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51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, while a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people, officials said Monday.(5/20/2013 9:03:34 AM) |
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24 killed in rebel vs army battle in South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's military spokesman says 24 people were killed and dozens wounded during a battle between government troops and rebels who had overrun a town.(5/20/2013 7:01:25 AM) |
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Lebanese farmland firm to invest up to $800 million in Sudan
By Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Lebanese farmland investor GLB Invest plans to invest up to $800 million in Sudan to produce animal feed to be sold to Saudi Arabia, its president said on Tuesday. Arab investors have launched farmland and livestock projects in the vast African country, prized for its fertile soil and easy access to irrigation water from the Nile, to help arid Gulf oil ...(5/21/2013 7:51:20 AM) |
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South Sudan army says retakes town from rebels in east
By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's army has retaken an eastern town captured by rebels two weeks ago, a military spokesman said on Monday, in a conflict that has uprooted thousands of people and hampered government plans to explore for oil. Army spokesman Philip Aguer said four soldiers and a dozen rebels were killed during a brief battle on Sunday to recapture Boma town in ...(5/20/2013 8:31:05 AM) |
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Saudi investor to delay Sudan farm project over dollar curbs
By Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Saudi firm will hold off its planned project in Sudan to produce wheat and other basic food items until the government eases a ban to repatriate profits, its head said on Monday. Sudan, prized for its fertile land and easy access to irrigation water from the Nile, has been trying to attract farmland and livestock investment from Gulf Arab firms seeking to ...(5/20/2013 8:15:30 AM) |
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Sudan to sell stakes in four sugar plants-state media
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan, struggling with economic crisis and a budget deficit, plans to sell stakes in four state-owned sugar plants to attract partners, the official news agency SUNA said. The African country has been trying to boost its sugar output to offset the loss of most oil production, the main export product, to South Sudan after partition in 2011. Oil used to be the biggest source ...(5/19/2013 10:00:59 AM) |
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Sudan's council of states suspends sessions to push for military mobilisation
May 20, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's Council of States has decided to suspend its sessions in order to enable its members to head to their constituencies and lead a mobilisation campaign in support of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in its ongoing battle with rebel groups which have stepped up their military activities in recent months. The head of the Council, Adam Hamid Musa, said that Sudan's ...(5/21/2013 2:14:12 AM) |
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Sudan says South Sudan helped rebels attacking major town
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan accused South Sudan of having supported rebels who launched a major assault two weeks ago, warning this could derail recent oil and security agreements between the African neighbours, state media said on Saturday. The two countries agreed in March to resume cross-border oil flows and end tension that has plagued them since South Sudan's secession in 2011. Since then ...(5/12/2013 4:50:10 AM) |
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Sudan: Increase of UN Troops in Abyei Is Part of a Previous Agreement, Sudan Says
[Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -Sudan's foreign ministry has stated that the call of the UN secretary General for adding (1126) troops to the UN Interim Force for Abyei (UNISFA) came in the context of an earlier agreement between Sudan and South Sudan and the UN.(5/20/2013 4:34:04 AM) |
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Sudan: Western Envoys Call for End to Conflict in Jonglei
[Sudan Tribune]Juba -Western diplomats, alarmed by the increasing violence South Sudan's Jonglei state, have issued a joint statement calling for an end to the conflict in the country's largest region.(5/20/2013 4:33:53 AM) |
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