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Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan — May 22, 2012 (JUBA) — The US government has announced $30m cash donation directed towards the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) emergency relief operation, specifically targeting conflict-affected and food-insecure people in South Sudan. The donation, to be delivered through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is reportedly in response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the world's newest nation, where an estimated one million people are (...) - News / United States (US)
Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan — 21 May, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's Interior Minister Ibrahim Ahmad Mahmoud has revealed that their estimates on the number of Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries are vastly different from those of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Speaking at a session of the council of states in the capital Khartoum on Monday, Mahmoud said that his ministry estimates the number of Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries to be in the region of 244,000. He pointed out, (...) - News / Chad, Ethiopia, South Sudan, UNHCR - Unitec Nations Refugee Agency, Migration, Refugees & IDPs, Sudan
Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan — May 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese government is expecting to get an important Arab support in a ministerial meeting to be held next month to discuss ways to boost peace and development in the troubled east African country. Last March the Arab summit held in Bagdad decided to convene a special meeting at the level of foreign minister to discuss how the states members can support Sudan which is facing economic and political crisis. Nabil al-Arabi, Arab League Secretary general, was Sunday (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, North-South Sudan relations, Middle East, Sudan-South Sudan war 2012
Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan — 21 May, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A huge fire broke out Monday at a warehouse belonging to Sudan's Military Industry Corporations (MIC) in the capital Khartoum amid conflicting reports by official sources on what caused the incident. FILE PHOTO - Sudan's defense minister Abdel-Rahim Mohammed Hussein The fire erupted in the MIC's building complex in Al-Shigarah area south of Khartoum, spreading panic among residents of the area as police authorities blocked the main road leading to the site for (...) - News / Military, Sudan, Fires
Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan — May 21, 2012 (JUBA) - Hundred of citizens from the contested region of Abyei demonstrated across South Sudan and in the United States on Monday, according to an official from the area, in protest at the failure of the Sudanese government to withdraw troops from the area. A resolution from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on May 2, as per a roadmap laid out by the African Union, called for both Sudan and South Sudan to withdraw armed forces from the area. Abyei, an oil-producing (...) - News / South Sudan, Abyei, Migration, Refugees & IDPs, Abyei Dispute / Conflict, Sudan, Luka Biong
Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan — May 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government reiterated its long standing position that countries in the African continent should withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) which has charged president Omer Hassan al-Bashir with ten counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide connected to the Darfur conflict. Sudan official news agency (SUNA) quoted justice minister Mohamed Bushara Dousa as telling the African Union (AU) meeting of Government Experts and (...) - News / ICC and Darfur, International Criminal Court (ICC), FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan — May 21, 2012 (JUBA) - Officials from South Sudan's Northern Bahr el Ghazal State said Monday that providing security to civilians and protecting the border with Sudan was the priority the government. In March and April Sudan and South Sudan fought a border conflict over the disputed oil-producing region of Heglig. South Sudan's army (SPLA) occupied the region halting production for 10 days, its says, in response to repeated attacks launched by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) from the area. “We (...) - News / South Sudan
Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan — By Tesfa-Alem Tekle May 21, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia's biggest coalition of opposition parties, the Forum for Democratic Dialogue in Ethiopia (Medrek), has condemned a judicial agreement signed between Ethiopia and Sudan. Last Wednesday, the two East African neighbours signed an agreement on the extradition of criminals intending to jointly battle crime, to enhance regional peace and promote justice in general. Ethiopian opposition politicians, however, doubt the new agreement is (...) - News / Ethiopia, Human Rights & Advocacy, Forum for Democratic Dialogue in Ethiopia (Medrek), Sudanese opposition, Diplomacy - International Relations, Sudan, Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners (SOCEPP) , Ethiopians in Sudan, Sudanese in Ethiopia, Merara Gudina, Andualem Alemayo
Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan — May 20, 2012 (BOR) - The Commissioner of Twic East has called on the residents of the county to tighten their belts and focus upon subsistence crops, in order to tackle the current food crisis. Commissioner Dau Akoi Jurkuch made his statement at a community ceremony in Wuanglei, Nyuak Payam[district] on Sunday. There is a worsening food crisis due to insecurity, an influx of refugees and failed crops. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) have said (...) - News / South Sudan, Agriculture & Fisheries, Jonglei State
Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan — May 21, 2012 (JUBA) - The head of the African Union team mediating between north and South Sudan over a host of security, economic and political issues that arose from South Sudan's independence last year, said negotiations date could be determined within the week. Speaking in Juba after talks with South Sudan's president Salva Kiir on Monday, Thabo Mbeki, the chair of African Union High Implementation Panel (AUHIP) said the resumption of negotiations would allow the two sides to take (...) - News / South Sudan, Abyei, FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, UNSC - United Nations Security Council, Salva Kiir Mayardit, North-South Sudan relations, Pagan Amum, Thabo Mbeki, African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP), Sudan, African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC), Heglig / Panthou , Negotiations post 2012 border war
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