May 25

• FAO Expands Support for National Food Security Information Systems in South Sudan [press release]

  FAO

  FAO has launched a $9 million project on information for decision making for food and nutrition security. This initiative will assist the government of the Republic of South Sudan... Read more »

• No Justice for Protester Killings - Full and Impartial Investigations Needed for Wau Deaths [press release]

  HRW

  South Sudan state authorities have failed to carry out adequate investigations into the killing of eight peaceful protesters in December 2012 by government security forces, Amnesty... Read more »

May 24

• UN Envoy Pledges to Lobby for More Darfur Aid

  VOA

  Top U.N. relief official Valerie Amos pledged Wednesday to lobby for more funding for humanitarian operations in Darfur after visiting the largest camp for internally displaced... Read more »

• International Community Must Help Darfur Become Self-Sufficient - UN Official

  UN News

  The United Nations humanitarian chief today stressed the international community must do more to ensure the people of Sudan's Darfur region can better provide for themselves. Read more »

• UN Humanitarian Chief Urges Stronger Bridges Between Humanitarian, Development Work

  UN News

  Civilians in Sudan are paying the biggest price in the war between the Government and rebels, the United Nations humanitarian chief reiterated today as she wrapped up a visit to... Read more »

• Amnesty International's Annual Review of Sudan and South Sudan's Human Rights

  Sudan Tribune

  Annual Report 2013 Read more »

• SPLA Advancing in Search of David Yau Yau

  Sudan Tribune

  South Sudan's armed forces - the SPLA - say that after retaking Boma town from rebels in recent days they are advancing in search of the David Yauyau leader of the rebellion in... Read more »

• Sudan Regrets Juba Statements As Kiir Reaffirms His Top Priority to Kenyan Pipeline

  Sudan Tribune

  Sudan's foreign ministry regretted statements issued by South Sudanese officials claiming that oil flow was deliberately blocked for political reasons, while in Juba president... Read more »

• Sudan Demanded Kiir to Close Business Offices Held By Rebel Groups - Official

  Sudan Tribune

  Sudan dismissed on Thursday statements by president Salav Kiir saying that Khartoum had asked him to expel all the Sudanese traders working in Juba. Read more »

• 300,000 Displaced in Darfur Conflict, UN Says

  Sudan Tribune

  Fighting in Sudan's western Darfur region has resulted into the displacement of 300,000 people in the last five months of this year, the United Nations estimates. Read more »

• UN - 170 Hepatitis E Cases Among North Darfur Displaced

  Radio Dabanga

  Two North Darfur localities housing more than 60,000 displaced persons for almost six months are facing an outbreak of Hepatitis E, with 170 cases diagnosed recently, Unamid said... Read more »

• Gimr Calls Foul Following 'Tribal Attacks' in South Darfur

  Radio Dabanga

  A spokesman for the Gimr tribe has accused official bodies and state authorities of being the agents provocateurs behind renewed deadly clashes in South Darfur. Beni Halba... Read more »

• Families Flee 'Rough Justice' to Kalma Camp in South Darfur

  Radio Dabanga

  An additional 350 families arrived at Kalma camp near Nyala in South Darfur on Thursday, where they are reportedly suffering from inhuman conditions. They have fled Gandy town and... Read more »

• FAO Expands Support for National Food Security Information Systems for Decision Makers

  Sudan Tribune

  Today, FAO launched a $9 million project on information for decision making for food and nutrition security. This initiative will assist the Government of the Republic of South... Read more »

• UN Under-Secretary General 'Shocked' After Visiting Darfur Camp

  Radio Dabanga

  Following her four-day visit to Sudan, United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator is determined "not to let Darfur slip off... Read more »

• Humanitarian Deadlock in Yida [press release]

  MSF

  Yida camp in Unity State, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working since late 2011, today covers nearly 1,200 hectares [about 3,000 acres], and hosts a... Read more »

• N. Bahr El Ghazal MPs Reject Interrogation Over Calls for Dissolution

  Sudan Tribune

  Four members of Northern Bahr el Ghazal's parliament said on Wednesday that they have rejected attempts to be investigated for allegedly making statements in which they called for... Read more »

• Unamid Delivers Medical Supplies to North Darfur Population [press release]

  Unamid

  The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted on 21 May more than 1.5 tons of critically needed... Read more »

• African Union Donates Funds to Darfur for Development, Peace-Building [press release]

  Unamid

  The African Union (AU) Commission and the joint AU-UN Mission in Darfur 23 May signed an agreement under which the AU will provide nearly US $3 million for a variety of... Read more »

• Sudan Says AU to Agree On Mass Withdrawal From ICC

  Sudan Tribune

  The African Union summit in Addis Ababa will adopt a resolution endorsing an en masse withdrawal of its members from the International Criminal Court (ICC), a senior Sudanese... Read more »

• President Al-Bashir to Participate in Extraordinary and Ordinary African Summit

  SNA

  President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, would leave Friday for the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to participate at the Extraordinary Summit marking the African... Read more »

• Eight Trucks Pillaged, Passengers Fleeced in Central Darfur

  Radio Dabanga

  Eight commercial vehicles were pillaged by armed pro-government militiamen in Central Darfur on Wednesday. The vehicles were on their way from Umm Dukhun to Garsila and were... Read more »

May 23

• UN Report - Ban Ki-Moon 'Disturbed' About Darfur Displacement in 2013

  Radio Dabanga

  "I find it disturbing that significantly more people were displaced by clashes in the first three months of this year than during all of 2012," said UN Secretary-General Ban... Read more »

• Breaking - Renewed Gimr-Beni Halba Clashes in South Darfur, Eight Dead

  Radio Dabanga

  At least eight people have died and dozens more have been injured as gunmen from the Beni Halba tribe attacked the city of Katayla, stronghold of the Gimr tribe, at 8.30am on... Read more »

• 23 Killed in Tribal Clashes in South Darfur

  Sudan Tribune

  At least 23 people were killed and 51 others injured yesterday in tribal clashes between Al- Gimir and Bani Halba tribes in Sudan's South Darfur state. Read more »