May 20
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S. Sudan Warns Security Forces, Militias Over Violence Against Civilians
Sudan Tribune
South Sudan president, Salva Kiir has warned armed rebel groups and "ill-disciplined" elements within the regular security forces to halt violence against innocent civilians in the... Read more »
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Machar Tells SPLA to Distance Itself From Politics
Sudan Tribune
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 »
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Rumbek Court Sentences Government Official to Two Years in Prison
Sudan Tribune
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 »
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Country Denies Marginalising Minority Tribes in Government
Sudan Tribune
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 »
May 19
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New Regional Security Commission for Darfur - Al Bashir
Radio Dabanga
Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir issued a decree on Thursday establishing a Regional Security Commission for Darfur. The commission will be headed by Dr Tijani Sese. Read more »
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JEM - Sudan Army Will Fail to Recapture Abu Karshola
Radio Dabanga
The leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has leader scorning the hubris of the Sudanese Minister of Defence soon retaking the South Kordofan town of Abu Karshola and... Read more »
May 18
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UN Agency Prepositions for Darfur Refugees in Chad Ahead of Rainy Season
UN News
With tens of thousands of Darfur refugees in eastern Chad, the United Nations refugee agency today said it is "in a race against time" to deliver aid before heavy rains cut off... Read more »
May 17
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UN Reinforces Peacekeeping Presence in Pibor Town Amid Violence
UN News
Additional United Nations peacekeepers are on alert to protect civilians in the town of Pibor in South Sudan's Jonglei state where the situation remains tense amid recent violence,... Read more »
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Nampol Deploys More Officers to South Sudan
New Era
Namibia has sent an additional contingent of police officers to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations African Mission in... Read more »
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South Sudan: MSF Hospital Destroyed After Deliberate Attack - 100,000 Left Without Healthcare [press release]
MSF
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the destruction at its hospital in Pibor town, South Sudan, purposefully conducted to render the hospital inoperative. This deprives... Read more »
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MSF Hospital Targeted and Purposefully Damaged to Render It Inoperative [press release]
MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the destruction at its hospital in Pibor town, South Sudan, purposefully conducted to render the hospital... Read more »
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Independence "Incomplete" Without Abyei, Says South Sudan Forum
Sudan Tribune
Attendees at a high-level conference in South Sudan have issued a statement, asserting the new nation's independence from Sudan "remains incomplete" until Abyei is transferred back... Read more »
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Remembering May 16th As a Historic Day for South Sudan [opinion]
The New Sudan Vision
It is important to remember May 16 as a "historic day" that brought significant change in the South Sudanese socio-economic and political recognition through elimination of... Read more »
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The New Sudan Vision
IMAGINE having to watch your small children flee on barefoot to the wilderness or some distant country where they would spend decades on their own--a faraway land where either you... Read more »
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Oil - Is It a Curse or a Blessing in South Sudan?
SSNA
In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high standard of living.... Read more »
May 16
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Minister Emphasises Structured Coordination in Civil Services [press release]
GoSS
The acting national Minister for Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development, Hon Kwong Danhier Gatluak, has underscored the need for the different levels of the civil... Read more »
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Ten Students Awarded Educational Scholarship By Petronas [press release]
GoSS
The petroleum operating company in South Sudan, PETRONAS, has awarded scholarship to ten South Sudanese students to study in the Petronas University, the Universiti Teknologi... Read more »
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Foreign Ministry Summons Western Diplomats to Inform About South Sudan Support to Rebels
SNA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tuesday summoned the British and American Charge d'Affaires and the Ambassador of Norway who were informed, separately, by the ministry's... Read more »
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Boma That Fell - the 'Al-Qaida' of SSDA Rebellion
SSNA
The South Sudanese town of Boma in Pibor County had fallen to South Sudan Democratic Army, SSDA, a gubernatorial rebellion led by David Yau. The same month, May 2013, South... Read more »
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S. Sudan Should Adopt Stronger Stance On Border Issues With Sudan
SSNA
With the murder of Chief Kuol Deng Kuol as the latest in the series of Sudan's continued aggression against S. Sudan, it is time that Juba draws curtain on soft stances, and... Read more »
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South Sudan Needs Visionary Leaders Not Some Habitual Constitution Violators!
SSNA
The wonderful readers may agree with me that the problems of the nascent state of South Sudan is not confined to issues to do with the constitution, be that the current... Read more »
May 15
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UN Voices Deep Concern At Deteriorating Situation in Pibor Town
UN News
The United Nations today voiced deep concern about the deteriorating situation in and around Pibor town in South Sudan's Jonglei state, including recent violence, looting and... Read more »
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President Kiir Meets SSLM/A Leaders [press release]
GoSS
The President of the Republic H.E Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit today welcomed into his office at the State House in Juba the leader of South Sudan Liberation Movement and Army... Read more »
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Republican Order On National Reconciliation Committee [press release]
GoSS
Please, click here to download the Republican Order No.05/2013 for the formation of the National Committee for Healing, Peace and Reconciliation issued by President Salva Kiir... Read more »
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President Kiir's Statement During the Opening of Parliament [press release]
GoSS
Please click here to read the Statement of H.E President General Salva Kiir Mayardit during the opening of the first session of the South Sudan National Legislature today on 23rd... Read more »
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