South Sudan protesters say country collapsed under President Kiir
Link to web article here.May 8, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudanese students Monday took to the streets to protest against the rise in the cost of living. The protesters who were joined by residents in the...
View ArticleSudan’s opposition NCF renews commitment to overthrow the regime
Link to web article here.May 8, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese internal opposition umbrella National Consensus Forces (NCF) Monday reiterated commitment to topple the regime calling to resist what it...
View ArticleEgypt And Sudan: Is This The Stage For Africa’s Next War?
Link to web article here.Link to web image here.Festering tensions between Egypt and Sudan are spreading instability throughout the region as territorial disputes spillover into economic and political...
View ArticleS. Sudanese authorities arrest Ethiopian rebels in Juba
Link to web article here.May 8, 2017(JUBA) - South Sudanese intelligence officials have reportedly arrested six Ethiopian rebels belonging to the Unity Patriot Front in the capital, Juba a deal...
View ArticleAxe to fall on aid amid South Sudan famine
Link to web article here.During a nine-day escape from war through one-metre high swamp water, a mother had to pause to give birth to her baby daughter.Oxfam Australia chief executive Helen Szoke met...
View ArticleMinnawi calls to involve EU in new peace process in Darfur
Link to web article here.May 7, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Minni Minnawi, the leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-MM) has called for a new process involving the European Union to bring peace in Darfur,...
View ArticleSudan Acute Food Insecurity Situation Overview (April - June 2017)
Link to web article here.Link to PDF file here.Summary of causes, the situation and the key issue:Food security situation slightly improved compared to the same period last year for the following...
View ArticleUN rights expert visits Sudan
Link to web article here.UN rights expert visits Sudan to follow up implementation of his recommendationsGENEVA (9 May 2017) – United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the...
View ArticleU.S actor advocates for peace in war-torn South Sudan
Link to web article here.May 6, 2017 (DURBAN) - Hollywood actor, Forest Whitaker has openly appealed for peace in South Sudan, a country hit by war since 2013.A crowd gathers outside a UN IDP camp in...
View ArticleSeventh food aid caravan dispatched from Sudan to South Sudan
Link to web article here.May 7, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - A seventh humanitarian assistance caravan including 1,752 metric tonnes of sorghum Sunday has been dispatched from the capital of Sudan’s North...
View ArticleGreenfield Middle School students raise $1,000 for clean water in South Sudan
Link to web article here.Diana Hastings, a fifth-grade teacher at the Greenfield Math and Science Academy, with Zoe Ballou, Maddie Brandl, and Alex Menko, all fifth graders at Greenfield Middle School,...
View ArticleIOM Responds as Cholera Outbreak Spreads in South Sudan
Link to web article here.OM provides emergency health care to displaced and conflict-affected populations across the country.© UN Migration Agency (IOM) / Mohammed 2016South Sudan — An IOM Rapid...
View ArticleGunmen attack South Sudan First Vice President’s convey
Link to web article here.May 9, 2017 (JUBA) - A South Sudanese military convoy traveling to the Jonglei state capital, Bor ahead of the visit of the First-Vice President, Taban Deng Gai came under...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's Kiir replaces army chief Paul Malong
Link to web article here.General Paul Malong is accused of ethnic war against people not belonging to his ethnic majority tribe.Controversial army chief was seen as undermining the country's peace...
View ArticlePrimate announced for Sudan–the Anglican Communion's newest Province
Link to web article here.The Most Revd Ezekiel Kumir KondoPhoto Credit: Pauline Walker/ Sudan Church AssociationThe Archbishop of the Internal Province of Sudan and Bishop of Khartoum, the Most Revd...
View ArticleDavid Waters: Memphians aid child refugees in Sudan
Link to web article here.(Photo: Brad Vest/The Commercial Appeal, Brad Vest/The Commercial Appeal)A refugee camp between two famine-plagued, ethnic-cleansing, civil-warring regions is no place for...
View ArticleUganda Seeks $2 Billion for South Sudan Refugees at Planned Summit
Link to web article here.South Sudanese refugee families displaced by fighting gather at Imvepi settlement in Arua district, northern Uganda, April 4, 2017. REUTERS/James Akena REUTERSBy Elias...
View ArticleS. Sudan army plans major offensives in Equatoria region: official
Link to web article here.May 9, 2017 (JUBA)- South Sudan army (SPLA) is planning a full-scale attack on positions held by rebel forces in the Greater Equatoria region, a senior government official told...
View ArticleS. Sudan security arrest dozen protesters
Link to web article here.May 9, 2017 (JUBA) – Activists who organised the anti-government protest in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Monday, said dozens had been arrested and detained at facilities...
View ArticleSudan 'bulldozes Christian church and arrests two pastors'
Link to web article here.Link to web images here.The Sudanese Church of Christ church was targeted in Khartoum's Soba al-Aradi suburb [Facebook]The church is the first on a list of 27 that authorities...
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