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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 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 (...)
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 (...)
Thursday 3 January 2013 January 2, 2013 (WAU/JUBA) - The South Sudanese border state of Western Bahr el Ghazal on Wednesday accused the army of neighbouring Sudan of carrying out air and ground attacks against Raja County, overrunning a military base and (...)
Monday 27 August 2012 August 27,2012 (BOR) - South Sudan authorities have confirmed new clashes between SPLA forces and a rebel group led by David Yauyau in Thodo about 60 kilometres from Lekuangole payam [district] of Pibor county. SPLA) soldier stands 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 (...)
Tuesday 4 September 2012 By Toby Collins
September 3, 2012 (LONDON) – Egyptian authorities fearful of a monopoly on Nile waters received agreement from Khartoum to build an airbase in Sudan, to launch attacks on Ethiopian damming facilities, claims 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 (...)
Friday 11 June 2010 June 10, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir today made changes among the highest ranks of his army yesterday, sending five generals into retirement as the country awaits the announcement of a new government (...)
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 (...)
Tuesday 31 August 2010 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 in south Sudan (IRIN)
The Chairperson of (...)
NCP Parliament Speaker will not negotiate with those who carry arms2013-05-23 08:09:52 By Mahmoud A. Suleiman
May 22, 2013 - This article comes on the backdrop of the war drums beating campaign orchestrated by the National Congress Party (NCP) regime Parliament Speaker, Ahmed (...)
At the Mercy of the Sky, South Sudanese professionals2013-05-23 08:02:35 By Suzanne Jambo
May 22, 2013 - "I have nothing to hide and I walk away with my head high. There was absolutely no board meeting to discuss my issue. The reason given were unilateral spending (...)
National unity: a project for each and every South Sudanese2013-05-21 14:23:01 By Jacob K. Lupai
May 21, 2013 - South Sudan has just attained independence from an imposed unity that had failed miserably to take into account the objective realities on the ground. In the old (...)
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 (...)
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NCP Parliament Speaker will not negotiate with those who carry arms 2013-05-23 08:09:52 By Mahmoud A. Suleiman May 22, 2013 - This article comes on the backdrop of the war drums beating campaign orchestrated by the National Congress Party (NCP) regime Parliament Speaker, Ahmed (...)
At the Mercy of the Sky, South Sudanese professionals 2013-05-23 08:02:35 By Suzanne Jambo May 22, 2013 - "I have nothing to hide and I walk away with my head high. There was absolutely no board meeting to discuss my issue. The reason given were unilateral spending (...)
National unity: a project for each and every South Sudanese 2013-05-21 14:23:01 By Jacob K. Lupai May 21, 2013 - South Sudan has just attained independence from an imposed unity that had failed miserably to take into account the objective realities on the ground. In the old (...)
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