Category: Sudan
S. Sudan army vows military offensives in Lou Nuer areas
JUBA (HAN) July 19.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The South Sudanese army (SPLA) has vowed to carry out military operations in the predominantly ethnic Nuer inhabited areas of eastern Jonglei state. “This is to inform above mentioned armed group that SPLA GHQS has credible and verified information indicating that you have been mobilizing for…
Ethiopia’s PM, UN chief discuss South Sudan crisis
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) July 19.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By Tesfa-Alem Tekle. The Ethiopian Prime Minister, who is also chairperson of the regional bloc (IGAD), Hailemariam Desalegn met on Sunday with the United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon and discussed South Sudan’s recent crisis. The two met at margins of the 27th African Union summit…
AU approves request to increase troops in South Sudan
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) July 19.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By IVAN R. MUGISHA. The African Union (AU) has approved a request to increase the number of troops to the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS), to maintain a ceasefire. The resolution was unanimously made during the 27th AU Summit in Kigali, Rwanda…
S.Sudan: Emmanuel Jal calls for South Sudan leaders to step down
NAIROBI (HAN) July 18.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Last night on The Stream on Al Jazeera English, award-winning South Sudanese singer and peace activist Emmanuel Jal called on both president Salva Kiir and first vice president Riek Machar to step down. “The country has failed. The leadership has failed. I’m not even safe to…
AU ponders sending troops to South Sudan
KIGALI (HAN) July 18.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News.By KEVIN KELLEY. Heads of state meeting in Kigali for the African Union summit are set to weigh a potentially historic decision regarding military intervention in South Sudan, even as President Salva Kiir is warning that more foreign troops would not be welcome in the country. The…
Sudan: Bashir has no Facebook account
KHARTOUM (HAN) July 18.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Sudanese Presidency press office on Sunday denied that President Omer al-Bashir has an account on the most popular social media, Facebook. A page on Facebook that carries the name of al-Bashir claimed that South Sudan President Salva Kiir had phoned him and urged restoring unity with…
S.Sudan: Salva Kiir could replace Riek Machar with Taban Deng
JUBA (HAN) July 17.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir, has given his first deputy, Riek Machar, ultimatum to return to the national capital, Juba, and resume his duties or risk being replaced with someone from his faction, an official told Sudan Tribune on Sunday. Machar fled from Juba on Monday,…
Paris Talks: Sudanese opposition to meet in Paris
KHARTOUM (HAN) July 17.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Sudanese opposition umbrella of the Sudan Call forces would hold a meeting in Paris from 18 to 23 July to discuss its structures besides the Roadmap Agreement and coordination with other opposition forces. The “Sudan Call”, which was established in Addis Ababa on 3 December 2014,…
Independent newspaper Shuts down & Editor Arrested
Security Authorities in South Sudan have on Saturday issued a directive shutting down an independent English newspaper, hours before arresting its founding editor. Alfred Taban, the Editor in Chief of the Juba Monitor, was arrested after having received several telephone calls from security service to report their headquarters in Jebel. “I am now on the way…
SOUTH SUDAN CONFLICT TOPS AFRICAN SUMMIT AGENDA
JUBA (HAN) July 17.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Renewed fighting in South Sudan that has killed more than 300 people is set to dominate an African Union summit that starts in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Sunday. A shaky ceasefire has held since late on Monday after fighting raged for four days in…
