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Friday 3 September 2010


article Thousands affected by floods in Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state
By Ngor Arol Garang September 02, 2010 (RENK) - Some 89,000 people have so far been affected by the floods which swamped south Sudan’s state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal over the past month, (...)




Thursday 2 September 2010


article UNAMID agreed to hand over six IDPs delegates from Kalma camp in Darfur -Sudan
September 1, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese government said today that the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID has agreed to hand over six delegates of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) (...)




article UK envoy to Kenya says AU decisions on Bashir irrelevant to ICC obligations
September 1, 2010 (WASHINGTON) – The British foreign office today summoned the Kenyan ambassador to express its disappointment over Nairobi's decision to invite and receive Sudanese president Omer (...)




article Sudan presses World Bank on debt relief
September 1, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government on Wednesday urged the World Bank to help it write off its foreign debts, claiming “it has met all the requirements to merit relief or (...)




article Sudan’s clerics vow to oppose amendments to non-Muslim laws
September 01, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – A set of legal amendments proposed by the Commission for Non-Muslims Rights (CNMR) to abolish ban on the activities of non-Muslims in Sudan’s capital Khartoum has (...)




article SPLM’s minister of oil in Khartoum fiercely criticized for supporting unity
September 1, 2010 (JUBA) – A southern Sudanese politician representing the south’s governing party – the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) - as minister for oil in the national government in (...)




article Ethiopian insurance company to open branch in South Sudan
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 1, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Ethiopian Insurance Corporation (EIC) says it will open its first foreign based branch in Juba town, making it the second state-owned (...)




article Western Equatoria governor returns from first official trip to Khartoum
September 1, 2010 (YAMBIO) - Western Equatoria governor Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro returned to the state on Tuesday after a two-week visit to Khartoum where he and other southern Sudan state (...)




article Upper Nile passes out over 100 police officers
September 1, 2010 (RENK) – Upper Nile passed out 123 police on Wednesday after completing six months of intensive training of basic recruitments and leadership in the state capital Malakal. (...)




article South Sudan anti-corruption commission sets up office in Unity state
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich September 1, 2010 (BENTIU) – South Sudan’s anti-corruption commission has set up an office in Unity State to investigate civil servants and politicians for corruption. (...)




article New Yirol West county commissioner assumes office
By Manyang Mayom September 1, 2010 (RUMBEK) - The newly appointed commissioner of Yirol West County in Lakes state, Makur Kulang, assumed office on Tuesday vowing to decrease insecurity of (...)




Wednesday 1 September 2010


article Rwandan troops in Sudan preparing for possibility of immediate withdrawal
August 31, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Rwandan government announced that it has ordered its troops in Darfur and South Sudan to be on standby and prepare for the possibility of withdrawing immediately (...)




article Russian pilots in Darfur released after two days in captivity
August 31, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – Three Russian pilots kidnapped on Sunday by unknown gunmen in South Darfur's capital city of Nyala were freed today and are expected to be transferred to Khartoum on (...)




article Sudan protests EU statements on Bashir’s visit to Kenya
August 31, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese foreign ministry today summoned the representative of the European Union (EU) in the country to protest statements slamming Kenya for failing to arrest (...)




article Chadian rebel group flies back home from Darfur
August 31, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — A second batch of fighters from a Chadian opposition group returned today to Ndjamena on Monday from the capital of North Darfur state marking the improvement of (...)




article Ethiopia: Floods displace thousands in Afar and Amhara regions
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle August 31, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – Days of heavy flooding in Ethiopia’s Afar region have displaced over 25,000 people, also caused extensive damage to agricultural crops, (...)




article South Sudan tightens drug import regulations
By Julius N. Uma August 31, 2010 (JUBA) - The Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has instituted strict measures to curb the import of expired drugs into the semi-autonomous region, Dr. Luka (...)




article South Sudan army accused of hindering humanitarian aid
August 31, 2010 (JUBA) – Southern Sudan soldiers have been looting convoys of humanitarian assistance, aid workers said in statements published by the Associated Press on Monday. "Officials from (...)




article Since peace deal south Sudan has failed to demobilize 84,000 soldiers
By James Gatdet Dak August 31, 2010 (JUBA) – Out of 90,000 soldiers targeted to be demobilized by the SPLA – the former rebels who govern south Sudan – since a 2005 peace deal with the Khartoum (...)




Tuesday 31 August 2010


article CIA training and equipping Sudan’s intelligence agents: report
August 30, 2010 (WASHINGTON) – The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is continuing to train agents of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) as part of its global fight (...)




article Minnawi blasts Sudan’s new strategy for peace in Darfur
August 30, 2010 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Minni Minnawi voiced this week its opposition to the Sudanese government's new strategy to end the seven year conflict in (...)




article Russia makes rare criticism of Sudanese government over abducted pilots
August 30, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Russian special envoy to Sudan Mikhail Margelov chided Khartoum saying that the latter appears unable to assert control over security in the restive region of (...)




article NCP official urges int’l community to fulfill commitments to south Sudan referendum
August 30, 2010 (KHARTOUM) - A senior Sudanese official has appealed to the international community to fulfill its commitments towards south Sudan’s referendum on self-determination and contribute (...)




article Kidnapped US aid worker freed in Darfur
August 30, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The ordeal of an American female aid worker, Flavia Wagner, kidnapped in Sudan’s restive region of Darfur since mid-March has come to an end when she was rescued by (...)




article Eritrean political group seeks probe over allegedly dumped nuclear waste
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle August 30, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – An exiled Eritrean political organization, the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) on Monday urged the international community to (...)




article World Bank Vice Presidents visit Southern Sudan
August 30, 2010 (JUBA) – Two Vice Presidents of the World Bank are expected to visit southern Sudan sequentially beginning early September in a move seen to be indicating the commitment of the (...)




article SPLA to demobilize all child soldiers by end of the year
By Julius N. Uma August 30, 2010 (JUBA) - The southern Sudanese army – the SPLA – said on Monday that it would demobilize all child soldiers from its ranks by the end of the year. Child soldiers (...)




article South Sudan reiterates commitment to invest in infrastructure
By Ngor Arol Garang August 30, 2010 (RENK) — The regional Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has reiterated commitment to exerting efforts and plans to continue investing in infrastructure (...)




article State prominent MP suggests naming of would-be independent South Sudan
By Manyang Mayom August 30, 2010 (RUMBEK) - The former speaker of Lakes state Legislative Assembly, Isaiah Alier Mashinkok, has suggested that if south Sudan becomes independent after a (...)


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