South Sudan’s Salva Kiir ‘ready to sit and talk’ with rival Riek Machar
President Salva Kiir says he is willing to have dialogue with his political rival Riek Machar. Kiir provided a statement...
Rail link between Khartoum and South Darfur restored
After a hiatus of ten years, Khartoum and South Darfur are connected again by a passenger train. On Wednesday, the...
Medical staff, teachers on strike in Um Dukhun, Central Darfur
Doctors, nurses, and assisting staff of hospitals and clinics in Um Dukhun locality, Central Darfur, went on strike because they...
Relatives appeal for Darfuri youths recruited to fight in South Kordofan to return home
Relatives of young people recruited in Darfur to fight the rebels in South Kordofan have appealed to political party leaders,...
Fire victims in South Darfur’s Kalma camp still living rough
Some 42 families in Kalma camp for the displaced in South Darfur are living in very difficult humanitarian conditions after...
‘Acute situation at Juba hospital, South Sudan’: UN
The UN has acknowledged the situation at the Juba civil hospital to be ‘acute’ after days of clashes sent hundreds...
Unamid, UNDP, Sudan Government provide vocational training for North Darfur prisoners
Inmates from Shallah Federal Prison in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, graduated on Tuesday from an intensive training...
Red Cross facilitates transfer of five in Darfur
Three people released by the Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Abdel Wahid (SLA-AW) and two civilians were taken by helicopter...
Juba crisis: ‘President’s order to disarm Nuer caused mutiny and chaos’
Not a coup plotted by his opponents, but a presidential order to disarm Nuer soldiers within the presidential guard triggered...
Darfur rebel movement bans use of child soldiers in its ranks
The Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Minni Minawi (SLM-MM), is to stop recruiting or deploying child soldiers. Minawi announced the decision...
Several dead, three wounded, in Jonglei, South Sudan
At least three people were wounded in fighting at a military barrack in Akobo in South Sudan’s Jonglei State this...
Capital of South Sudan’s Jonglei under attack by SPLA defectors
The capital of South Sudan’s largest state Jonglei came under attack at dawn today causing a mass exodus of people...
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