June 5, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The armed groups signatory of the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA) Saturday renewed accusations that the lack of political will is behind the non-implementation of the security arrangements. While the army repeated that the operation needs 187 million dollars they do not have for the time being. In line with the JPA implementation matrix, the implementation of the security arrangements should be achieved within two months from the date of signing on October 3, 2020. (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Democratic Transition in Sudan

June 5, 2021 (GADAREF) - Ethiopian militiamen killed two Sudanese farmers on the border strip between the two countries, east of the Gallabat town. Eyewitnesses told the Sudan Tribune Saturday that the Ethiopian armed men sneaked into the Sudanese border killed two farmers after failing to kidnap them. The gunmen sought to abduct Mohamed Ali Alsjan, the owner of a horticultural farm and Ali Khalifa a worker who was driving a tractor. Witnesses told the Sudan Tribune that Ethiopian (...) - News / Ethiopia, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

June 5, 2021 (JUBA) - The South Sudanese mediation extended for one week the negotiation for peace in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan between the Sudanese government and the SPLM-N al-Hilu. Dhieu Matouk Rapporter of the Mediation told reporters in Juba on Saturday that the negotiations will continue until the 13th of June pointing to the need to «bringing views closer and addressing the outstanding issues». Matouk further said that the mediation held separate meetings with the two (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

by Bol Khan The number of checkpoints across South Sudan has had inestimably increased during the recent past—deferred civil war. This includes a number of both legal and illegal checkpoints unilaterally set-up; before or after 2018, in the former “Oppositions and Government controlled areas”. Despite the partial establishment of the RTGoNU in March 2020, such unilateral creations of checkpoints; a collection of excessive and illegal taxes continued along the River Nile and roads linking up (...) - Comment & Analysis / Tax

June 4, 2021 (JUBA) -The South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) on Friday strongly condemned the recent murder of a church priest and civilians in the Central Equatoria State. «SSOMA is totally perturbed and in great shock with the ongoing inhuman and heinous arrests and killings of church leaders and civilian across South Sudan by the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF),» reads a statement extended to The Sudan Tribune. The National Salvation Front (NAS) on Thursday accused the (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

June 4, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo «Hemetti» said he is a victim of political machinations, stressing he played a determinant role in the ouster of the former president and supported the December Revolution in Sudan. «I am the only person in the Security Committee who resisted plans by the dignitaries of the former regime. All of them were working to disperse the (pro-democracy) sit-in,» Hemetti said in remarks at a memorial (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Democratic Transition in Sudan

Ngor Arol Garang On Wednesday morning, I woke up to two nerve wrecking news. It was the passing of Abraham Chol Marial, a colleague and a longtime friend and William Ater Lual, a friend of my brother and someone from my home turf. Their passing not only shocked and shaken their loved ones, colleagues, friends, and many other people who knew them at personal levels. I am equally shocked and deeply saddened by these great losses. Abraham died in Nairobi, Kenya, and William passed on in (...) - Comment & Analysis

June 3, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations Security Council unanimously extended for one year the mandate of the UN political mission to support the democratic transition in Sudan. The small and limited UNITAMS was established last year to support the transitional government to achieve peace and build up democratic institutions. In a meeting held on Thursday, the 15-member body extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) until 3 (...) - News

June 3, 2021 (JUBA) – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is firmly committed to supporting the peace process in the world's youngest nation, a senior UN official said. Nicholas Haysom, the head of the UN mission in South Sudan told reporters in Juba on Thursday that achieving peace requires the support of all stakeholders and in partnership with the international community. “The peace process must be led and owned by the people of South Sudan to ensure that the peace that is (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, South Sudan, UNMISS - United Nations Mission in South Sudan

June 3, 2021 (LAINYA) - Fighters from the National Salvation Front (NAS) led by Gen. Thomas Cirillo have accused the government army (SSPDF) of attacking their bases in South Sudan's Central Equatoria State. «On Monday 01st June, 2021, the SSPDF [South Sudan People's Defense Forces] who are now operating under the orders of »shoot at sight«, in Gumberi village of Lainya payam, Lainya county killed four (4) innocent civilians in cold blood,» the rebel group's spokesman, Suba Samuel Manase, (...) - News / National Salvation Front (NAS), South Sudan, South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF)

