COMMUNIQUĂ OF THE 34TH EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF IGAD HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT FEBRUARY 2020 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 10, 2020 (SSNN)âThe 34th Extraordinary Summit of the IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on 8 February 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the chairmanship of H.E. Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan. The […]
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January 31, 2020 (SSNN)âThe Sudanese Ministry of Health says that two people suspected of being infected by the coronavirus, have been identified by monitors at Khartoum airport. At a press conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Akram El Tom that the two people concerned, on from Khartoum and another from El Gezira, arrived via Ethiopian Airlines and Egypt Air from […]
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January 31, 2020 (SSNN)âThe Sudanese Ministry of Health says that two people suspected of being infected by the coronavirus, have been identified by monitors at Khartoum airport. At a press conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Akram El Tom that the two people concerned, on from Khartoum and another from El Gezira, arrived via Ethiopian Airlines and Egypt Air from […]
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January 25th, 2020 (SSNN)âFour members of the Democratic Party are urging the Trump administration not to impose a fresh travel ban on the Republic of Sudan, citing that the move will run counter to the ongoing bilateral relations between the United States and Sudan. âWe are deeply concerned by reports that your administration is expected to formally announce the […]
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January 23rd, 2020 (SSNN)âSouth Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the Deputy Chairperson of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo have held a meeting on the recent incident in which more than 30 civilians, including children, were indiscriminately killed by armed men from the Misseriya tribe in the Disputed Abyei region. âPresident Salva Kiir Mayardit met with the […]
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Press release, ICRC January 22nd, 2020 (SSNN) â The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with respect to the ICRC’s support to the SAF for the teaching and integration of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) within their Armed Forces. The document was first signed in 2008. It […]
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January 15th, 2020 (SSNN)âSouth Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and main armed opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar have failed to come to an agreement on the number of states and their Boundaries, an outstanding issue derailing the formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity. Tut Kew Gatluak, Presidential Security Advisor and Chairman of the National Pre-Transitional Committee disclosed […]
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January 4th, 2020 (SSNN)âThe African Union-United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), a joint peacekeeping mission in Sudan, has called on warring parties in West Darfur state to exercise maximum restraint as intercommunal violence has killed more than 60 people and wounded several others. âUNAMID condemns the violence and stresses the importance of resolving all disputes in a peaceful and […]
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January 4th, 2020 (SSNN)âThe United Nations Secretary-General, AntĂłnio Guterres, has been saddened at the sudden death of 18 Sudanese people who passed away on Thursday following a plane crash in West Darfur state. âThe Secretary-General is saddened at the tragic loss of lives in the airplane crash yesterday near El Geneina in Sudan. He conveys his heartfelt sympathies to the […]
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January 1st, 2020 (SSNN)âSouth Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit, representatives of the R-ARCSS signatory Parties and foreign dignitaries met on December 31, 2019 at the State House and held a year-end party officially hosted by the President’s office at the Presidential Palace in Juba. âSenior Government Officials, representatives of Opposition parties who are signatories to the Revitalized Agreement, diplomatic Corp, […]
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January 1st, 2020 (SSNN)âThe United States government has congratulated the people of Sudan on the 64th Independence Anniversary, marked on an annual basis on January 1St. âOn behalf of the Government of the United States, I offer best wishes to the people of Sudan as you celebrate your National Day on January 1,â the United States Secretary of State, Mike […]
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December 30th, 2019 (SSNN)âAt least 29 intelligence officers of former Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir have been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging after being accused of brutally killing a school teacher while in custody – the Sudanese authorities said on Monday. According to Sudanese media, the school’s teacher, Ahmed al-Khair, 36, was subjected to severe torture and inhuman […]
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December 30th, 2019 (SSNN)âThe African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, a joint AU-UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan has welcomed the Framework Agreement signed in the South Sudanese capital, Juba between Sudan’s Transitional Government and and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (Darfur Track). âUNAMID welcomes the framework agreement signed between the Transitional Government of Sudan and the Darfur armed […]
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By Spehen Arnno December 26th, 2019 (SSNN)âThe start-up of the peace talks in Juba some two month ago raised hopes and optimism for a quick settlement. This is based on two premises: the first is the venue and the mediation that is considered relevant for breaking any arising stalemate and the second was the overall political environment in Sudan. The […]
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December 24th, 2019 (SSNN)âSouth Sudan’s main opposition leader, and the First Vic-President-Designate, Dr. Riek Machar Teny sends a Christmas Message to the people of South Sudan and wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. âI’m writing this Christmas and New Year Message just on my return from Juba to Khartoum. I have spent two full weeks in […]
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December 22nd, 2019 (SSNN)-The Sudanese authorities have opened a lawsuit against former officials and military commanders who were responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur during the leadership of former Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Speaking upon his arrival from the United Arab Emirates, the Sudanese legal expert and prosecutor, Tagelsir al-Heber, revealed that the […]
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Dec 17th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, and the main opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar, have agreed, among other outstanding matters, to create a free political environment that would allow the dissemination of the R-ARCSS, as well as freedom of the press in various parts of the country. South Sudan’s leaders on Tuesday, in the presence of […]
