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According to latest figures by Research and Markets, a think-tank, spending on the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) stood at US$3.308bn in 2010 and is expected to rise to US$3.923bn in 2011, amounting to 22.2% of GDP.
The Sudanese air force consists of 61 combat capable aircraft, as well as Russian-built Divina 2 anti-aircraft missiles, according to the 2012 edition of the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ The Military Balance”.
Sudan’s Defence Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein (R) speaks during joint news conference with his South Sudanese counterpart John Kong Nyuon in Khartoum September 18, 2011. (Reuters)
Al Jazeera | Sudan declares emergency on border with south | 29 April 2012
Al Jazeera English | On the frontline with South Sudan’s army | 27 April 2012
Al Jazeera | South Sudanese troops ’advance’ on Heglig | 25 April 2012
Al Jazeera English | Sudanese jets attack oil pipeline | 5 April 2012
Al Jazeera crew forced to take cover, as South Sudan claims to have shot down one of planes which carried out raid. Al Jazeera’s Nazanine Moshiri reports from on the Sudan-South Sudan border.
Thursday 14 February 2013 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
February 14, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian military source has told Sudan Tribune that the country has built the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone which could be used for multiple purposes. A US (...)
Tuesday 1 May 2012 April 30, 2012 (LONDON) - The Sudanese government is providing support to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) an insurgency that originated in northern Uganda but now operates in South Sudan, Central African Republic (CAR) and the (...)
Friday 10 May 2013 May 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army has agreed to boost salaries of soldiers and officers by 22% amid growing military activities against rebels in the country. FILE PHOTO - Sudanese army troops (GETTY)
Last month the Sudanese (...)
Thursday 9 May 2013 May 8, 2012 (BOR) - Hundreds of rogue South Sudan army (SPLA) soldiers, most of them deserters from Jonglei’s Pibor County on Wednesday staged a roadblock on the outskirts of the state capital, demanding pay. SPLA soldiers prepare to (...)
Thursday 17 May 2012 May 16, 2012 (BOR/BENTUI) - The Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) commemorated it’s 29th anniversary with events across South Sudan, celebrating the formation of the former rebel group - now the national army of independent South (...)
Thursday 9 May 2013 May 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s National Assembly has decided to suspend its sessions next week in order to enable lawmakers to head to their constituencies and lead a mobilisation campaign in support of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in (...)
Monday 18 February 2013 February 17, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Sunday defended its decision to remove 118 senior military officers from active military service and place them on reserve, a move seen as an attempt to transform the security sector, according (...)
Wednesday 3 April 2013 April 2, 2013 (BOR) - South Sudan army (SPLA) on Tuesday said they captured airbases allegedly used by David Yauyau’s rebel group to receive military aid from the government of neighbouring Sudan. SPLA General Peter Gadet Yaak, (...)
Friday 2 May 2008 May 2, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Minister Dominic Dim Deng and other 19 military officials have been killed as result of a plane crash between Wau and Juba, the Sudan Television reported today. (...)
Tuesday 30 April 2013 April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) –The spokesperson of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), Colonel al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa’ad, says that Khartoum has no evidence linking South Sudan to the rebels’ attack on the North Kordofan town of Um Rawaba. SPLM-N’s top (...)
The better approach to reconciliation2013-05-17 06:07:06 By Zechariah Manyok Biar
May 16, 2013 - Some of you who might have read my previous articles know that I promised some weeks ago to write separately on the topic of peace and reconciliation that (...)
OIL: is it a curse or a blessing in South Sudan?2013-05-17 06:04:54 By Jacob K. Lupai
May 16, 2013 - In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high (...)
The misapprehension of peace in the context of conflict resolution2013-05-16 11:40:39 By Ngor Arol Garang
May 16, 2013 - Political leaders and citizens with an interest in politics within the Bahr el Ghazal region will come together for a one week conference on Wednesday, where (...)
Wau Dialogue W. Bahr el-Ghazal state 13-15 May 20132013-05-13 14:41:35 South Sudan Law Society
13th-April-2013
Citizen of Western Bhar el-Ghazal State calls for limitations of President Powers and the Independence of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and (...)
Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom2013-05-04 10:53:49 Human Rights Watch
Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom
Newspapers, Other Media Censored, Confiscated, Shut Down
MAY 3, 2013
(Nairobi) – Sudan should immediately stop censoring (...)
CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom2013-05-03 03:23:16 Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom
New York, May 2, 2013
The Committee to Protect Journalists asks Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the (...)
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The better approach to reconciliation 2013-05-17 06:07:06 By Zechariah Manyok Biar May 16, 2013 - Some of you who might have read my previous articles know that I promised some weeks ago to write separately on the topic of peace and reconciliation that (...)
OIL: is it a curse or a blessing in South Sudan? 2013-05-17 06:04:54 By Jacob K. Lupai May 16, 2013 - In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high (...)
The misapprehension of peace in the context of conflict resolution 2013-05-16 11:40:39 By Ngor Arol Garang May 16, 2013 - Political leaders and citizens with an interest in politics within the Bahr el Ghazal region will come together for a one week conference on Wednesday, where (...)
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