2012-05-17
Juba Trudges Ahead Despite Oil Row
[Capital FM]
Nairobi, Kenya -
South Sudan is trudging on with plans to develop its infrastructure amid unresolved oil issues with its northern neighbour; an inflation surge and recently imposed austerity measures to recoup revenue losses.2012-05-17
UNSC Hears Progress Report On Relations Between North & South
[Sudan Tribune]
Washington -
The United Nations Security (UNSC) held a closed meeting on Wednesday to listen to a briefing by the UN Secretary General Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Haile Menkerios via videoconference. 2012-05-17
Northerner Gets 10 Years for Bringing Goods to Country
[GoSS]
Juba -
The authorities in Khartoum have sentenced a businessman for ten years for exporting goods to the Republic of South Sudan. 2012-05-17
Difficult Conditions Await Jonglei Returnees
[Sudan Tribune]
Bor -
Mary Ayen left Port Sudan in May 2011 and reached Bor on July 18, 2011 but she is yet to get a plot to settle on or a shelter to cover her head and those of her five children. 2012-05-17
President Regrets Lack of Regional Support to Stop Islamization
[Sudan Tribune]
South Sudan president Salva Kiir on Wednesday expressed his disappointment in the regional support his country has received in its dispute with Sudan, saying his country is fighting the expansion of Islamic ideologies into neighboring countries. 2012-05-17
SPLM-USA May 16 Message
[SSNA]
United States -
Today marks the 29th anniversary of the peoples' revolution waged in 1983 by Sudan people's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). Known as one of the longest revolutions in the continent of Africa, the struggle reached its climax in 2005 with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in Kenya. 2012-05-17
South Sudan Commemorates SPLA Day
[Sudan Tribune]
Bor/Bentui -
The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) commemorated it's 29th anniversary across South Sudan, celebrating the formation of the former rebel group - now the national army of independent South Sudan - on 16 May 1983. 2012-05-17
Country Joins Membership of African Trade Insurance
[Sudan Tribune]
Nairobi -
South Sudan, has joined the membership of the African Trade Insurance (ATI) agency which insures investment and political risks in the continent. 2012-05-16
Nation Briefed On South Sudan Progress
[The Herald]
A visiting South Sudan parliamentary delegation yesterday briefed Zimbabwe's Parliament on the current conflict with Sudan after the country voted to secede from its northern neighbour following a prolonged civil war. The delegation met Senate President Edna Madzongwe and Speaker of the House Assembly Lovemore Moyo. 2012-05-16
Announcement of U.S.$8 Billion Loan From China Draws Skepticism
[Sudan Tribune]
Washington -
The announcement made by South Sudan last month of an $8 billion loan from China appears to have been overblown, according to officials in Juba as well as diplomats. 2012-05-16
Bashir Reiterates Priority of Security Issues With South in Future Talks
[Sudan Tribune]
Khartoum -
The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir reaffirmed his country's condition that any talks with South Sudan need to address security issues first before moving to other items. 2012-05-16
Country Rejects Conditional Withdrawal of Sudanese Army From Abyei
[Sudan Tribune]
Juba -
South Sudan said Tuesday that it would not accept Sudan placing conditions on its withdrawal from the contested region of Abyei, or any action that violated recent resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations and African Union. 2012-05-16
Operation to Airlift Citizens Stranded in Sudan Begins - UN Official
[UN News]
An operation to fly back to their country an estimated 12,000 citizens of South Sudan stranded at a riverside town in neighbouring Sudan has begun, a senior United Nations official said today, adding that the returnees are being provided with humanitarian assistance on arrival back home. 2012-05-16
Mbeki Expected in Khartoum to Discuss Talks With South Sudan
[Sudan Tribune]
Khartoum -
African Union's (AU) mediator for Sudan and South Sudan, Thabo Mbeki, is expected to touch ground in the capital Khartoum within 48 hours to discuss details of resuming negotiations between the two countries, a Sudanese official has announced. 2012-05-16
UN Launches Appeal for Humanitarian Assistance
[Sudan Tribune]
Juba -
The United Nations on Tuesday launched an appeal for humanitarian operation funds; a day after an estimated 12,000 South Sudanese started leaving Khartoum for Juba, the South Sudan capital. 2012-05-16
Aid Agencies Prepare for Rainy Season in Yida Refugee Camp
[Sudan Tribune]
Bentiu -
Humanitarian agencies in South Sudan who are supporting refugees from conflicts in Sudan have warned the seasonal rains, which have already begun in some areas, will make existing bad conditions in refugee camps worse and restrict access to many areas and increase the risk of disease. 2012-05-16
South Sudan, Burkina Faso FA Presidents Call On CAF President Issa Hayatou
[CAF]
Mr Chabur Gor Alei, President of the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) on Monday (May 14) paid a courtesy call on CAF President Issa Hayatou in Cairo, Egypt. 2012-05-15
What Support Does Sudan Want When the British Historian Has Helped Them and Us?
[Citizen]
Unless the Sudanese are out for unscientific arguments which they know will not produce any tangible result, the British historian Douglas H. Johnson has helped both them and South Sudanese in our assertion that the place Panthou belongs to us because it is an ancestral land of the Dinka Rueng of Unity State as to Sudan's contest of it as being called Heglig and belonging to Southern Kordofan. The newcomers are always eager to find out from the locales the meaning of a place and that is exactly true of the 2012-05-15
Women Hold a Nationwide Peaceful Demonstration
[Citizen]
Juba -
South Sudanese women yesterday hold a peaceful nationwide demonstration against Khartoum's continuous aggressions and bombardment of territories within their country as a result leading to deaths of innocent women and children. They carried slogans which read: "Stop killing women and children". 2012-05-14
Sudan Lays Down Conditions for Abyei Withdrawal
[Sudan Tribune]
Khartoum -
The Sudanese government has conditioned withdrawal of its troops from Abyei on the formation of an administrative body as agreed with South Sudan last year, warning that otherwise a vacuum would be created in the hotly-contested region. |
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