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Al Jazeera English | South Sudan facing food crisis | 30 April 2012
A combination of bad weather, pests and a deteriorating relationship with the North has led to an economic crisis that is challenging South Sudan’s food security. Ongoing clashes with Khartoum over the countries’ contested border area have halted the import of cheap food goods from the North, leaving Juba to rely on high-cost goods imported from southern neighbour Uganda. Another full-scale war between the two rival Sudans would make an already tough situation much worse. Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste reports from Juba.
Al Jazeera English | Sudan declares emergency on border with south | 29 April 2012
Al Jazeera English | Al Bashir rules out talks with South Sudan | 23 April 2012
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On Abyei enough is enough2013-06-18 05:01:47 By Deng Vanang
June 17, 2013 - No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody’s wish that dialogue could (...)
The arming of rebels in Sudan and South Sudan: what is the evidence?2013-06-18 04:57:44 By Eric Reeves
17 June 2013 - News reporting in general, a great deal of analytic writing, and virtually all diplomatic pronouncements about military support for rebel groups—in South Sudan and (...)
Bashir’s decision, a material breach of the oil agreement2013-06-16 06:21:14 By Justice Deng Biong
June 15, 2013 - After its ratification by the National legislatures in both South Sudan and Sudan States, the Cooperation Agreement [CA] (Oil Agreement included) signed on (...)
South Sudan civil society alliance ask to meet the president2013-06-12 05:23:59 South Sudan Civil Society Alliance
National Issues Discussed with the Presidential Legal Advisor and Appeal to meet the President
June 7, 2013
Ladies and gentlemen of the press, today the (...)
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On Abyei enough is enough 2013-06-18 05:01:47 By Deng Vanang June 17, 2013 - No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody’s wish that dialogue could (...)
The arming of rebels in Sudan and South Sudan: what is the evidence? 2013-06-18 04:57:44 By Eric Reeves 17 June 2013 - News reporting in general, a great deal of analytic writing, and virtually all diplomatic pronouncements about military support for rebel groups—in South Sudan and (...)
Bashir’s decision, a material breach of the oil agreement 2013-06-16 06:21:14 By Justice Deng Biong June 15, 2013 - After its ratification by the National legislatures in both South Sudan and Sudan States, the Cooperation Agreement [CA] (Oil Agreement included) signed on (...)
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