May 22

• Sudan: Sudan and SPLM-N At Odds Over Children Vaccination

  Sudanese government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) are at odds over a polio vaccination campaign UN agencies intend to carry out in the rebel controlled... Read more »

• Sudan: Sudan Plans to Curb Unemployment Through Micro-Financing

  Sudan intends to establish a specialised micro-finance bank with a capital of $ 5 million to fight poverty, raise standards of living, and curb unemployment. Read more »

• Sudan: Uganda Can Help Peace in Darfur By Stopping Support to Rebels, Sudan Says

  A high ranking Sudanese official said Uganda has to stop its support to the rebel groups in Darfur, if it wants to help to bring peace in the troubled region. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia - Boating Accident Kills Five On Lake Tana

  At least five people died when a boat carrying 110 passengers overturned on Lake Tana in Ethiopia's north western region of Amhara on Monday, police told Sudan Tribune. The boat... Read more »

• Sudan: Khartoum Denies Blocking South Sudan Oil Flow

  The Sudanese oil minister Awad Al-Jaz on Tuesday denied reports that his government hampered the exportation of South Sudan crude through the Heglig pipeline, stressing it... Read more »

• South Sudan: UAE Investors Seek to Invest in South Sudan

  Major investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been flocking to the new country in recent months seeking investment opportunities in various sectors. Read more »

• Sudan: Lakes - More Arrests in Rumbek Over Beer Ban

  South Sudanese police and national security personnel continued their crack down on places suspected to be selling alcohol on Tuesday in Lakes state capital, Rumbek. Read more »

• Sudan: Sudan's Ex-Spy Chief Declines to Plea for Mercy

  Sudan's former director of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Salah Gosh refused to plea for mercy; while the investigation committee found no evidence of his... Read more »

• Sudan: Unity and Reconciliation Necessary for Sustainable Peace in Darfur

  The biggest challenge in the Darfur conflict today is divisions. These divisions have created misunderstanding and mistrust within Darfurian society. Moreover they have and are... Read more »

• Sudan: Sudan - Anatomy of a Conflict-New Report From Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

  Cambridge, MA- Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's Signal Program on Human Security and Technology (Signal Program) today released an unprecedented study of the ongoing conflict in... Read more »

May 21

• Sudan: IDPs Attacked in South Darfur En Route to Dereige Camp

  Displaced civilians on their way to Dereige camp in South Darfur were attacked by an unidentified armed group on 16 May, according to UK-based advocacy group the Sudan Social... Read more »

• South Sudan: Ex-South Sudan Rebels Claim Khartoum Arrested Its Members, Confiscated Properties

  A South Sudanese rebel group, which recently signed a peace deal with the Juba government, claims the government of Sudan arrested some of its members and confiscated personal... Read more »

• Sudan: S. Sudan Army Says It Recaptured Town From Yau Yau Rebels

  The South Sudanese army (SPLA) says it has retaken control of an area previously held by rebels in the remote Boma town in Jonglei state. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Sudanese Refugees Relocated to Camp in Ethiopia

  The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has relocated over 1,480 Sudanese refugees from the border to Sherkole camp in Ethiopia pushing the capacity of the camp beyond the... Read more »

• Sudan: Sudan's Council of States Suspends Sessions to Push for Military Mobilisation

  Sudan's Council of States has decided to suspend its sessions in order to enable its members to head to their constituencies and lead a mobilisation campaign in support of the... Read more »

• Sudan: SAF Promises Decisive Victory Against Rebels Soon

  The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has announced that major victory against rebellion will be declared soon and said it would be a landslide victory which will destroy "the rebels who... Read more »

• South Sudan: Juba Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Oil Blockage

  South Sudan on Monday summoned the Chinese ambassador to Juba to complain over an alleged blockage of the flow of its oil to international markets through Sudanese territory,... Read more »

• Sudan: Presidential Aide Proposes to Form a National Council for Peace

  Sudanese presidential aide Abdel Rahman Al-Mahdi proposed to form a national council for peace gathering the leaders of the political parties to discuss national issues . Read more »

• Sudan: Speculations About Ministerial Reshuffle in Sudan

  Different sources have expected a large ministerial reshuffle in Khartoum, saying that the first vice-president Ali Osman Taha might be relieved from his position. Read more »

May 20

• Africa: CPJ Urges Kerry to Address AU Summit On Press Freedom

  The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on US secretary of state John Kerry to address African leaders on the issue of press freedom in Africa during an upcoming... Read more »

• South Sudan: Machar Tells SPLA to Distance Itself From Politics

  South Sudan's vice-president, Riek Machar, has strongly directed the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) to distance itself from the ongoing political debates in the country. Read more »

• South Sudan: Rumbek Court Sentences Government Official to Two Years in Prison

  Rumbek county court on Friday sentenced a government official to two years in prison for assaulting a reporter for South Sudan Television (SSTV) and threatening him with pistol in... Read more »

• South Sudan: Country Denies Marginalising Minority Tribes in Government

  South Sudan has denied allegations that it is marginalising minority tribes in the government, asserting that those making such claims are individuals acting out of their own... Read more »

• Sudan: Increase of UN Troops in Abyei Is Part of a Previous Agreement, Sudan Says

  Sudan's foreign ministry has stated that the call of the UN secretary General for adding (1126) troops to the UN Interim Force for Abyei (UNISFA) came in the context of an earlier... Read more »

• Sudan: Western Envoys Call for End to Conflict in Jonglei

  Western diplomats, alarmed by the increasing violence South Sudan's Jonglei state, have issued a joint statement calling for an end to the conflict in the country's largest region. Read more »