims of violence
Link to web article here.Some of the 3 000 displaced women, men and children in the United Nations compound in Juba this week. Picture: AFPSince 2011, the Government of Sudan has strengthened its...
View ArticleIn South Sudan, where 92,840,000sqm of contamination is known and hundreds of...
Link to web article here.Tim Lardner, Ambassador Masahiko Kiya and Colonel Yoshiro Tanaka with the Giada Girls Primary School, winners of the Risk Factor Talent Competition in Juba, South Sudan.The...
View ArticleUganda denies South Sudan rebels captured border town, killed 14 soldiers
Rebel fighters listen to their commander in a rebel-controlled territory in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, February 15, 2014. /REUTERSSouth Sudanese rebels said they had taken control of a town on the...
View ArticleOver 60 000 S Sudanese enter Sudan in three months: UN
Link to web article here.Khartoum - More than 60 000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan in the first three months of 2017, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday, fleeing famine and war in the world's...
View ArticleFamine looms in South Sudan as government devotes resources to war effort
Link to web article here.Internecine conflict in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, is wreaking havoc on citizens. Malnourished women of childbearing age are enduring severe postpartum bleeding...
View ArticleSudan-Chad Forces Move in As Abducted Frenchman Sighted in West Darfur
Link to web article here.West Darfur — A French national kidnapped by Sudanese militiamen from Goz Beida, south of Abeche in Chad last week has been sighted in West Darfur. A joint Sudanese-Chadian...
View ArticleS. Sudan’s Kiir nominates new government chief in parliament
Link to web article here.March 29, 2017 (JUBA) - The South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has appointed Atem Garang Kuek as the new government chief whip in Parliament, replacing Tulio Ayaho.South...
View ArticleTom Rooney Wants Rex Tillerson to Focus on Sudan, South Sudan
Link to web article here.Tom Rooney and Rex TillersonThis week, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., one of the co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Sudan and South Sudan, shared his thoughts on that...
View ArticleSouth Sudan joins African export import bank
Link to web article here.March 29, 2017 (JUBA) - The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) said South Sudan became the latest nation to join it as a participating state in this trade finance...
View ArticleOver 60,000 South Sudanese enter Sudan in three months: UN
Over 60,000 South Sudanese enter Sudan in three months: UNAFP | 2017-03-29 14:34:30.0Link to web article here.The UN refugee agency UNHCR was initially expecting 60,000 South Sudanese refugees to...
View ArticleFour of six aid workers killed in South Sudan were Kenyan
Four of six aid workers killed in South Sudan were KenyanFour of the six aid workers killed in an ambush in South Sudan over the weekend were Kenyans working for a local non-governmental organisation,...
View ArticleSA to appear before ICC over failure to arrest Sudan's Al-Bashir
SA to appear before ICC over failure to arrest Sudan's Al-Bashir2017-03-30 14:35Link to web page here.Presidents Zuma and Bashir. Photolink here.Cape Town – South Africa is set to appear before the...
View ArticleDespite talk of good relations, security concerns darken Egypt-Sudan ties
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir meet ahead of the signing of a number of agreements between the two countries at the El-Thadiya presidential palace in...
View ArticleAmid conflict and looming famine in South Sudan, the church offers hope
A worldwide fellowship of churches seeking unity, a common witness and Christian serviceAmid conflict and looming famine in South Sudan, the church offers hopeRev. Dr Isaiah Majok Dau, presiding bishop...
View ArticleSouth Sudan says it will ‘consider’ no longer using child soldiers if it can...
Link to web article here.(Photo by CHARLES ATIKI LOMODONG/AFP/Getty Images)South Sudan has agreed to reevaluate its use of child soldiers, on the condition that the country is still allowed to kill gay...
View ArticleGrief as bodies of Kenyan aid workers killed in South Sudan arrive home
Link to web article here.South Sudan President Salva Kiir. There were emotional scenes at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on April 1, 2017 when family and friends received bodies of the Kenyan...
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