June 3, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Thousands of Sudanese took part in a protest calling to bring to justice those responsible for the killing of more than two hundred demonstrators outside the army general command in Khartoum on 3 June 2019. A police officer has been shot dead during the peaceful protest outside the premises of the council of ministers. Two years after the bloody violence, the independent committee tasked with the investigation into the attack still did not hand over its findings. (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

June 2, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – South Sudan's Finance Minister, Athian Ding Athian and his Sudanese counterpart, Gibril Ibrahim on Wednesday discussed joint cooperation between the two nations. The meeting also discussed economic benefits that serve the two countries based on the needs to serve the trade and exchange of products and take advantage of the crossing points that facilitate the movement of border trade, in addition to work on exchange of experiences in the field of oil. Athian said (...) - News / South Sudan, Sudan, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Diplomacy - International Relations

June 2, 2021 (JUBA) - The transitional government in Sudan and the SPLM-N al Hilu may sign a framework agreement by the end of the week said the peace mediation on Wednesday. The two parties have been discussing a framework agreement in Juba since 27 May. On Wednesday, the SPLM-N handed over its response to the remarks made by the government on the draft it had filled on 27. «The two parties may sign the framework agreement on June 6,» said Dhieu Matouk, the rapporteur of the mediation (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Peace talks with SPLM-N, Darfur groups

June 2, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOMA) has welcomed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decision to renew arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze imposed on South Sudan till May 31, 2022. The Council, on May 28, also extended till July 1, 2022 the mandate of the UN panel of experts tasked with helping to oversee those measures. Security Council Resolution 2577, further prohibited the supply, sale or transfer of weapons, as well as the provision of technical (...) - News / Sudan, South Sudanese Opposition

June 1, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) Tuesday announced that its representatives were heading to Juba to join the government negotiating delegation with the SPLM-al-Hilu. In a statement on Tuesday, the SRF official spokesman, Osama Saeed, said that the delegation consisted of six members. Also, he mentioned a meeting held at the Presidency between the Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, and the SRF members in the collegial presidency, in (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

June 1, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan and United Nations agencies Tuesday called for greater agriculture investments in Sudan to end the raising food insecurity across the country. Agriculture which is the most important economic sector in Sudan employs 43% of the labour force in the country and accounts for about 30 % of Gross domestic product (GDP), according to the World Bank Also, Sudan is one of the largest livestock producing countries in Africa, where the livestock sector contributes to (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

June 1, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) Tuesday announced that its representatives were heading to Juba to join the government negotiating delegation with the SPLM-al-Hilu. In a statement on Tuesday, the SRF official spokesman, Osama Saeed, said that the delegation consisted of six members. Also, he mentioned a meeting held at the Presidency between the Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, and the SRF members in the collegial presidency, in (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

June 1, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Foreign Minister informed the President of Niger of her country's adherence to the international community's participation in the GERD negotiations due to the collapse of confidence in the Ethiopian government. Mariam al-Mahdi held talks in Niamey, ending a tour of West African countries that she started on May 27, including Ghana, Senegal and Nigeria, to explain Sudan's negotiating position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Al-Mahdi told (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

May 31, 2021 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia is set to construct over 100 small and medium dams in various regional states in the coming new fiscal year, the country's Prime Minister disclosed. Abiy Ahmed made the remarks on Saturday while launching the first phase of the Adama-Awash 60 kilometres expressway, which seeks to enhance socio-economic integration with Djibouti and neighbouring countries. “The nation is set to build over 100 small and medium dams in various regions by the coming (...) - News / Ethiopia, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Dams in Ethiopia

May 31, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Units of the Sudanese and Egyptian armies on Monday wrapped up military drills dubbed «Nile Protectors» involving ground and air forces. The joint manoeuvres began on May 26, in the Um Sayala area, northwest of Omdurman, to Unifying combat concepts and transferring experiences in fighting management. The military drills were concluded by an exercise to protect borders and destroy the enemy's capabilities, said the military media of the Sudan Armed Forces on Monday (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

May 31, 2021 (JUBA) – The continuous extension of an arms embargo and other sanctions on South Sudan will affect the smooth implementation of the peace agreement, an official said Monday. The acting Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Thomas Kenneth Elisapana was reacting to a UN Security Council resolution, which on May 28, extended for another year the arms embargo, travel ban, and assets freeze for targeted individuals until May 31, 2022. The resolution, however, expressed the (...) - News / South Sudan, UNSC - United Nations Security Council, South Sudan peace process

