A peacekeeper of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) stands guard in Abyei on November 6, 2010. UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the UN Security Council to send more than 1,100 extra peacekeepers to the flashpoint region of Abyei disputed by rivals Sudan and South Sudan. – Copyright : AFP/File UNITED [...]
Juba — Attendees at a high-level conference in South Sudan have issued a statement, asserting the new nation’s independence from Sudan “remains incomplete” until Abyei is transferred back to the South from which it was moved in 1905 under colonial rule. Participants at the well-attended regional forum unanimously condemned the killing of the chief of [...]
Khartoum — A joint meeting that took place yesterday in Khartoum between military intelligence teams from north and south Sudan has failed to reach an agreement on the thorny issue of harboring and supporting rebel groups in both countries. Last March, Khartoum and Juba agreed to form a joint committee mandated with addressing concerns and [...]
May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Foreign Affairs ministry on Tuesday summoned top diplomats from Britain, US and Norway over claims alleging that South Sudan supports rebel movements in the country. Khartoum officials, SUNA reported, informed the British and US Charge d’Affaires and the Ambassador of Norway of rebel groups, which recently attacked Um-Rawaba [...]
Juba — A group of Sudanese opposition politicians visiting neighboring South Sudan have accused Khartoum of complicity in the May 5 killing of the paramount chief of the contested border region of Abyei, Kuol Deng Kuol, who was murdered by Arab nomads from the Misseriya tribe, while he was travelling in a United Nations convoy. [...]
May 15, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The governments of Sudan and South Sudan have signed in Khartoum today the commerce minutes on trade activation cooperation between the two countries yesterday. The record is comprised of ten items including regulation of commerce between the two countries, encouragement of businessmen, activation the laws, movement of goods and people, [...]
May 14, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A joint meeting that took place yesterday in Khartoum between military intelligence teams from north and south Sudan has failed to reach an agreement on the thorny issue of harboring and supporting rebel groups in both countries. Sudanese Defence Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein (L) talks to his South Sudan counterpart [...]
Juba — Spokesman for the South Sudanese army has accused Khartoum of complicity in the assassination of Kuol Deng Kuol, paramount chief of the Ngok Dinka, by Misseriya gunmen in the disputed area of Abyei ten days ago. Kuol Deng Kuol was killed as he travelled with other officials and tribal leaders of the Ngok [...]
KHARTOUM | Sat May 4, 2013 7:39pm EDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A top tribal leader allied to South Sudan was killed in clashes involving a rival Sudanese tribe in the Abyei region disputed by the African neighbors on Saturday, both sides said, an incident that risks fuelling new tensions in the flashpoint area. Abyei, straddling [...]
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