Category: Sudan
Sudan: Bashir Replaces Military Chief of Staff
KHARTOUM (HAN) February 11, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir replaced the head of his joint chiefs of staff on Tuesday with a loyal general who has played a leading role in negotiations with anti-government rebels. Lieutenant General Emadeddine Mostafa Adawi replaces Lieutenant General Mostafa Obeid, who held…
Sudan: Release Of Hussein Khelifa And Hamdoi Expected Anytime
KHARTOUM (HAN) February 11, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. If the Sudanese authorities keep the promise they gave to different people, Hussein Khelifa, the leader of of the ELF, and Abdelah Hamdoi, a member of the leadership council of the same organization, are expected to be released from prison anytime. One of…
S.Sudan: 40,000 Starving to Death as South Sudan Teeters on Famine
JUBA (HAN) February 8, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. At least 40,000 people are being starved to death in South Sudan war zones on the brink of famine, the United Nations said Monday, in a plea to rival forces to let aid in. The figures released in a UN report describe some…
Sudan: Three countries will Discuss Dam Issues offers by French firms
KHARTOUM (HAN) February 7, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. According to the CEO of French firms BRL, Countries that share DAM waters, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia to begin fresh talks on Renaissance Dam in Khartoum, SUdan. The three countries will discuss technical offers by French firms BRL and Artelia to carry out impact…
S.Sudan: Hiring 20,000 Zimbabwean Teachers
JUBA (HAN) February 7, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. South Sudan’s education minister, John Gai is in Zimbabwe to plans to hiring of hundreds of its teachers and nurses to work in the young nation. The Zimbabwean Chronicle newspaper reported recently that Juba intends to hire 20,000 Zimbabwean graduates to work at…
S.Sudan: New Deal with Sudan on Oil Transit Charges
JUBA (HAN) February 5, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. South Sudanese government on Wednesday announced that it has reached an understanding with the government of neighbouring Sudan from which it seceded in 2011 to reduce charges for transporting crude oil to the international markets through Sudanese territory. South Sudanese minister of…
S.Sudan: Law Limits Foreign Aid Workers Amid Humanitarian Crisis
JUBA (HAN) February 4, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. South Sudan lawmakers have passed a controversial Bill restricting numbers of foreign aid workers, sparking fears it will hinder efforts to help millions in need in the war-torn young nation. The Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Bill, passed by parliament on Wednesday, means no more…
S.Sudan: Welcomes IGAD’s Call to Form Transitional Government Without Constitution
JUBA (HAN) February 3, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. IGAD issued a communiqué on Sunday (January 31) after an extraordinary Foreign ministers’ meeting, calling on all the parties to the Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan to form a transitional unity government at the national level without an amended…
S.Sudan: African Union Told to take More Robust Action on South Sudan
JUBA (HAN) February 2, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. South Sudan was high on the agenda for the African Union this past weekend. Leaders were told the peace process is stalled. While The East African regional block, IGAD, urged President Salva Kiir to suspend his plan to create 28 new states, the…
Ethiopia: IGAD Council of Ministers Issued Decisions on Somalia and S.Sudan
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 1, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. According to a press release issued by the Member states of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) confirmed they had reached an consensus that Somalia needs more economic, military and political backing to deepen peace and stability in the war-torn country. The…
