South Sudan scraps $10,000 permit fee for foreign workers
Link to web article here.South Sudan will not go ahead with plans to charge foreigners a $10,000 (£8,200) fee for work permits as officially announced in early March.It was feared that the fee hike...
View ArticleTribal clashes flare in Sudan's West Kordofan state
Link to web article here.Fierce fighting between the Hamar and Kababish tribes appeared to have been sparked by a theft of camels, a Hamar tribal source saidClashes between two Arab tribes have erupted...
View ArticleSudan’s “governance structure” to witness fundamental changes: Al-Bashir
Link to web article here.April 3, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Monday said the structure of governance will be changed substantially after the implementation of the dialogue’s...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Rebels Vow to Stop Oil Production
Link to web article here.By John TanzaThe main rebel group in South Sudan is threatening to disrupt oil production in the country, a day after it released three foreign oil workers it kidnapped earlier...
View ArticleS. Korea, Sudan agree to expand economic ties as U.S. sanctions lifted
Link to web article here.South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Lee Tae-ho shakes hands with his Sudanese counterpart Abdel-ghani Elnaim in a recent meeting in Sudan. (photo...
View ArticleSudan tortured British news crew seized in Darfur: Amnesty
Link to web article here.London - Amnesty International accused the Sudanese authorities on Wednesday of torturing a British journalist and his translator who were seized in war-torn Darfur while...
View ArticleKidnapped, tortured and thrown in jail: my 70 days in Sudan
Link to web article here.Twelve years after reporting on the conflict in Darfur, film-maker Phil Cox returned. But this time, the Sudanese government put a price on his headIn the early morning of 24...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia and Sudan conduct joint air exercise
Link to web article here.Saudi Arabia and Sudan are for the first time conducting a joint air exercise, which kicked off on 29 March. The Sudanese Air Force is contributing Mi-29s, Su-25s, Su-24s and...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese troops accused of civilian 'slaughter'
Link to web article and video here.Refugees allege government forces slit throats, shot civilians, and ran down children in Uganda border town attack.South Sudanese refugees queue at a World Food...
View ArticleUS wants 'proof' of progress by Sudan's government on Darfur
Link to web article here.New York - US Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Tuesday the Trump administration wants to see "proof" from Sudan's government — not more words — that it is making progress toward...
View ArticleU.S. condemns bloody attack against Sudanese Christians in Khartoum
Link to web article here.April 5, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum has condemned a violent attack against Sudanese Christians in Omdurman following a peaceful protest they organised last...
View ArticleSouth Sudan army says it killed 16 rebel fighters
Link to web article here.By Parach MachJUBA, South Sudan A clash between South Sudanese government troops and rival rebel forces loyal to former exiled Vice President Riek Machar has left sixteen...
View ArticleDozens of people feared dead in Mapel town
Link to web article here.April 5, 2017 (JUBA) – Dozens of people are feared to have been killed in Mapel town of South Sudan’s Wau state, multiple sources told Sudan Tribune Wednesday.The incident...
View ArticleSouth Sudan finance minister admits oil exports drop
South Sudan’s oil production has significantly dropped in recent months due to lack of new investment in the oil sector, according to a government official.Finance Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau said in a...
View ArticleS. Sudan official tells students in Zimbabwe to return home
Link to web article here.April 05, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan education top official told parents whose children are stranded in the embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, to raise money to transport them to the...
View ArticleSudanese security arrests three opposition figures
Link to web article here.April 5, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Wednesday has arrested three leading members of the opposition umbrella National Consensus...
View ArticleAl-Mahdi urges Mbeki “to listen to all parties” before to resume Sudan’s...
Link to web article here.AUHIP chief Thabo Mbeki meets opposition NUP leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on June 2, 2016 (Courtesy photo of NUP)April 5, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The leader of the opposition National Umma...
View ArticleSudan and Czech Republic in diplomatic row
Link to web article here.Sudan has responded angrily to a tweet by the Czech Foreign Ministry expressing regret that the Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir was not handed over by the Arab League for...
View ArticleSudan offers scholarships to over 500 Kenyan students
Link to web article here.Sudan has increased its scholarship offer to Kenyan students to 550 including 30 slots for the study of oil-related programmes in Sudanese universities.The scholarship...
View ArticleSouth Sudan army not paid for two months
Link to web article here.Link to web image here.The salaries for South Sudan’s army, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), have not been paid for at least two months, Radio Tamazuj has...
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