June 18

• Sudan: Advocacy Group Warns of Conflict in Abyei Region

  An advocacy group has warned of a possible outbreak of conflict in disputed border region of Abyei unless claims to the area between north and south Sudan are peacefully resolved. Read more »

• Sudan: U.S. Condemns Shelling in S. Kordofan That Killed UN Peacekeeper

  The United States on Monday issued a condemnation of the shelling that took place last week in a Sudanese border state and hit a United Nations peacekeeping base. Read more »

• Sudan: CAR's New President in Khartoum for Talks On Bilateral Ties

  Michel Djotodia, new president of Central African Republic (CAR), arrived Monday to Khartoum where he held talks with his Sudanese counterpart Omer Al-Bashir. Read more »

• South Sudan: Unrest As SPLM Sacks Official in South Sudan Lakes State, Suspends Two Others

  The South Sudan ruling party (SPLM) has sacked its assistant secretary for political affairs in Lakes state's Rumbek Central County, suspending two other officials for allegedly... Read more »

• South Sudan: South Sudan's Kiir Says Khartoum Using Pipeline As "Weapon of Threat"

  South Sudan president Salva Kiir has strongly dismissed allegations that his country supports rebels opposed to Khartoum saying the latter was using its oil pipeline to threaten... Read more »

• Sudan: Sudan Says Mbeki's Proposal Contains No New Elements

  Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) said today that proposals of the head of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), Thabo Mbeki, to resolve the recent... Read more »

• Sudan: South Darfur Governor Says Security Situation 'Stable'

  The governor of South Darfur state Adam Mahmoud Jar Al-Nabi has asserted that the security situation in all localities of the state is calm including the capital city of Nyala. Read more »

• South Sudan: South Sudan Television Sacks Head of English Department

  South Sudan Television (SSTV) has sacked head of English department following internal squabbles over the policy the institution should promotes, according to multiple officials at... Read more »

• Sudan: On Abyei Enough Is Enough [opinion]

  No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody's wish that dialogue could prevail over... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Egyptian Foreign Minister in Ethiopia for Talks Over Nile Water

  Ethiopian foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom on Monday met his visiting Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Kamel Amr, in Addis Ababa where the two sides discussed Ethiopia's controversial... Read more »

June 17

• South Sudan: Alleged Theft in Kiir's Office Was a Crime By Insiders - Report

  The committee which was formed to investigate the alleged thefts in the office of the South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has released its final report saying the alleged... Read more »

• South Sudan: S. Sudan to Chair Nile Basin Initiative Meet

  South Sudan will later this month assume the chair of the Nile Basin Initiative initially headed by Rwanda, the country's water resources and irrigation minister said Friday. Read more »

• Sudan: China Steps in to Seek Solution to Sudan's Oil Shutdown Crisis

  The Chinese special envoy to Africa Zhong Jianhua held talks in Khartoum today with the oil minister Awad al-Jaz in the wake of Sudan's decision last week to block flow of oil from... Read more »

• Sudan: Jonglei - Mayor Pushes for Teacher Pay Raise

  The mayor of Bor town municipality, Nhial Majak Nhial, has pledged to push for a pay raise for teachers, as one way of improving the quality of education in the state. Read more »

• Sudan: Sudanese Ruling Party Welcomes Machar's Visit to Khartoum

  South Sudanese vice-president Riek Machar is expected to arrive in Khartoum on Tuesday as the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) welcomed the South Sudanese intitaive. Read more »

• Sudan: S. Sudanese Pound Depreciates As Central Bank Restricts Hard Currency Allocation

  The U.S dollar ($) has surged against South Sudanese Pound (SSP), after the central bank announced restrictions on the allocation of hard currency to commercial banks. Read more »

• Sudan: Prisoner Tortured to Death in Rumbek Military Prison - Sources

  Sources in the Lakes state capital Rumbek claim a man was tortured to death on Saturday night in Langcok military prison, while a number of other inmates remain in critical... Read more »

• Sudan: 120,000 South Sudanese Cut Off From Aid - MSF

  At least 120,000 people have fled fighting in and around the main towns in South Sudan's Jonglei state county of Pibor and are currently in unsafe and malaria-infested swamps with... Read more »

• South Sudan: S. Sudan Opposition Apologises for Anti-Bashir Remarks

  South Sudan's main opposition party has distanced itself from a critical comment one of its top official made against the Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir Read more »

• South Sudan: South Sudan Backs Ethiopia's Nile Dam

  The Governments of South Sudan has voiced support to a Ethiopia's controversial Nile Dam project which the country is building along the Nile river, while Addis Ababa minimised... Read more »

• South Sudan: South Sudan Forms High Level Committee for Dialogue With Sudan

  South Sudan has formed a high level political committee to dialogue with the neighbouring Sudan to defuse the current oil row which has threatened to invalidate the cooperation... Read more »

• Sudan: Jonglei - Bor Town Closes Over 50 Illegal Shops

  The capital of South Sudan's Jonglei state ordered the closure of 54 shops and stores in Bor town's Marol Market on Thursday, three days after the office of the mayor gave shop... Read more »

• Sudan: Juba Dispatches VP Machar to Sudan for Talks On Oil Row - Source

  South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar will travel to Khartoum for talks with Sudanese official on their decision to stop oil flow through their pipelines, a government source said... Read more »

• Sudan: Lakes - Unknown Gunman Kills Hunter in Wulu

  An unknown gunman have killed a hunter in a remote village in Makundi payam [district] in Lakes state's Wulul county on Friday. Read more »

• Sudan: Sudan's Ruling Party Meet to Discuss Post-Oil Shutdown Economy

  The economic sector at Sudan's ruling National Congress Party's (NCP) has held a meeting on Saturday to discuss the future of the oil industry in the country as well as the... Read more »