Category: Sudan
S.Sudan: Troops Accused of Suffocating 50 People in Container
JUBA (HAN) February 1, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. South Sudan government troops killed some 50 people by stuffing them into a shipping container in baking heat, ceasefire monitors have said in a report noting the latest atrocities in two years of war. Despite an August peace deal, fighting continues, and the…
S.Sudan: UN Accuses Israel of Supplying South Sudan with “Advanced Spy Tools”
JUBA (HAN) January 31, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. A report released on Friday by the United Nations panel of experts accuses Israeli government of supplying South Sudanese government with high-tech communications interception equipment. The report say Israel keeps exporting modern spy devices to South Sudan even after it stopped selling arms…
Sudan: Opening Borders with S.Sudan for First Time Since 2011 Secession
KHARTOUM (HAN) January 28, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the opening of his country’s border with South Sudan for the first time since the south’s secession in 2011, paving the way for better economic links between the two nations. The border was closed in 2011 when…
Four IGAD Countries Among Most Corrupt Nations. Why?
NAIROBI (HAN) January 28, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Corruption is still a major problem around the world but more countries are improving than worsening and the United States and United Kingdom have reached their best rankings ever, an anti-corruption watchdog said Wednesday. Denmark remained at the top of Transparency International…
S.Sudan: Currency Devaluation Sends Food Prices to Sky Rocket
JUBA (HAN) January 27, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Food prices have skyrocketed in Juba after the government devalued the South Sudanese pound by 84 percent last December. The South Sudanese pound is currently trading at the rate of 18 pounds per dollar. Many small traders have been pushed out of business…
S.Sudan: Rebel Leader and Uganda Agree on New Ties
JUBA (HAN) January 27, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Leader of main armed opposition faction in South Sudan, Riek Machar, has concluded his two-day visit to Uganda during which he held a closed door meeting with President Yoweri Museveni over a host of issues affecting South Sudan and the region. The visit…
Sudan: Syrians Fleeing War Find Unlikely Refuge
KHARTOUM (HAN) January 27, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Frantically serving up Syrian-style sandwiches and platters of chicken and meat, Shawermat Anas opens onto a busy street in Khartoum. Those from Damascus might recognise the name from the original restaurant back in the Syrian capital, 2,000 km away. “All the young men…
S.Sudan: Needs Arms Embargo; Leaders Killing Civilians
JUBA (HAN) January 27, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The United Nations Security Council should place an arms embargo on South Sudan, while the oil-rich country’s President Salva Kiir and a rebel leader qualify to be sanctioned over atrocities in a two-year civil war, U.N. sanctions monitors said in an annual report.…
S.Sudan: Salva Kiir Orders Withdrawal of Troops from Sudanese Border
JUBA (HAN) January 26, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir, has ordered his army to withdraw from border with Sudan to 5 miles [8km] away from the border, saying this was in implementation of the peace agreement signed 11 years ago with Sudan and reaffirmed in the cooperation…
Sudan: Bashir to Participate in the Upcoming African Union Summit
KHARTOUM (HAN) January 25, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. President Omer al-Bashir will lead the Sudanese delegation participating in the 26th African Union head of states and governments summit scheduled to take place 30-31 of January 2016, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The theme of the Summit is: “ 2016:…
