Sudan’s White Nile state prepares for reopening of border corridors with S. Sudan

South Sudan News Portal

April 11, 2018 (RABAK) – The government of the White Nile State Wednesday said it has formed a technical committee to arrange for the reopening of three border crossing points with South Sudan.
The Secretary-General of the White Nile State government al-Tayeb Mohamed Abdallah stated that the three crossings include Godat al-Adal, al-Tuboon and the river crossing linking Kosti to Juba.
He added the technical committee would hold a meeting with its South Sudan’s counterpart during the next (…)

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Sudan’s al-Bashir accuses Juba again of supporting rebel groups

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April 5, 2018 (KHARTOUM) – President Omer al-Bashir has renewed accusations against Juba government saying it continues backing Sudanese rebels but vowed that Sudan would keep its working for a lasting peace agreement in South Sudan.
Since even before the secession of South Sudan in 2011, Khartoum has accused Juba of harbouring and supporting the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N). After what, it accused Juba of using the armed groups from Darfur region in the (…)

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Sudan, S. Sudan sign MoU to develop joint water resources

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April 4, 2018 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s Minister of Water Resources and Electricity Muataz Musa and his South Sudan’s counterpart Sofia Gai have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on water resources.
The MoU aims to promote and facilitate technical support as well as to develop, protect and utilize the joint water resources between the two countries.
The two ministers agreed to set up a joint technical committee comprised of five members from each side to follow up on the implementation (…)

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Activist urges Sudan and S. Sudan to resolve border disputes

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April 2, 2018 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese activist has appealed to Juba and Khartoum to resolve their disputes, after it recent reports of a military build-up along the border between the two countries.
Last week, the South Sudanese army (SPLA) spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Lual Ruai Koang accused Khartoum of amassing its troops in Kuek, a border area located in South Sudan’s Northern Upper Nile state.
“Community Empowerment for Progress Organization [CEPO] is urging Sudan and South Sudan (…)

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Former South Sudan army chief meets top Sudanese officials

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March 20, 2018 (JUBA) – Former South Sudanese chief of army staff, Paul Malong Awan met and held talks with high ranking Sudanese officials, sparking questions on the purpose of the visit and meetings.
Awan, according to family members and associates who accompanied him, arrived Sudan’s capital, Khartoum on 15 March through the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa from Kenya.
He met the Sudanese first vice president and Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Saleh and the country’s head of the National (…)

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Sudan, South Sudan border commission to approve border demarcation report

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December 9, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – The Joint Border Commission (JBC) between Sudan and South Sudan on Sunday is expected to approve the final report of the Joint Technical Committee for Border Demarcation (JTCB).
During its meeting in Addis Ababa on 7 December, the JTCB developed a detailed report showing the agreed and contested points of the three sectors along the borderline as well as the precise coordinates of all border points.
According to Ashorooq TV, the JTCB report is expected to be (…)

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South Sudan still owes Khartoum $1.3 billion in oil debt: official

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December 5, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan still owes neighbouring Sudan, from which it seceded in July 2011, up to $1.3 billion as part of a 2012 deal both nations inked to end their disputes over oil matters.
The South Sudanese ex-deputy finance minister, Mou Ambrose Thiik told Reuters prior to his removal from the ministerial post on Friday last week that the figure was equivalent to eight years worth of oil revenues for South Sudan.
South Sudan got the lion’s share of the oil when it split (…)

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Sudan, S. Sudan border commission to meet next week

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November 13, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s Technical Committee for Border Demarcation (TCBD) has said the Joint Border Commission (JBC) between Sudan and South Sudan would meet next week in Khartoum.
The semi-official Sudan Media Center (SMC) has quoted the TCBD chairman and Co-chair of the JBC Abdalla al-Sadiq as saying the meeting will discuss ways to accelerate border demarcation process between the two countries.
He pointed out that the JBC has made great progress in its work during the (…)

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South Sudan president denies regretting secession from Sudan

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November 3, 2017 (JUBA)- South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir did not regret the secession of South Sudan from the Republic of Sudan, according to his spokesman. Presidential spokesman, Ateny Wek Ateny said the comments of President about secession vote, were taken out of context.
“What President Kiir said was in line with the mutual notion of one people living in two independent sovereign states. In other words, the President meant the peoples of the Sudan have always been one, and because of (…)

