October 8, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan's First Vice President, Riek Machar held a meeting with media leaders to understand various perspectives to address threats and protest arising from unemployment of the young people. The meeting comes on the backdrop of the increased protest and threats against humanitarian workers by unemployed youth group demanding 80% employment of local youth by relief organizations working in the area in which they operate. Machar was prompted by latest (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Children & Youth

October 9, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Volker Perthes Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) proposed that the Sudanese parties should set up a joint roadmap to implement the transitional agenda. Perthes on Saturday met with the Chairman of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fatah al-Burhan to discuss the ongoing political crisis that sparked between the civilian and military components after the coup attempt of 21 September. Following the meeting, he (...) - News / Democratic Transition in Sudan

October 9, 2021 (NAIROBI) - South Sudan's rotten state finances are derailing the nation from its already fraught path to peace and stability after a brutal civil war, a leading think tank said. The International Crisis Group (ICG), in a report entitled, “Oil or Nothing: Dealing with South Sudan's Bleeding Finances” says top officials are holding the country's oil riches close, barring scrutiny of spending and allowing rampant misappropriation of funds. “This slush-fund governance is at the (...) - News / South Sudan, Corruption

October 8, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Troika countries called on eastern Sudan tribal protesters to end the blockade of the sea terminals and highways linking the Red Sea region with the capital and to negotiate with the government. Protesters led by Mohamed Turk, a tribal Hadandaw leader blocked the seaports on the Red Sea and closed roads calling for the resignation of the transitional civilian-led government and military takeover of power. Prime Minister said he understand their grievances (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

October 8, 2021 (JUBA) - The Ethiopian Prime Minister has accepted the proposal of the East African bloc, IGAD, that South Sudanese President Salva Kiir mediates process to settle the nearly one-year armed conflict with the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Presidential Spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said Friday the Ethiopian leader, Abiy Ahmed has officially accepted the proposal of the regional bloc which identified Kiir as a suitable person in the region to mediate the ongoing (...) - News / Ethiopia, FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

October 8, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government described statements by the deputy chairman of the Sovereign Council about the control of the police and intelligence services as a clear violation of the Constitutional Document. In remarks to Sudanese secondary school teachers on Thursday, Mohamed Hamdan Hemetti said the police and the General Intelligence Service should remain under the control of the military component to avoid its use by the transitional civilian government to (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Democratic Transition in Sudan

October 8, 2021 (JUBA)- South Sudan's President Salva Kiir sacked the leadership of the agricultural bank. The Republican Order issued on Thursday night relieved Managing Director Rual Makuei Thiang and replaced him with Makur Makec Kuer. Also, President Kiir removed Ujan Awan Ajan as the Deputy Managing Director and replaced him with Scopas Kojokiri Gonyi. All the orders came into effect on Thursday 7th October. (...) - News

October 7, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Deputy-Chairman of the Sovereign Council dismissed allegations that they had demanded the removal of some civilian members from the Council but announced their refusal to leave the control of the police forces to the civilian government. The military component in the collegial presidency suspended the meetings of the Sovereign Council after a public dispute between its chairman, Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, and its official spokesman and member, Mohamed al-Faki. (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Democratic Transition in Sudan

October 7, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - A group of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) led by Minni Minnawi called to stop dealing with the ruling coalition in Sudan until its reorganization and conclusion of an agreement on the representation of its membership. Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is making efforts to reconcile between the FFC components and the reintegration of a faction led by Minnawi. On Wednesday, Hamdok briefed the FFC leadership about his contacts with the Sudan Liberation (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Democratic Transition in Sudan

October 7, 2021 (JUBA) - The Central Bank of South Sudan has frozen accounts of advocacy groups in response to its involvement in the People's Coalition for Civil Action (PCCA), which called for peaceful protests for regime change. The October 6th letter, entitled Directive to Block the Bank Accounts of Organisation Connected to PCCA, seen by the Sudan Tribune, directed all commercial banks operating in South Sudan to block bank accounts of organizations connected to People's Coalition for (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

October 6, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and the leadership of the ruling coalition in Sudan discussed the dispute with the military component and the ongoing crisis in eastern Sudan. A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday night confirmed that the Chairman of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burrhan and Hamdok, held a series of meetings to discuss the political crises in the country. "The Prime Minister briefed members of the Central (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

October 6, 2021 (JUBA) - President Salva Kiir and elders from the Aweil community have been holding talks over the detention of Kuel Aguer Kuel, former governor of Northern Bahr El-Ghazal. Governor Kuel was arrested by the security forces in August after he signed a petition on behalf of the group of intellectuals and activists demanding President Kiir and his first deputy in the coalition government to step down owing to the inability to implement the peace agreement which the parties (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

