Category: Sudan

Juba (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The IGAD Mediators have released some details of the security arrangements for a South Sudan transitional administration agreed by the two sides. The agreement allows for the Government to keep 3,420 security forces in Juba during the 30-month transitional period due to start later this month, and…

Juba (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Killings, rapes, burning of villages and abductions are continuing in South Sudan where the government and rebels are stockpiling weapons in violation of a peace deal, according to UN experts. The panel of experts reported to the UN Security Council that both sides were violating the…

Juba (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan’s capital, killing at least 41 people on the flight and on the ground, an official and a Reuters witness said. A crew member and a child on…

KHARTOUM (HAN) November 1, 2015. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security.  The leader of the National Umma Party (NUP) al-Sadiq al-Mahdi said he is prepared to return to Sudan by mid-November but said the exact date will be decided by the party leaders back in the country as well as signatories of the ‘Sudan Call’ and…

NAIROBI (HAN) October 28, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional food Security Initiatives News. Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir renewed his call for rebels under arms to join in negotiations, pledging to provide the necessary guarantees to allow them to participate freely and present their concerns openly. The President who was addressing a graduation ceremony at…

Juba (HAN) October 22, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment Initiative News. When fighting broke out in her village in Blue Nile State, Sudan, Leila was on foot to her grandmother’s house. Much to the dismay of her family, she didn’t come home, so her father eventually turned to the ICRC for help.The day had…

KHARTOUM –(HAN) October 22, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment Initiative News. European Union (EU) ambassadors in Khartoum called on the Sudanese warring parties to resume peace talks in order to end the four -year conflict in the Two Areas. The ambassadors of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and the United…

ADDIS ABABA (HAN) October 19, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment Initiative News.  The East African regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has appointed former president of Botswana, Festus Gontebanye Mogae, to head the monitoring commission to be set up to monitor the implementation of the peace agreement signed between South Sudan’s warring…