Category: Sudan
S.Sudan: 18 Dead in South Sudan Gun Battles in UN Base Sheltering Civilians
JUBA (HAN) February 19, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Fighting at a UN peacekeeping base sheltering civilians in South Sudan has left at least 18 people dead, the medical charity MSF said on Thursday. Two of the fatalities were local staff members who were attacked in their own homes, it said. “This…
S.Sudan: Gunmen Attack UN Base Sheltering Civilians
JUBA (HAN) February 18, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Gunmen in South Sudan opened fire on civilians sheltering inside a United Nations base, residents said Thursday, the latest atrocity in the war-torn nation. Gunfire broke out in the base in Malakal in the northeast on Wednesday night, with reports of gunfire continuing…
S.Sudan: 1.8 Million Children Out of School
JUBA (HAN) February 16, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. More than 1.8 million children and adolescents are out of school in South Sudan, Unicef has said. The agency said in a report on Tuesday that the figure represented respectively, 43 per cent and 93 per cent of primary and secondary school age…
S.Sudan: Kiir to Form Interim Government Friday Despite Machar’s Absence
JUBA (HAN) February 16, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir will go ahead and announce a transitional government of national unity on Friday despite his rival Riek Machar’s unwillingness to travel to Juba. According to reports, President Kiir is expected to announce a government of 16 ministers, including…
S.Sudan: KCB Staff go on Strike Over Demand for Salary Increase
JUBA (HAN) February 16, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The operations of KCB Group in South Sudan Monday ground to a halt after the lender’s staff went on strike demanding higher pay to compensate for a currency devaluation that shaved off workers’ take home packages. The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm says the…
S.Sudan: Rebels Welcome Surprise Move to Reappoint Leader as Vice President
JUBA (HAN) February 13, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. South Sudan’s rebel groups are cautiously celebrating the sudden reappointment of their exiled leader as the country’s vice president, although it is not clear whether he will return home to take up the post. President Salva Kiir restored Riek Machar to the post…
Somalia: 55th IGAD Council of Ministers – Moving Forward in Somalia and South Sudan
MOGADISHU (HAN) February 12, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. On top of the agenda were the security situation in Somalia, and the implementation process of the peace agreement in South Sudan as well as approval of the IGAD budget 2016 and the IGAD Strategy Plan 2016-2020. Due to the fact that…
Sudan: Bashir Case Goes to South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal
KHARTOUM (HAN) February 12, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The South African government is back in court to seek a green light to appeal against an order to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir. The Supreme Court of Appeal will hear the State’s appeal of the June 2015 High Court order in…
S.Sudan: President Reappoints Rival Under Peace Deal
JUBA (HAN) February 12, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has re-appointed his rival Riek Machar as vice president, a decree said on Thursday, the culmination of a deal to try to end months of civil war in the world’s newest nation. The announcement returned the presidency to…
Sudan: A Second Chance at Life
KHARTOUM (HAN) February 11, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. There was a problem with the brakes. It was 5 a.m. and I wanted to stop for morning prayers but my colleague wanted to continue. Ten minutes later, fate intervened. Road traffic victim Al Taher Al Jak (38) tells his story. As I…
