BBC’s Mark Lowen: “It’s extremely rare for journalist to get into areas controlled by the rebels” South Sudan’s government and rebels have signed a ceasefire agreement after talks in Ethiopia. Under the deal, signed in a hotel in the Ethiopian…
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22 January 2014 , Source: Sudan Tribune (Photo: Samara Scott/U.S. Army Africa) Juba/Addis Ababa The South Sudanese government announced today the cancellation of a regional meeting that was scheduled for Thursday in Juba citing the upcoming African Union (AU) summit later this month.…
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20 January 2014 , By Awet T. Weldemichael, Source: African Arguments In a span of a month, three towering figures – if retired – in American foreign policy establishment on Africa publicly called for an end to the Eritrean-Ethiopian conflict and…
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By John PrendergastJan 17, 2014 South Sudan is sliding toward full-scale civil war but there is a way for peace talks to succeed and salvage the world’s newest nation. With each passing day, South Sudan is sliding toward full-scale civil war,…
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The army has made recent gains – as here in Bentiu. But the battle lines often change The strategic South Sudanese town of Bor has been recaptured from rebel forces, an army spokesman has said. Government forces had defeated more…
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VOA January 17, 2014 Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders has suspended activities in a South Sudanese state capital after what it calls the looting of its compound. The group said Friday that armed men had entered its compound in…
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January 17, 2014 Sudan has offered to mediate to end historic animosities between old foes and neighbours Ethiopia and Eritrea, media reports from Khartoum suggest Friday. Sudan’s state media said Khartoum had made the commitment during Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir’s…
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Jan 17, 2014 Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki with Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir in Asmara- May 24, 2012 Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir begins on Thursday a three-day visit to Asmara where he will hold meetings with Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki to…
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Source: The Star The government has directed crackdown on emerging threats of radicalisation of Muslim youths in Mombasa county. Deputy president William Ruto said the government will deal decisively to those behind the spate of radicalisation where youths have forceful…
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Arab Republic of Egypt – Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Ambassador Hamdi Sanad Loza headed on Wednesday January 15 to the Eritrean capital Asmara to meet with the Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and…
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