Political parties from 35 African nations are meeting in Khartoum to create a joint forum that will further unify the continent. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir told the opening session of the two-day gathering that it is unfortunate that Africa has not had proportionate representation in international forums despite the continent’s history and its population of [...]
Madding Deng, Chairperson of the Abyei Community in Juba yesterday held a closed door meeting with the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and discussed key issues of concern but majorly dwelled on security improvement. After the meeting, Madding told press that the United Nations Security for Abyei (UNIFSA) is the body providing security services to [...]
Khartoum — The Joint Political and Security Mechanism (JPSM) has reportedly formulated a proposal regarding opening border crossings that will be discussed next week in Ethiopia between the delegations of north and south Sudan. According to the pro-government Sudanese Media Center (SMC) website, Khartoum’s delegation will travel to Addis Ababa in the early hours of [...]
Sudan‘s government and rebels in South Kordofan state said Wednesday they are ready to talk about ending a two-year-long war at a planned meeting in Ethiopia next week. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said that African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki sent rebel chairman Malik Agar an invitation “for peace talks in Addis Ababa on [...]
KHARTOUM/JUBA – Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will visit his long-time foe South Sudan for the first time since its independence next week, an official said on Friday, cementing new deals on oil and border security between the two countries. The African neighbours agreed this month to resume cross-border oil flows and defuse tensions that [...]
Khartoum — The General Manager of Sudan’s Export Development Bank Mohammed Rashid Mohammed Salem called for swift signing of cooperation protocols between the central banks in Khartoum and Juba in the wake of the recent rapprochement between the two countries. Salem said that such an agreement would allow for Sudanese banking presence in South Sudan [...]
Sudan and South Sudan are talking peace after months of intermittent clashes but observers say there is still no end in sight to a rebellion in the north’s border states. Regardless of whether deals reached over the past week — including a demilitarised border zone — finally end conflict between Khartoum and the South’s government [...]
March 20, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The General Manager of Sudan’s Export Development Bank Mohammed Rashid Mohammed Salem called for swift signing of cooperation protocols between the central banks in Khartoum and Juba in the wake of the recent rapprochement between the two countries. Salem said that such an agreement would allow for Sudanese banking presence [...]
Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to resume the flow of southern oil exports through pipelines in Sudan within two weeks, more than a year after Juba shut down its entire output. An African Union mediator announced the deal on Tuesday, which resumes trade between the two countries after South Sudan shut down its 350,000 barrel-per-day output in [...]
Juba — South Sudan on Tuesday said it would respect decisions taken by natives of the oil-producing region of Abyei, if the Sudanese government continues derailing efforts aimed at a peaceful resolution of the area, as proposed by the African Union. “The people of Abyei have inalienable right to decide their own destiny if the [...]
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