Category: Sudan
Nearly 1M South Sudan refugees Face Dire Conditions in Camps
Nearly a million refugees fleeing the brutal conflict in South Sudan, most of them women and children, are suffering dire conditions in camps across the region, the UN said on Monday. Refugee agency UNHCR said arrivals in Uganda alone had peaked at “more than 8,000 in one day” last month after an outbreak of fresh…
SUDAN FLOODS: VILLAGES SUBMERGED AS DEATH TOLL RISES
JUBA (HAN) August 15.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Thousands of houses have been destroyed and several villages submerged after flooding triggered by torrential rainfall killed 100 people across Sudan, according to an aid group in the country. The Sudanese Red Crescent Society reported on Sunday that 25 people died in eastern Sudan’s Kassala,…
45 killed, dozens injured in Unity state clashes
LEER (HAN) August 15.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. 45 people died and dozens were injured when armed youth clashed with government forces in Tharjiathbor county of South Sudan’s Unity state, an aid worker said. The incident in Rubkuai area occurred over the weekend. An aid worker, who spoke to Sudan Tribune on condition of…
Clashes flare southwest of South Sudan’s capital
JUBA (HAN) August 14.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Fighting flared in South Sudan late on Saturday southwest of the capital between forces loyal to the president and those backing the opposition, after clashes last month raised fears of a slide back into civil war. Steven Lodu Onseimo, the information minister for Yei region…
Minnawi denies succumbing to foreign pressures to endorse Sudan’s roadmap
Leader of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-MM) Minni Minnawi has denied that they signed the Roadmap Agreement brokered by the African Union due to American pressures but acknowledged that pressures within the Sudan Call have pushed the opposition umbrella to endorse the peace plan. Last Monday, four groups from the opposition umbrella Sudan Call…
Darfur Peace talks on knife-edge over Rebel Locations
Direct peace talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, between Sudanese government and Darfur rebel movements cones to a verge of collapse as rebels throw out requests to disclose fighters’ locations. The Sudan government delegation demanded an alleged 13 rebel locations that could be defined by coordinates are disclosed. In an interview with Sudan Tribune,…
This Week in the Horn.
News in Brief Africa and the African Union The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of IGAD Plus held its second Extraordinary Summit on Friday last week (August 5) in Addis Ababa, to discuss the situation in South Sudan. The meeting endorsed calls for a Regional Protection Force to be deployed in Juba. United…
South Sudan refugees pouring into Uganda
Around 110,000 people have fled to Uganda from South Sudan this year, most of them escaping fighting that erupted anew last month, the United Nations said Friday. The UN’s refugee agency said it was “extremely worried” about South Sudan’s rapidly escalating displacement crisis, warning that neighbouring countries and humanitarian groups were struggling to meet demands.…
UN Security Council to vote Friday on South Sudan force
JUBA (HAN) August 12.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Friday on deploying a 4,000-strong regional force to South Sudan despite opposition from the government in Juba, diplomats said. The United States presented a draft resolution this week to the council on setting up the protection…
African Union Calls on New S.Sudan FVP to Step Down
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) August 12.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has echoed the call by IGAD for the newly appointed First Vice President of South Sudan, Taban Deng Gai, to step down so that Riek Machar, who held the position per the August 2015…
