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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.
Saturday 23 February 2013 February 22, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The leader of Sudan’s Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Niles group, Abu Hazim, was killed in an airstrike carried out recently by French warplanes on the positions of jihadists in northern Mali. An (...)
Thursday 9 August 2012 August 6, 2012 (JUBA) – The South Sudan army (SPLA) on Monday reiterated its commitment to defending its territorial integrity and respecting its constitutional obligations to protecting the lives and properties of its citizens from (...)
Monday 10 December 2012 December 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan and South Sudan have delayed their meeting on the implementation of security arrangements until Monday after failing to agree on its agenda.
The two parties did not agree last November in meeting (...)
Sunday 7 August 2011 August 6, 2011 — Sudan People’s Liberation Army troops displaying the spoils of their conflict in South Kordofan. Sudan People’s Liberation Army troops displaying the spoils of their conflict in South (...)
Saturday 21 April 2012 April 20, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan welcomed the announcement made by the chief of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Aronda Nyakairima, on Friday that his military will intervene if the fighting between Juba and Khartoum escalates (...)
Sunday 15 April 2012 April 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are at few kilometers from Heglig town and the area’s oilfields, Khaled Al-Sawarmi Khartoum’s military spokesperson said on Saturday evening 24 hours after beginning the the north’s (...)
Friday 3 June 2011 By Philip Thon Aleu
June 2, 2011 (BOR) – Jonglei state governor Kuol Manyang Juuk said Tuesday that the northern military’s deployment at sites occupied by Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states is (...)
Sunday 9 December 2012 December 9, 2012 (LONDON) - South Sudan’s army has shot dead 10 people in Wau, the capital of Western Bahr el Ghazal State, who were protesting against moving an administrative headquarters, the United Nations said Sunday.
In the late (...)
Wednesday 14 March 2012 March 14, 2012 (JUBA/KHARTOUM) – Sudanese rebels claim that on Tuesday they shot down a Sudanese military unmanned plane in the disputed area of Jau, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan. A picture released by the SRF rebel group (...)
Tuesday 28 August 2012 August 28, 2012 (BOR) - Jonglei State Government officials and South Sudan’s Army (SPLA) have pledged to clear the state from the rebel group led by David Yau Yau after an attack in Nahaam area of Pibor, where they killed some 40 SPLA (...)
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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