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 Secretary General Jemma Nunu Kumba (File Photo (...)

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 Al-Arbaeen Street of Omdurman and a number of (...)

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 Saturday its return to the mother group led by the (...)

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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

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 (...)

Uganda’s elections marred by widespread violence, says HRW

January 21, 2021 (KAMPALA) – The weeks leading up to Uganda’s recently concluded elections were characterized by widespread violence and human rights abuses, a US-based rights body said. Ugandan (...)

Turkey supports poultry farmers and beekeepers in S. Sudan

January 20, 2021 (JUBA) – The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) had provided materials for poultry farmers and beekeepers in the South Sudanese capital, Juba. South Sudanese (...)

Three aid workers killed during West Darfur tribal attacks: UN

January 20, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Three aid workers were killed during the recent revenge attacks on the residents of displacement camp outside the capital of West Darfur state, the United Nations (...)

Biden lifts visa ban on Sudanese winners of green card lottery

January 20, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The newly-sworn in US president Joe Biden moved quickly to reverse immigration-related policies enacted by his predecessor Donald Trump including one impacting (...)

Wednesday 20 January 2021
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Sudan to train South Sudanese technical engineers

January 19, 2020 (JUBA) - South Sudan and Sudan have agreed to a draft agreement in which Sudan will offer training services to South Sudanese technical engineers. A worker at the power plant of (...)

Germany to host Friends of Sudan meeting next week

January 19, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Berlin will host a meeting for the Friends of Sudan group on January 28, said a German official who arrived in Khartoum to prepare for the meeting. Philipp (...)

NAS condemns killing of civilians in Upper Nile’s Maban county

January 19, 2021 (MOROBO) – The opposition National Salvation Front (NAS) has condemned all forms of violence, including the displacement of unarmed civilians, from villages in Maban county of (...)

Sudan bears primary responsibility to protect civilians in Darfur: says FM

January 19, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government condemned on Tuesday the bloody intercommunal violence in West and South Darfur states and stressed its responsibility to protect civilians (...)

IMF says momentum building for Sudan debt relief efforts

January 19, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed that several major donors expressed support to efforts aimed at securing debt relief for Sudan. The IMF headquarters (...)

Tuesday 19 January 2021
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Sudan protesters burn Israeli flag in anti-normalization ties rally

January 18, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Dozens of Sudanese protesters on Sunday burned the Israeli flag during a rally against Khartoum's recent signing of a deal on normalizing relations with the Jewish (...)

S. Sudan’s Kiir congratulates Museveni over election victory

January 18, 2021 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has congratulated his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni upon his recent re-election in the general elections held last week. (...)

UN chief urges Sudan to de-escalate Darfur tribal violence

January 18, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations Secretary-General said deeply concerned by the surge of tribal attacks in West Darfur and urged the Sudanese government to do the needful to stop (...)

Over 40 people killed in new tribal clashes in South Darfur

January 18, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Over 40 people are killed as a result of bloody confrontations between the Fallata and Rizeigat tribes in Al-Tawil area of Gereida locality, about 100 km south of (...)

Monday 18 January 2021
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Sudan’s PM reiterates commitment to implement peace deal

January 17, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok affirmed on Sunday his government's commitment to implement the Juba Peace Agreement. Hamdok and the South Sudanese Chief Mediator (...)

Ethiopian army releases eight Sudanese military captives

January 17, 2021 (GADAREF) - Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) on Sunday handed over to the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) eight soldiers who were captured during border clashes between the two (...)

83 people killed in West Darfur tribal attacks: medical group

January 17, 2020 (KHARTOUM) - At least 83 people were killed in tribal revenge attacks in West Darfur State following the death of a man from an Arab clan in a quarrel with another from the (...)

Sunday 17 January 2021
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Sudanese troops have been deployed on the border in agreement with Ethiopia’s PM: al-Burhan

January 16, 2021 - (KHARTOUM) - The head of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, disclosed Saturday that he had agreed with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to deploy (...)

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