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Dec 15th, 2019 (SSNN)-At least 6 people, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed last week, and several others were seriously injured in the aftermath of heavy fighting between South Sudanese and Sudanese refugees in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, SSNN correspondent has more on this story. âIt was an intense fighting between South Sudanese and Sudanese refugees that left 6 […]
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Dec 10th, 2019 (SSNN)-Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has said that Sudan and neighboring South Sudan, which gained independence on July 9, 2011 after an overwhelming vote on secession, may be considered geographically as two separate states, but in reality, the two countries remain united as one nation. “We are two states, but one nation,” Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla […]
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Opinion, By Dr. Gatluak Ter Thach Dec 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan has a population of 12.58 million (2017). This population represents approximately 64 ethnic groups that speak different languages or dialects, as well as practice varied cultural activities. Most of the population in South Sudan lives in the rural counties, depending heavily on farms and other basic means to survive. […]
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Dec 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Friday met with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, and according the IMF the two leaders discussed ways to overhaul the country’s deteriorating economy. Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said that she had held a fruitful meeting with the Sudanese leader […]
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Dec 6th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Sudanese Armed Forces said on Thursday that its intelligence personnel had arrested about six suspected terrorists from the Boko Haram group, a jihadist Islamist rebel group that has terrorized Nigeria for more than a decade since 2009. “Sudanese army intelligence captured six members of the Boko Horam terrorist group inside Sudanese territory,” the army said […]
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Dec 5th, 2019 (SSNN)-The US Department of State has warmly welcomed Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on his first official trip to the United States since he became Sudan’s civilian head of government. In a press release, the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said that the US is impressed by the ongoing reforms by the new civilian-led government and that […]
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Nov 30th, 2019 (SSNN)-The 13th Ordinary Summit of the IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on 29 November 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the chairmanship of H.E. Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The meeting was attended by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda; H.E. […]
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Nov 29th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD during its 13th Ordinary Summit of Heads of States and Government held in Ethiopia- has elected the Republic of Sudan as its new chair, the regional bloc announced on Friday following the conclusion of the Summit. âThe 13th Ordinary IGAD Summit of Heads of States and Government has concluded in […]
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Nov 24th, 2019 (SSNN)-UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock today called on the international community to act faster to scale up humanitarian support to Sudan. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating for millions of people, particularly in the central and eastern regions, as the country strives to address the effects of erratic weather, multiple disease outbreaks and the economic crisis. âIt is […]
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Nov 5th, 2019 (SSNN)-The 3rd round of face-to-face meetings between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Chairman and Commander in Chief of the SPLM/A-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny has been postponed until Thursday, November 7/ 2019, said the SPLM (IO) Director for Information and Public Relations, Puok Both Baluang in a statement released on Tuesday. âOn the 3rd Face-To-Face Meeting Between […]
Continue reading »Oct 14th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit is expected on Monday to preside over peace talks between various Sudanese rebel groups and members of Sudanâs Sovereign Council in the country’s capital Juba. âTomorrowâs meeting is to mark the launching of Sudanâs peace talks,â said South Sudan’s Press Secretary, Ateny Wek Ateny in a statement on Saturday. On Sunday, […]
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Oct 8th, 2019 ( SSNN)-As the Sudanese unity government begins to promote human rights, the first match of the Sudanese Women’s Football League has been formed, marking a turning point in the country’s past history. Over the past 30 years, under the authoritarian leadership of former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese government imposed restrictive measures and banned women from […]
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Sunday, Sept 8, 2019, As Sudan begins to embrace diversity and foster democracy, the newly appointed Minister of Religious Affairs, Nasr-Eddin Mofarah has called on non-Muslim communities, particularly Jews and Christians who had previously fled the country due to religious segregation, to return to the country and participate in nation-building. âSudan is pluralistic in its thought, pluralistic in its culture, in its […]
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JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN, July 16, 2019(SSNN) – Activists are calling on Sudan’s military and opposition leaders to open the countryâs political process to women when the sides begin to implement their recent power-sharing deal. For most of Sudan’s 63 years as an independent country, women were not allowed to get involved in politics due to cultural norms and other […]
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Transitional Military Council (TMC) Chairman Lt (Gen) Abdel Fatah AL Burhan Abdel Rahman met Tuesday at his office in the Republican Palace with the Head of Umma Party Mubarak AL Fadil. Following the meeting AL Fadil told reporters that the meeting focused on political situation development and the importance of speeding up the signatory of the agreement reached between TMC […]
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July 16, 2019(SSNN) â South Sudan and Sudan have agreed to jointly address issues limiting the export of Jubaâs oil through Khartoum ports, South Sudanâs local media reported citing petroleum minister as saying on Monday. Awow Daniel Chuang, South Sudanâs minister of petroleum and mining told state owned-radio South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SBBC) that the two countries agreed to set […]
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