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South Sudan president regrets secession from Khartoum

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November 2, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan president Salva Kiir has regretted his country’s secession from neigbouring Sudan, saying most of people were forced to follow the decisions of the majority.
“My coming to Khartoum today is a response to your invitation. It’s really to put a final decision on all agreement we have signed since 2012. I take the responsibility to be the supervisor on my team to supervise whatever has been agreed upon. This is in respond to goodwill you have shown,” said a (…)

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South Sudan’s Kiir washes his hands of support to Sudanese rebel

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November 2, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit Thursday reiterated that his country does not support Sudanese armed opposition groups, and announced the agreement with his Sudanese counterpart on a roadmap to implement the outstanding security agreements.
Kiir who ended a two-day visit to Khartoum pledged with his Sudanese counterpart not to allow the “saboteurs” to affect relations between the two countries.
“We do not support the Sudanese rebel movements, and (…)

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South Sudanese opposition will not carry out any activity hostile to Juba from Sudan: al-Bashir

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November 1, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s President Omer al-Bashir said his government would not allow South Sudanese opposition leaders residing in Khartoum to carry out any political or military activities hostile to Juba.
Khartoum hosts several South Sudanese opposition leaders who were in Ethiopia and Kenya during the first three years of the conflict. Also, Khartoum seems disposed to play a greater role in the resolution of the four-year conflict after refusing to interfere in the conflict (…)

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S. Sudan confirms Abyei’s exclusion in bilateral talks with Sudan

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November 1, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudanese authorities have confirmed that President Salva Kiir visit to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum will focus on bilateral cooperation issue between the two countries.
The issue of Abyei, a contested oil-producing region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan is not expected on the agenda of the discussions.
The South Sudanese minister for the presidency, Mayiik Ayii Deng told reporters on Wednesday Kiir left Juba for a two-day official visit to Sudan for (…)

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Sudan and South Sudan to jointly write off foreign debts

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October 31, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – The governments of Sudan and South Sudan on Monday agreed to jointly work on convincing the international community into writing off their joint foreign debts and to extend the zero option agreement that expires on October 2018.
The decision, SUNA reported, was agreed upon during at a meeting held between Sudan’s finance minister, Mohamed Osman Al Rikabi and his South Sudan counterpart, Stephen Dhieu Dau in Khartoum.
Both leaders reportedly agreed it was vital (…)

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Juba and Khartoum hold political and security committee meeting

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October 31, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – The joint political and security committee meeting between Sudan and South Sudan successfully concluded in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on Tuesday.
According to SUNA news agency, the Sudanese defense minister, Lt Gen Awad Mohamed Ibin Aouf signed the minutes of the meeting on behalf of the Sudan government, while that of South Sudan was witnessed by the nation’s defense minister, Gen. Kuol Manyang Juuk.
The committee had, during the meeting, reportedly (…)

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South Sudan vows not to live in “hostility” with Sudan

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October 19, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan on Thursday said it cannot live in “perpetual hostility” with neighbouring Sudan, reiterating its readiness to fully implement the 2012 Cooperation Agreement both nations signed.
The presidential adviser on security affairs, Tut Kew Gatluak said enhancing bilateral relations between the countries was significant to improving relations the two former war foes after secession.
“Preparations for his Excellency the president of the republic have been (…)

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Sudan’s security is linked to South Sudan stability: al-Bashir

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September 28, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – President Omer al-Bashir said that Sudan’s national security cannot be completed without the stability of neighbouring countries, especially South Sudan. Al-Bashir made his remarks during his address to the opening session of the conference of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Service in Africa (CISSA) held in Khartoum.
The conference is attended by the head of the Saudi intelligence service and representatives of several western intelligence (…)

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Over 180,000 S. Sudan refugees arrived in Sudan in 2017: UN

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September 17, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – About 182,000 South Sudanese refugees have arrived in Sudan in 2017, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement issued last week.
“Almost 460,000 South Sudanese refugees, fleeing hunger and violence in South Sudan, have arrived in Sudan since December 2013. About 182,000 refugees arrived in 2017 so far. The majority of new arrivals are women and children,” partly reads OCHA’s statement.
According to the (…)

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