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103 said killed in South Sudan cattle raid clash
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — More than 100 people were killed in a violence-prone region of South Sudan when one tribe attacked another while cattle were being moved across land, officials said Sunday. Continue reading
More than 30,000 flee fighting in Sudan’s Darfur: U.N.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – More than 30,000 people have fled during two weeks of fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region, the United Nations said after some of the worst clashes between government troops, rebels and rival tribes reported there for months. Conflict has raged in Darfur, a vast arid region in the west of Sudan, since 2003 when mainly non-Arab tribes took up arms against the Arab government in Khartoum, accusing it of political and economic marginalization. … Continue reading
Leaders of Sudan, South Sudan start talks to defuse tension
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan met late on Friday to try to defuse hostility that has simmered since the south broke away in 2011 and restart cross-border oil flows to rescue their crumbling economies. No details emerged as Sudan's Omar Hassan al-Bashir and South Sudan's Salva Kiir met in the presence of Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn who is trying to mediate between the neighbors who came close to war in April. Both leaders will meet alone for the first time at a summit on Saturday, Sudan's state news agency SUNA said Continue reading
Rival Sudans hold summit on Friday, signal concessions
KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) – The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan will meet on Friday to discuss how to improve border security and resume vital oil flows, both sides said on Tuesday as the feuding African neighbors signaled possible concessions. The countries, which fought one of Africa's longest civil wars ending with a peace deal in 2005, signaled concessions ahead of the summit. Continue reading
Sudanese police block protest at human rights commission
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese security forces on Sunday blocked activists trying to deliver a petition criticizing the government to the country’s human rights commission, drawing a rare rebuke from the state-appointed body. Continue reading
UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan; 4 dead
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said South Sudan’s armed forces shot down a U.N. helicopter on Friday killing all four Russian crew members on board, an attack South Sudan’s military spokesman blamed rebel fighters. Continue reading
Sudan, South Sudan to discuss rebel support next month
KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan will tackle the sensitive issue of support for rebel groups for the first time when they resume security talks next month, Sudan's defense minister said on Wednesday. The former civil war foes have been at loggerheads over their contested border and other issues since South Sudan seceded last year under a 2005 peace deal. … Continue reading
Sudan, South Sudan to discuss rebel support next month
KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan will tackle the sensitive issue of support for rebel groups for the first time when they resume security talks next month, Sudan's defense minister said on Wednesday. Continue reading
Sudan, South Sudan to discuss rebel support next month
KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan will tackle the sensitive issue of support for rebel groups for the first time when they resume security talks next month, Sudan's defense minister said on Wednesday. The former civil war foes have been at loggerheads over their contested border and other issues since South Sudan seceded last year under a 2005 peace deal Continue reading
Sudan, South Sudan to discuss rebel support next month
KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan will tackle the sensitive issue of support for rebel groups for the first time when they resume security talks next month, Sudan's defense minister said on Wednesday. The former civil war foes have been at loggerheads over their contested border and other issues since South Sudan seceded last year under a 2005 peace deal Continue reading
