Anti-government forces closing in on the northern oil town of Malakal!
SPLA soldiers march during a parade at the 4th anniversary celebration of the signing of the CPA in the southern town of Malakal January 9,...
Month : February 2014
South Sudan parliament confirmed 70% of the army defected to the opposition!
Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers take part in their 29th anniversary celebrations in South Sudan’s capital Juba, May 16, 2012. Photo: Reuters February 17,...
To President Museveni: Withdraw our army from South Sudan now
“It soon became clear that this was not all the UPDF was doing. Mr Museveni himself, in complete contradiction of his Defence Minister and UPDF...
Juba doesn’t recognize a third block, Makuei not informed!
NO NEW TERMS OF NEGOTIATION WITH THE SPLM-7, SAYS GOV’T by Koang Pal. Rebecca Nyandeng [in purple shawl] poses for a photo with Kenyan President...
South Sudan army denies using cluster bombs after fragments found
Carl Odera PTAB 2.5KO cluster bomblet, mostly dispersed using KMGU/KMGU-2 containers mounted on the wings of jets. The bomblets are loaded into BFK blocks, which...
Juba disgruntled by the mediation, criticizes IGAD!
South Sudan criticizes peace mediators Pres. Salva Kiir Mayardiit. Photo|File February 17, 2014 [JUBA] — South Sudan’s president and a national minister over the weekend...
How Museveni double deals IGAD, China and USA in South Sudan conflict!
By JULIUS BARIGABA, U.S. Marine Sergeant David Ash explains combat marksmanship tactics to a soldier of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) during ongoing training...
JUBA: Oil production in danger, “90% of the oilfields” seized by the rebels!
South Sudan’s Petroleum and Mining Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau (3rd R) applauds as he restarts oil production in the main oil field in Palouge, after...
South Sudan’s Constitutional Bait-and-Switch
Jurist Forum February 16, 2014 [JURIST] — Guest Columnist Kevin Cope of Georgetown University Law Center argues that the crisis in South Sudan suggests that...
Washington: Juba, involve international experts to investigate new use of Cluster Bomb!
Identify Those Responsible for Using Banned Weapons “Several of these states have in the past used cluster munitions. Cluster munitions disperse multiple smaller munitions, some...
Igad says ‘no’ to Uganda’s mediation in Sudan
By HALIMA ABDALLAH Special Correspondent al Bashir, Sudanese president. February 15, 2014[Khartoum] — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) is set to lead the mediation in...
Juba government’s spend millions of US dollars on foreign Ugandan army,UPDF!
Kenya Commercial Bank destroyed in Bor, South Sudan February 14, 2014 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese defence minister Kuol Manyang Juuk, has admitted that his...
Uganda troops will pull out of South Sudan to avoid regional conflict!
February 13, 2014 [Kampala] — Uganda says it will consider a gradual pull out of troops from South Sudan after the United States, Norway and...
NEWS ANALYSIS: China’s role in South Sudan marks change in policy
by Michael Martina    Workers for the China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corp (CPECC) construct new oil facilities in Sudan. China has already gained a...
Ugandans will incure the cost of military intervention in S. Sudan, reads the ghost agreement!
The Ugandan taxpayer will pick the medical bill for all wounded soldiers in South Sudan, Chimp Corps report. Bodies of Ugandan soldiers killed alongside government...
South Sudan Opposition Backs Formation of Interim Administration
 Dr. Marial Benjamin and Salva Kiir Mayardiit. February 12, 2014 [Juba] — Several leading opposition political parties in South Sudan have spoken out openly in...
Released Detainees In Ethiopia for Peace Talks
   Uhuru Kenyatta and Rebecca Nyandeng met the detainees before they left Kenya for Ethiopia, 12 Feb, 2014. Photo-TJ February 12, 2014 [NAIROBI]...
UN Condemned the use of cluster bombs in South Sudan
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has warned South Sudan warring parties against using deadly cluster bombs that extend harm to unsuspecting civilians. Cluster Bombs, HRW Via...
South Sudan Peace Talks Resume Despite Threatened Boycot
Marthe van der Wolf Taban Deng Gai, chief negotiator from South Sudan’s opposition, center, shakes hands with an unidentified western observer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,...
SHEDDING CROCODILE TEARS WHILE SOUTH SUDAN BLEEDINGS
 PEACE TALKS IN ADDIS ABABA BY. HON. DANIEL WUOR JOAK Former Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar(left) and Pres. Salva Kiir(right). Photo: Redpepper! February 11, 2014...
South Sudan: Marial Benjamin presents government version of the crisis in London
South Sudan violence was not genocide: minister South Sudan’s foreign minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, pictured at Chatham House in London, where he was giving a...