Sudan President Omar al-Bashir is visiting South Sudan today amid tight security . He heads a large delegation including the ministers of defense, interior and foreign affairs, and several high-ranking government officials. His visit is in response to an invitation from South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir who visited Khartoum last October. The two presidents are [...]
Sudan, South Sudan Try to Resolve Conflicts to Get Oil Flowing
January 6, 2013 | Posted by
It appears that Sudan and South Sudan may finally have reached agreement over their border disputes to start oil flowing again in South Sudan. Sudan and South Sudan have been engaged in conflict for so long that after South Sudan was granted its independence in 2011, the two sides seemed unable to resolve the many [...]
South Sudan Army ‘Shoots Down UN Helicopter’
December 21, 2012 | Posted by
The UN says a helicopter from its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has been shot down by the army, killing all four crew, believed to be Russians. A spokesman said the aircraft was shot down while on a reconnaissance mission in eastern Jonglei state. UN chief Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the attack on the “clearly [...]
Run DMC’s Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels, Emmanuel Jal Attend South Sudan Business Gala
September 24, 2012 | Posted by
Tomorrow, Emmanuel Jal will be hosting a business gala dinner at Juba’s Independence Hall. The Vice President of South Sudan, Dr Riek Machar will be in attendance as well as US rapper Darryl “DMC” McDaniels popularly of Run DMC duo. The anticipated affair will act as an ideal platform to connect the Government of South [...]
Sudan Hopes Gold Refinery Can Replace Oil Income Lost After South Sudan Secession
September 20, 2012 | Posted by
In an attempt to recoup the income Sudan lost when South Sudan seceded last year—and took three-quarters of Sudan’s oil production with it—Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has opened the nation’s first gold refinery. Officials say it immediately becomes one of Africa’s largest gold plants, eventually hoping to challenge the Rand Refinery in South Africa in [...]
Refugee Children Dying at Alarming Rate in South Sudan, Aid Groups Say
July 6, 2012 | Posted by
NAIROBI, Kenya — Nine children are dying every day from preventable illnesses like diarrhea in an overcrowded, swampy refugee camp in South Sudan, and United Nations officials said Friday that they were stepping up efforts to evacuate people from the camp as fast as they could. Heavy rains, overflowing latrines and a ceaseless influx of [...]
U.S. Won’t Be Taken Seriously in Africa Until It Stops Hypocrisy
June 19, 2012 | Posted by
In a provocative piece on the Atlantic Monthly’s website, veteran foreign correspondent Howard French says that America won’t be taken seriously in Africa and won’t have as much influence as it would like until it stops hypocritically coddling anti-democratic strongmen on the continent when it serves the U.S.’s purposes while paying lip service to the [...]
Israel launches Inhumane African Migrant Deportation Drive
June 17, 2012 | Posted by
In this photo, AFP captures a naked African female migrant described as a prostitute in a series of raids by Israel’s immigration police aimed at rounding up and deporting illegal African immigrants. Israel launched a high-profile deportation drive against African migrants on Sunday with an airlift of South Sudanese whose government said they would be [...]
Sudan And South Sudan End Conflict Ahead of UN Sanction Deadline
May 4, 2012 | Posted by
Sudan and South Sudan said they would cease hostilities to honor a UN deadline that passed Friday after weeks of bitter border clashes that sparked fears of full scale conflict. Rival forces remained in a tense standoff across their contested border but both Khartoum and Juba have pledged to seek peace after the UN Security [...]