October 6, 2021 (JUBA) - Kenya and South Sudan, both members of the East Africa Community, signed a border crossing agreement to strengthen their long-standing economic and political alliance. The pact was signed on October 1st, 2021, in Lodwar, a border town between Kenya's Turkana district and South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. John Munyes Kiyonga, Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Petroleum and Mining, Josephat Koli Nanok, Turkana Governor represented Keny, while Louis Lobong Lojore, (...) - News / Kenya

October 5, 2021 (JUBA) - Peace talks between the Sudanese government and the non-signatory armed groups will resume in South Sudan's capital Juba in the coming days, said the chief mediator. “Consultations between and within the parties are going well,” said Tut Gatluak Presidential Adviser on Security Affairs on Tuesday. During an interview with the Sudan Tribune on Tuesday, Gatluak expressed optimism that the upcoming period will witness a breakthrough in the talks between the parties to (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

October 5, 2021 (JUBA)- Pibor youth have given 72 hours ultimatum to 30 members of the humanitarian workers in the area, causing United Nations to decry the decision of the youth, saying it would have negative impact on the delivery of humanitarian services to vulnerable groups in the area. Matthew Hollingworth, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan said in a statement sent to Sudan Tribune on Tuesday that the latest threat against humanitarian organizations in the Greater Pibor (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Jonglei State

October 5, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - There is no agreed approach between the civilian and military components on how to deal with the crisis of eastern Sudan, said on Monday Yasir Arman Political Adviser of the Prime Minister. The Council of Minister Monday formed a committee headed by Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok to discuss a joint solution for the protests staged by a Beja tribal leader that led to close the terminals on the Red Sea and block the roads linking the region with the rest of the (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Democratic Transition in Sudan

October 4, 2021 (NEW YORK) - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) says that it is deeply concerned over clashes this weekend between armed groups in Kacuat area of Warrap State, in which at least 35 people were killed, dozens more injured and hundreds displaced from their homes. The intercommunal conflict occurred among the Thiik and Luachjang communities of Tonj East and the Lou Paher of Tonj North County on Sunday. In a statement issued Monday, Farhan Haq, the deputy (...) - News / Tribal clashes in South Sudan, Warrap State

October 4, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Supreme Council of Beja Chiefdoms is preparing to declare civil disobedience in the cities of Port Sudan, Kassala and Gadaref because the government continues to ignore their demands, a leading member said on Monday. Since 17 September, supporters of the Handawa tribal leader Mohamed Turk have closed Red Sea ports and blocked roads linking the eastern Sudan region with the rest of the country calling to cancel a peace agreement related to the area signed in (...) - News / Democratic Transition in Sudan, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

October 4, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir and the breakaway faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) under the leadership of the former chief of staff, Gen. Simon Gatwech Dual have started direction negotiation despite protests from the armed opposition faction led by Riek Machar. Machar, who is also South Sudan's First Vice President in the coalition government, has insisted the meeting between Kiir and Gatwech violates terms of the peace (...) - News / SPLM/A In Opposition, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

October 4, 2021 (NEW YORK) - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) says that it is deeply concerned over clashes this weekend between armed groups in Kacuat area of Warrap State, in which at least 35 people were killed, dozens more injured and hundreds displaced from their homes. The intercommunal conflict occurred among the Thiik and Luachjang communities of Tonj East and the Lou Paher of Tonj North County on Sunday. In a statement issued Monday, Farhan Haq, the deputy (...) - News / Tribal clashes in South Sudan, Warrap State

October 4, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's General Intelligence Service (GIS) on Monday killed four terrorists and arrested four others from different nationalities during a raid on their hideout in Khartoum. Sudanese authorities have recently intensified security operations to dismantle terrorist cells in the capital, Khartoum. «Joint security forces raided two sites in the Jabra neighbourhood after fresh intelligence about ISIS hideouts,» said the GIS in a statement released on Monday. The (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

October 3, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Hadi Idris a Transitional Sovereign Council Member called on Sunday to overcome the political crisis between the Council members saying that it had disrupted the work of the collegial body, and paralyzes other constitutional mechanisms. Following the failed coup of 21 September, a political crisis erupted between the transitional government components over the stalled implementation of the reforms including the security sector. "After the coup attempt, (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Democratic Transition in Sudan

October 3, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Hadi Idris Member of the Sovereign Council and Chairman of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front rejected the cancellation of the Eastern Sudan Agreement. Idris held a press conference on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA), as the country experiences a grave crisis dual crisis. Some tribal forces reject the peace agreement saying those who signed it do not represent them. On the other side, some signatory groups formed a (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Democratic Transition in Sudan

