Category: Sudan

  • Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to hold a Tripartite Meeting next week

    Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to hold a Tripartite Meeting next week

    KHARTOUM (HAN) December 2, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Mu’taz Musa, Sudan’s Minister of Electricity and Water announced on Tuesday (December 1) that the Water and Foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan would be meeting in Khartoum on December 7-8. Discussing matters related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and “give…

  • AUHIP Suspends Security Talks

    JUBA (HAN) November 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The Head of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), Thabo Mbeki, on Tuesday (November 24) suspended talks between the Sudanese government and rebel delegations on a cessation of hostilities and humanitarian access. Mr. Mbeki said the decision to suspend the two…

  • UN says over 7 Million People are food Insecure in South Sudan

    JUBA (HAN) November 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The United Nations has warned that the deteriorating humanitarian situation in war-ravaged South Sudan means that over 7 million people are at risk of starvation, that is almost 70% of the country’s overall population. A spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said humanitarian agencies…

  • President Omar al-Bashir says U.S. Sanctions are Hurting Sudanese Economy

    JUBA (HAN) November 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Sudan’s President Omer Hassan al-Bashir reiterated on Monday (November 23) that U.S. sanctions represented a barrier to Sudan’s dealing with international institutions. The US imposed economic sanctions on Sudan in 1997. President al-Bashir He said they deprived his country from debt relief and…

  • South Sudan Says Rebel will Attend Peace Summit in Capital

    JUBA (HAN) November 12, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. South Sudan’s government said on Thursday it would meet rebel leader Riek Machar at a regional peace conference in its capital Juba next week, almost two years since he left the city at the start of the civil war. There was no immediate comment from Machar’s…

  • S.Sudan Government Boosting Country's Security (VIDEO)

    Juba (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The government of South Sudan has been boosting security across the country, including territories held by rebels. The move is in response to a recent UN report detailing mass killings and the recruitment of child soldiers in the country. Rebels have accused government forces of…

  • Sudans’ Security Mechanism to Meet Next Week

    Sudans’ Security Mechanism to Meet Next Week

    JUBA (HAN) November 10, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The joint political and security committee between Sudan and South Sudan headed by the minister of defence in the two countries will meet in the next Monday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The members of the two delegations will discuss the implementation of the recommendations of…

  • Five SPLA Soldiers Killed, 11 Injured in Lakes State

    Five SPLA Soldiers Killed, 11 Injured in Lakes State

    JUBA (HAN) November 10, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. A pastoral youth killed five South Sudan army soldiers amd wounded 11 others from the military unit in Lakes state, officials said Monday. The incident occured in Cuei-adukan, located about five kilometres from town. Clashes erupted when armed soldier forcefully tried to seize the pastoralist’s gun, which provoked…

  • S.Sudan Bans Russian-made Plane AN-12 from Airspace

    S.Sudan Bans Russian-made Plane AN-12 from Airspace

    Juba (HAN) November 8, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. South Sudan has banned Russian-made Antonov-12 and Canadian-made Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft from operating within its airspace following a recent plane crash that left dozens of people dead, South Sudanese transport minister said Friday. On Wednesday, a Russian-made Antenov-12 aircraft crash killed at least 36 people.Transport…

  • South Sudanese Rebels to Send ‘Advance Team’ to Juba

    South Sudanese Rebels to Send ‘Advance Team’ to Juba

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 8, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The National Liberation Council (NLC) of the armed opposition led by Former South Sudanese Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny will send an advance team of 500 people to Juba to start the implementation of the IGAD-Plus’s compromise peace agreement, rebel leadership has announced. “National Liberation…

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