Kenyan president urges South Sudan leaders to expedite peace process

January 27, 2021 (NAIROBI) – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged South Sudan leaders to expedite the implementation of the pending issues in the peace deal signed in September 2018. South Sudan President Salva Kiir (L) and Kenya's Uhuru (...)

Sudan launches infrastructure projects on eastern border areas

January 27, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese army Chief of Staff Lt Gen Mohamed Osman al-Hussein, Wednesday, inaugurated the launch of a number of strategic infrastructure projects on the eastern borders with Ethiopia. The projects which are funded (...)

Ethiopia sets pre-condition for dialogue with Sudan: reports

January 26, 2021 (ADDIS ABABA,KHARTOUM) - Ethiopia on Tuesday set a pre-condition for any form of negotiations with neighbouring Sudan over their border dispute. The Ethiopian government, state media reported, will only begin talks when the (...)

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Two arrested in South Sudan over counterfeit currency

January 27, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan's Internal Security Bureau of the National Security Services has arrested two people who were allegedly dealing in counterfeit currencies valued at $1.8 (...)

Kenyan president urges South Sudan leaders to expedite peace process

Sudan launches infrastructure projects on eastern border areas

January 27, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese army Chief of Staff Lt Gen Mohamed Osman al-Hussein, Wednesday, inaugurated the launch of a number of strategic infrastructure projects on the eastern (...)

Wednesday 27 January 2021
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Sudanese, U.S. officials discuss ways to develop bilateral military cooperation

January 26, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese military leaders on Tuesday discussed with a visiting U.S. delegation headed by the Deputy Commander of the African Military Command (AFRICOM) military (...)

Ethiopia sets pre-condition for dialogue with Sudan: reports

January 26, 2021 (ADDIS ABABA,KHARTOUM) - Ethiopia on Tuesday set a pre-condition for any form of negotiations with neighbouring Sudan over their border dispute. The Ethiopian government, state (...)

Machar, diplomats discuss security arrangement issues

South Sudan's First Vice President, Riek Machar meeting diplomats on the implementation of the peace agreement, January 26, 2021 (courtesy photo) January 26, 2020 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s First (...)

SPLM-N’s Arman accuses Sudan intelligence of obstructing peace implementation

January 26, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Yasir Arman, deputy head of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led by Malik Agar, accused the Sudanese intelligence service of working to divide (...)

Over 8 million people need humanitarian aid in S. Sudan: OCHA

January 26, 2021 (NEW YORK) - More than 8 million people in South Sudan will need humanitarian assistance this year alone, the United Nations said. Women collect food sacks air dropped by the (...)

Tuesday 26 January 2021
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South Korea gives $400,000 for gender-based violence in S. Sudan

January 25, 2021 (JUBA) – The South Korean government has donated $400,000 to help in the fight against sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) among women and girls in South Sudan. Women advocates (...)

South Sudan’s Central bank to auction $2m every week: official

January 25, 2020 (JUBA) - The Central Bank of South Sudan will begin auctioning at least $2 million weekly to stabilize the country's economy, a senior official disclosed. U.S. dollar notes (...)

Over 125,000 people displaced by recent tribal violence in Darfur

January 25, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The number of civilians displaced by the recent Inter-communal violence in West and South Darfur states has risen to over 125,000 people, said a UN agency on Monday. (...)

Peace mediators propose power-sharing compromise between Sudan’s armed groups

January 25, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The South Sudanese mediation presented a proposal to ensure a fair power-sharing between the armed groups that signed the Juba peace agreement with the Sudanese (...)

Monday 25 January 2021
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Indian peacekeepers to establish temporary base in Upper Nile

January 24, 2021 (JUBA) - Indian peacekeepers in South Sudan have established a temporary operating base in Akoka area of Upper Nile state to protect civilians anticipated to be at risk of (...)

South Sudan invites companies to bid for environmental audit

January 24, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum has invited a shortlist of companies to bid for environmental audit of its oil fields. Oil workers at one of petrodar oil fields (...)

SLM-TC forces arrive in North Darfur cantonment sites

January 24, 2021 (KORMA) - The head of the Sudan Liberation Movement - Transitional Council (SLM-TC), Hadi Idris, announced the arrival of the movement’s forces to the cantonment sites in North (...)

S. Sudan’s Kiir fills top military positions ahead of reunification

President Salva Kiir speaks at the headquarters of the army in Juba 9 August 2018 (Photo S. Sudan presidency January 24, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has issued a command (...)

Ethiopian forces launch cross-border shelling on Sudanese patrol

January 23, 2021 (GADAREF) - Sudanese army troops patrolling the border came under mortar fire on Sunday from the Ethiopian federal army on the other side of the border. Both Sudan and Ethiopia (...)

Sunday 24 January 2021
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Sudan military firms plan to expand economic activities

January 23, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Military Industry Corporation (MIC), a group of companies owned by the Sudanese army, on Saturday, said planning to expand its investments in agricultural and (...)

Turkey aid agency empowers women in South Sudan

January 23, 2021 (JUBA) – The Turkish aid agency (TIKA) on Friday donated materials for women to making sandals in South Sudan. South Sudanese women dance at a festival in Juba to celebrate the (...)

Sudanese protest in Khartoum over bread shortages

January 23, 2020 (KHARTOUM) - Hundreds of people demonstrated in different areas in the Sudanese capital on Saturday to protest breadlines and fuel shortages. Hundreds of protesters marched in (...)

SPLM orders appointment of Upper Nile State Secretary

January 23, 2021 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s ruling Sudan’s Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) has ordered for the appointment of the acting SPLM Interim State Secretary for Upper Nile State. SPLM Acting (...)

SSUF announces return to late General Paulino Matip group

SSUF-Progressive Peace members holding a meeting in Khartoum, January 23, 2021 (courtesy photo) January 23, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The South Sudan United Front (SSUF)-Progressive Peace, announced on (...)

Friday 22 January 2021
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UN urges "zero tolerance" for sexual violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

January 21, 2021 (JUBA) - The United Nations has urged “zero tolerance” policy and called on all parties to prohibit the use of sexual violence and cease hostilities in the Tigray region of (...)

UN to set up temporary operating base in Warrap State

January 21, 2021 (NEW YORK) – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is working with authorities to establish a temporary operating base in the greater Tonj area of Warrap State to (...)

West Darfur announces security plan to protect civilians

January 21, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - West Darfur State approved on Thursday security plan to protect civilians after the bloody tribal violence that resulted in the death of 160 people and the injury of (...)

UK backs Sudan’s economic reforms & debt relief

January 21, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The United Kingdom extended £40 million in aid to Sudan to support cash assistance program that targets poor families and pledged a bridge loan to clear arrears at (...)

Former Upper Nile governor urges calm after separate attacks

January 21, 2021 (JUBA)- Simon Kun Puoch, former governor of Upper Nile, one of the 10 states in South Sudan, has called for calm following attacks in which several lives and properties were (...)

Thursday 21 January 2021
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Hamdok urges political groups to file nominees for Sudan’s new cabinet

January 20, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, on Wednesday, urged the ruling coalition to submit the lists of nominees for the new cabinet ministers. Last Sunday, the (...)

Civil society body to evaluate South Sudan’s coalition government

January 21, 2021 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese civil society says it intends to conduct a survey on citizens’ perception regarding the performance of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National (...)

Ethiopia dismisses agreement with Sudan on border troops’ deployment

January 20, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Ethiopia dismissed statements by the head of the Sovereign Council about a bilateral agreement to deploy the Sudanese troops on the border before "the law (...)

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