October 3, 2021 (JUBA) - More than 5,000 missing South Sudanese citizens who were displaced as a result of the conflict in the country have been traced and reunited with families since 2018, a top International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) official said. Pierre Dorbes, head of the ICRC delegation in South Sudan, said the charity will continue to engage with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to trace other missing persons and reunite them with their immediate families. According to (...) - News / Returnees to South Sudan, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

October 2, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - 16 Political and armed groups signed a new charter calling for national consensus among the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) and blamed some of its components for monopolizing power. The new alliance gathers, among others, the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Minni Minnawi, Justice and Equality Movement of Gibril Ibrahim, Kush Liberation Movement, SPLM-N Ismail Jalab, Democratic Alliance for Social Justice of Ali Askouri. They signed a new charter entitled (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

October 2, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Leaders of the civilian ruling coalition Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) released strong statements directed at Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sovereign Council, dismissing claims that they monopolize power. The head of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said that four FFC groups control the transitional cabinet and want to impose their partisan agenda in the transitional period. Ibrahim al-Sheikh, a leading FFC member and Minister of (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

October 2, 2021 (JUBA) - A South Sudanese civil society body has welcomed the recent meeting between a faction of the armed opposition movement (SPLM/A-IO) and a government delegation, describing it as a pathway for resolving political grievances within the party. This week, a South Sudanese government delegation headed an advisor to President Salva Kiir met the Kit-Gwang group of the SPLM-IO at a meeting held in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. In a statement issued on Sunday, the (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, SPLM/A In Opposition

October 1, 2021 (JUBA)- South Sudanese cabinet affairs minister has on Friday lambasted international human rights and advocacy groups keen to highlight the performance of the government on multiple fronts on a host of issues Martin Elia Lomuro equated calls by advocacy and rights organisations on the government to be transparent and be accountable to the people as «an international campaign» against the government of President Salva Kiir, dismissing a report by the United Nations blaming (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Corruption

October 1, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan foreign affairs and international cooperation Friday said his country is inseparable from neighbouring Sudan, citing history, border, and river Nile from which the two countries drink. “The citizens of the two sisterly countries are bonded by blood, shared history, and common border. The fact that we drink from the same source, the Nile makes us inseparable and that means a stable Sudan also a stable South Sudan”, said Mayiik Ayii Deng in a statement to (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

October 1, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - A new conflict erupted on Friday between the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) and the military component in Sudan after a directive from the Sovereignty Council to invite the diplomatic corps to a ceremony announcing a new political alliance. The Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM), Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) of Gibril Ibrahim and some political groups will launch a new alliance under the name of the FFC on Saturday. In a letter (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

September 30, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan's president Salva Kiir's birth place and training centers for the unified forces in Warrap state are flooded due to the heavy downpour and overflow of the river in the area. This has resulted in to the suspension of trainings in camps and displacement of people from homes. The minister of humanitarian affairs and disaster management said Kiir's residence in Warrap state was hit by heavy downpour and the water continue to occupy the house, causing (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Warrap State

September 30, 2021 (JUBA)- A South Sudanese presidential adviser and ambassadors from European countries union met and held talks over peace implementation process. Costello Garang Riiny Lual, an adviser to the presidency said he has started receiving and holding meetings with foreign ambassadors and different stakeholders to begin to discuss and solicit views about how key members of the international. “I started, as advisor to the presidency, the first diplomatic activities of my office (...) - News / South Sudan peace process, Diplomacy - International Relations

September 30, 2021 (NEW YORK) - Sudanese Prime Minister on Thursday announced the establishment of the awaited mechanism to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Juba peace agreement. Abdallah Hamdok made the announcement during a High-Level Side Event on Sudan convened on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly by the United Nations and Norway attended by 24 countries and 8 international and regional organisations. "We agreed on establishing this independent monitoring and (...) - News

September 29, 2021 (JUBA) – Parties signatory to South Sudan's peace accord should ensure the 35% women representation is enforced without any violations, Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) said on Thursday. The September 2018 revitalized peace agreement provides for a 35% quota for women's participation in the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU). “It is high time parties [to the agreement] demonstrated political will by ensuring the agreed upon decision, (...) - News / South Sudan, Women & Girls

September 29n 2021 (KHARTOUM) - U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman on Wednesday warned that actions against the civilian-led government in Sudan will put Washington support at risk. In a meeting with Prime Minsiter Abdallah Hamdok attended by Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi and Political Adviser Yasir Arman, the visiting envoy condemned the 21 September failed coup attempt and his country support for the civilian-led transitional government. The visiting diplomat (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, United States (US), Democratic Transition in Sudan