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Sudans defuse row over rebel support, promise more talks

By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan's foreign minister said on Friday neighbour South Sudan had promised him it would not let rebels operate across their shared border, defusing a row that had threatened a key oil deal. The countries, which fought one of Africa's longest civil before a 2005 peace deal, agreed in March to resume cross-border crude exports and defuse tensions that have ...

Sudan: Nampol Deploys More Officers to South Sudan

[New Era]Windhoek -Namibia has sent an additional contingent of police officers to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations African Mission in Sudan's (UNAMID) Darfur region.

Sudan: Sudan Officially Lifts Pre-Publication Censorship

[Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -The Sudanese authorities have officially began implementing the directives of 1st Vice President Ali Osman Taha to lift direct pre-publication censorship on newspapers.

S. Sudan: Doctors Without Borders Hospital Ruined

In South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders hospital destroyed; 100k people without medical care        

Thousands at risk after gunmen ransack S. Sudan hospital: MSF

Uniformed gunmen in South Sudan went on a rampage in a key hospital, destroying drug supplies and ransacking wards, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Friday, warning the attack leaves some 100,000 people without lifesaving healthcare.

Sudan denies presence of Chadian troops in Darfur

May 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) -The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) denied statements by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) about the presence of Chadian troops in Darfur and described it as "false allegations" . JEM spokesperson, Gibreel Ada Bilal, said last Tuesday that Chadian troops entered into North Darfur after the killing of Mohamed Bashar, a leader of a splinter group, near the common ...

OIL: is it a curse or a blessing in South Sudan?

By Jacob K. Lupai May 16, 2013 - In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high standard of living. After all when oil was discovered in the Arabian Peninsula the Arabs made gigantic strides in development and the economic boom raised the standards of living. However, although the oil ...

Sudan's VP Taha accuses officials in Juba of pursuing ‘New Sudan' plan

May 15, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's First Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha said the ongoing war in Abu-Kershola and other parts of the country is a foreign plot aimed at further balkanizing Sudan calling it the "second chapter" following the south's separation in July 2011. Taha said that there are circles within South Sudan government which is supportive of this scheme in order to implement ...

Sudan's defence minister inspects military preparations in Kordofan

May 15, 2013 (KHARTUM) - Sudanese defence minister Abdel-Rahim Hussein was Wednesday in Al-Obeid, capital of North Korodfan state to review the ongoing preparation to retake Abu-Kershola, an area the rebels control since 27 April. The visit comes after statements by the Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir on Monday 13 May where he said that the army forces were on the outskirts of Abu-Kershola and ...

Sudan sugar firm to export animal feed to Gulf

KENANA SUGAR PLANT, Sudan (Reuters) - Sudan's biggest sugar producer plans to export up to 50,000 tonnes of animal feedstock annually to Arab Gulf countries. Kenana is one of the few Sudanese companies outside the gold industry attracting large amounts of foreign currency, a lifeline for the African country struggling with the loss of most oil output since South Sudan's independence in 2011 ...

Sudan's NCP says upcoming shuffle will bring new faces

May 14, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has disclosed it would undergo imminent changes within its institutions aiming at promoting youths to leadership positions. The NCP's head of the political sector who is also Sudan's 2nd vice president, Al-Haj Adam Youssef, said at a news conference following his visit to the NCP's youth secretariat that “leaders who are ...

IMF boss Strauss-Kahn attends South Sudan bank opening

By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn helped to open a new bank in the world's youngest nation, South Sudan, on Tuesday, a low-key return to the international stage for the former IMF chief brought down by a sex scandal. The former French finance minister, who has battled a blizzard of lurid allegations over his private life since the 2011 scandal, was a guest speaker at ...

Research and Markets: Sudan Oil and Gas Industry Outlook to 2020 - Supply, Demand, Investment, Infrastructure and ...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Sudan Oil and Gas Industry Outlook to 2020 - Supply, D

Strauss-Kahn opens South Sudan bank

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn opened an investment bank in South Sudan Tuesday, a rare public return to the financial world since he was embroiled in a sex scandal two years ago.

Ex-IMF boss Strauss-Kahn attends South Sudan bank opening

By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn helped to open a new bank in the world's youngest nation, South Sudan, on Tuesday, a low-key return to the international stage for the former IMF chief brought down by a sex scandal. The former French finance minister, who has battled a blizzard of lurid allegations over his private life since the 2011 scandal, was a guest speaker at ...