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Egypt’s FM arrives in Khartoum for joint committee meeting
Link to web article here.April 19, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry has arrived in Khartoum on Wednesday for a bilateral meeting of the joint Sudanese-Egyptian political...
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Photos Show Violence, Death in South Sudan Village
Link to web article here.This photo, taken on or about April 12, 2017, shows the remains of a man slain during a raid on the town of Parjok, South Sudan, by men wearing uniforms of the South Sudanese...
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Uganda: Truck Drivers Call Off Strike At Uganda-South Sudan Border
Photo: The ObserverA South Sudanese escort truck at Elegu.Link to web article here.Truck drivers who ply the Uganda-South Sudan border trade route have finally called off their week-long strike...
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Sudan's Agricultural Bank Signs Agreements With US Companies
Photo: United NationsWheat growing in Sudan (file photo).Link to web article here.Khartoum — The Sudanese Agricultural Bank has signed four agreements with major American companies in the fields of...
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South Sudan Reopens Negotiations For B1 And B2 Oil Blocks
Link to web article here.South Sudan is ready to reopen negotiation for drilling rights to Blocks B1 and B2, after an attempt to reach a deal with three foreign oil majors broke down due to...
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Sudan, Nigeria agree to join forces to fight terrorism
Link to web article here.April 24, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s Defence Minister Awad Ibn Ouf and his visiting Nigeria counterpart Mansur Mohammed Dan-Ali Monday have discussed issues of common concern...
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Sudan’s legislature endorses constitutional amendments on freedoms
Link to web article here.April 24, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s National Legislature on Monday passed by majority draft constitutional amendments on freedoms on the Third Reading stage but the final...
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UN: Human rights abuses in South Sudan still going unpunished
Link to web article here.Human rights abuses are still going unpunished in South Sudan, according to the Human Rights Director for the United Nations Mission (UNMISS).UNMISS human rights chief, Eugene...
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SPLM-N calls to postpone Sudan peace talks and to delay lift of U.S. sanction
Link to web article here.April 24, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) Monday announced they agreed with the African Union chief mediator Thabo Mbeki to postpone...
View ArticleThe Darfur illusion: hostilities are decreasing but no peace in sight
Link to web article here.The African Union (AU) is struggling to convince all the stakeholders in Darfur to agree to a binding ceasefire based on a comprehensive agreement. The array of rebel movements...
View ArticleThere are no clear winners in South Sudan's war
Link to web article and video here.With about 3.5 million uprooted from their homes, children are the biggest losers in South Sudan's war.Kajo Keji Country, South Sudan - With their faces and clothes...
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Smugglers become a lifeline for the starving in South Sudan
Link to web article here.In this April 6, 2017, photo, Sudanese smuggler Sadiq Mohammed sits in his truck embarking on another cross-border journey. He’s been illegally bringing food from Sudan to...
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The Sentry’s Brad Brooks-Rubin to Testify in Congress on Sudan Sanctions
Link to web article here.House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Hearing This Wednesday: The Sentry’s Brad Brooks-Rubin to Testify in Congress on Sudan SanctionsWashington, D.C., April 24, 2017 (SSNA) —...
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S. Sudan has highest numbers of school drop-outs globally: U.N
Link to web article here.By Tesfa-Alem TekleApril 24, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) - South Sudan has the highest proportion of out-of-school children among conflict zones globally, the United Nations Children...
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Sudan -- The Last Male Northern White Rhino -- Is Now On Tinder
Link to web article here.He's one of the most protected males on the planet and he's looking for love.You'll definitely want to swipe right on this one, he's a keeper.Meet Sudan, the last male northern...
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US SLAMS SOUTH SUDAN’S KIIR OVER ‘MAN-MADE’ FAMINE, URGES TRUCE
Link to web article here.She also blasted deadlock among Security Council members on how to deal with the civil war in the world’s youngest state.South Sudans President Salva Kiir stands for South...
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Political process in South Sudan not dead
Link to web article here.Despite a deal signed in August 2015, progress has been slow if not regressive as violence spreads across the country.(REUTERS)Despite a deal signed in August 2015, progress...
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S Sudan hosting rebels to 'extend war' in Sudan: security
Link to web article here.Khartoum - Sudan's powerful security agency on Monday accused breakaway South Sudan of staging talks with rebels fighting Khartoum's forces in two southern states, with the...
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Sudan: Australia Commends Sudan's Cooperation in Facilitating Delivery of...
Link to web article here.Link to web image here.Khartoum — The Government of Australia has commended the level of cooperation Sudan has shown with the UN in facilitating delivery of humanitarian...
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Education in South Sudan 'cannot wait,' says new report
Link to web article here.The report from the Education Cluster documents the challenges of providing an education in the world's youngest country.After decades of conflict left much of South Sudan...
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