The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) have indicated an increase in the number of eye injuries during the Khartoum processions, on Tuesday.The committee stated in their field report, that 14 cases of eye injury in total were suffered during the…
Continue readingAweil court acquits third suspect in defilement, murder case
The High Court in Aweil town of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State has acquitted Mr. Ahmad Hassan Adam from an ongoing court hearing of the defilement and murder incident of five–year–old Abuk Lual, officials said.Three weeks ago, police in Aweil arrested a…
Continue readingSouth Sudan Special Envoy Galuak meets AU-IGAD-UN trilateral mechanism in Khartoum
The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), African Union, and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) ‘trilateral mechanism’ met on Wednesday with Tut Galuak, Special Envoy to Sudan and advisor to South Su…
Continue reading‘Unwise’ denial of UNITAMS advisor’s Sudan visa risks ‘severe international repercussions’
The decision by the Sudan government not to renew the residency visa of senior international advisor, Dame Rosalind Marsden, is ‘unwise’, and could lead to ‘severe repercussions from the international community”, a respected Sudanese political scientis…
Continue readingWest Darfur violence: UN Humanitarian Coordinator reminds stakeholders of duty to protect civilians
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Khardiata Lo N’Diaye, has reiterated the commitment of humanitarian partners to support thousands of people displaced by violence in parts of Kereinik and El Geneina, after her visit to El Geneina, capital of W…
Continue readingUSA sanctions Sudan companies ‘with links to Hamas’
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) revealed an expansive Hamas network, with one Hamas financier, Hisham Younis Yahia Qafisheh, operating and managing at least two Sudan-based companies, Agrogate Holding and Al …
Continue readingOpinion | Why South Sudan is strategically significant in the U.S. – China competition for global hegemony
Arguably since independence, South Sudan remained in conflict/ disastrous situation mainly due to conflicting interests of global power players and hegemonic designs of US and China. Thomas C. Moutain who is historian and independent journalist based i…
Continue readingNRA launches five-year resource mobilization plan
The South Sudan National Revenue Authority (NRA) has launched a five-year strategic resources mobilization plan to reduce over-dependency on oil revenues.Currently, 90 percent of South Sudan’s national budget is financed by resources generated from oil…
Continue readingJustice ministry receives National Audit Act (Amendment) Bill
The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs on Wednesday received the National Audit Act (Amendment) Bill 2022 from the National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC) after review.The NCAC is the body mandated by the revitalized peace agreem…
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