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IOM airlifts nearly 2,000 South Sudanese from Khartoum
May 19, 2012
By Julius N. Uma May 18, 2012 (JUBA) – At least 1,890 South Sudanese, who were initially stranded in Kosti, a way station located 300km south of Khartoum have been successfully airlifted to South Sudan, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) has announced. The airlift, which began five days ago with two flights a day, is now up to four f…
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May 19, 2012
May 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — A Darfur rebel leader said regime change in Khartoum is a radical option but remains the only viable solution to take Sudan out of an endemic political instability and repeated violations of human rights. Abdel Wahid al-Nur, founder of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) who left France in December 2010, spoke to S…
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AI: SUDANESE JOURNALIST FACES HARASSMENT
May 18, 2012
Amnesty International SUDANESE JOURNALIST FACES HARASSMENT 18 May 2012 Faisal Mohammed Salih, a prominent journalist and columnist from Sudan who had been arrested by the National Security Service (NSS) was released on 8 May. However, he has since been re-arrested and released several times. He is currently free, but faces new criminal charges in r…
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Opposition leader under house arrest
May 18, 2012
AI – Amnesty International Opposition leader under house arrest 18 May 2012 Ezdehar Jumaa Said Ahmad, a leader of the opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, is under house arrest. She has not been charged. Her five young children must go out unaccompanied to buy food. Ezdehar Jumaa Said Ahmad was arrested in the morning of 21 April by…
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Mbeki arrives in Khartoum to meet Sudanese leaders over talks with Juba
May 18, 2012
May 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – African Union’s (AU) mediator for Sudan and South Sudan, Thabo Mbeki, arrived in the capital Khartoum on Thursday evening as part of his efforts to encourage the two sides to return to talks. Negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan over issues arising from the latter’s independence floundered dangerously in early Apri…
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US congressional committee votes to cut aid from states hosting Sudanese president
May 18, 2012
May 17, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – A congressional committee in the United States House of Representatives voted to cut off aid to any state that hosts Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his alleged role in Darfur war crimes. The amendment to the fiscal year 2013 State and Foreign Operati…
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Sudanese woman reportedly sentenced to death by stoning for adultery
May 18, 2012
May 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A court in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has sentenced an unidentified woman to be executed by stoning for committing the “crime of fornication” under Islamic Shariah laws, local newspapers reported on Wednesday. Video footages showing a Sudanese woman being flogged by the country’s morality police known as the Publi…
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NCP denies intention to question Sudan’s foreign minister over his criticism of Bashir
May 18, 2012
May 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan has dismissed press reports that it is intending to hold Foreign Minister Ali Karti to account over his veiled criticism of comments by the country’s president Omer Al-Bashir. Karti told the parliament this week that the comments in which Al-Bashir described South Sudan’s…
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Corruption threatens South Sudan’s loan dealings: Global Witness
May 18, 2012
By Julius N. Uma May 18, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s government decision to pursue oil-backed financing in the wake of a looming economic crisis faces real transparency tests, if details of any loan agreements secured are not publicly declared to the country’s citizens, Global Witness said in its latest report. There have been several reports over …
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Aid agencies prepare for rainy season in Yida refugee camp
May 18, 2012
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich May 15, 2012 (BENTIU) – Humanitarian agencies in South Sudan who are supporting refugees from conflicts in Sudan have warned that seasonal rains, which have already begun in some areas, will make existing bad conditions in refugee camps worse and restrict access to many areas and increase the risk of disease. A group of lea…
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