May 31, 2021 (JUBA) - The Sudanese government negotiating team Monday handed over its response to the draft framework agreement made by the SPLM-N al-Hilu which represents a «solid basis» for talks, according to the negotiating team spokesman. The delegations of the transitional government and the SPLM-N al-Hilu held their second meeting in Juba in a session headed by the Chief Mediator Tut Gatuluak and the participation of UNITMAS. In a statement released after the meeting, Khalid Omer (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

by Mahmoud A. Suleiman The Arab and African countries that were receiving the perpetrator of genocide in the Darfur region in western Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir, a fugitive from international justice at The Hague, in the Netherlands, should apologize to the people of Sudan in general and in particular to the Sudanese citizens of Darfur, as the French President Emanuel Macron did yesterday in Kigali, the Capital of Rwanda during His visit and his meeting with the Rwandan President (...) - Comment & Analysis

May 30, 2021 (NEW YORK) - The Security Council on Friday renewed the arms embargo, travel ban and assets freeze imposed on South Sudan for another year, extending till July 1, 2022 the mandate of the panel of experts tasked with helping to oversee those measures. Resolution 2577, which saw 13 votes in favour, none against and two absentees, also prohibited the supply, sale or transfer of weapons, as well as the provision of technical assistance, training and other military assistance to (...) - News / South Sudan, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, UNSC - United Nations Security Council

May 30, 2021 (NAIROBI) – The Leadership Council of South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) virtually met on Friday with Troika special envoys to Sudan and South Sudan to discuss issues of peace and security in South Sudan. SSOMA, in a statement, described the meeting as “candid” and “constructive”. “The meeting discussed the current impasse in the Rome Peace Process under the auspices of the Community of SANT'EGIDIO,” partly reads the statement extended to Sudan Tribune. It added, (...) - News / South Sudan, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, South Sudanese Opposition

May 30, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Eight people were killed and dozens injured following the intercommunal violence that broke out, in Furo Baraga of West Darfur state on Saturday. Tribal fighting erupted after killing a 24-year-old man, Ammar Abdel Majid, on Friday night when a group of gunmen opened fire on his shop in the Furo Barnaga market. Abdel Majid relatives from the Fur ethnic group killed three Darfur Arab tribes to avenge his death. Adam Rahal, the official spokesman for the IDPs and (...) - News

May 29, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Senegalese President Macky Sall called to follow the experience of the Senegal River countries to settle the dispute between Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt over the Renaissance Dam. On Saturday, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi met with Senegalese President Macky Sall within the framework of a regional tour in western Africa. The meeting with Sall who is also the First Vice-Chairperson of the African Union discussed bilateral ties and the existing dispute (...) - News / Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

May 29, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Fatou Bensouda Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, (ICC) arrived in Khartoum Saturday, on a week-long visit to Sudan including the Darfur region. During her visit to Sudan, Bensouda will meet Sudanese government officials before travelling to Darfur where she will meet the affected communities, particularly the victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Last Monday, the outgoing prosecutor told the pre-trial court that the prosecution charges (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, ICC and Darfur

May 28, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Foreign Minister Maryam al-Mahdi discussed Sudan's position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) with senior officials in Nigeria and Ghana. Al-Mahdi on Thursday was in Abuja and Friday in Accra as part of a regional tour in West Africa including Nigeria, Ghana, Niger and Senegal. In two separate statements, the ministry of foreign affairs said the Sudanese top diplomat met in Abuja with Ibrahim Gambari the Nigerian president chief of staff and Ghana's (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

May 28, 2021 (JUBA) - The South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) rejected a «premature» Workshop on Permanent Constitution Making in South Sudan, saying it would only reflect the view of the regime. The government on 25 May held a workshop on the permanent constitution which should be prepared and adopted during the transition before the general elections in line with the revitalized peace agreement. In a statement extended to the Sudan Tribune, SOMMA said deeply disturbed and (...) - News / South Sudan's transition, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

May 28, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Darfur armed groups signatory of the Juba Peace Agreement accused the military component of the transitional government of delaying the enforcement of the agreed security arrangements. In a joint statement on Friday, five groups said that seven months after the signing of the peace agreement on 3 October 2020, the military component had not taken a single step to implement the security arrangements with the aim of continuing to monopolize the military and (...) - News / Democratic Transition in Sudan, FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

May 27, 2021 (JUBA) - The mediation team on Thursday handed over to the Sudanese transitional government draft framework agreement submitted by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu. The two negotiating teams held their first meeting after the opening session on Thursday. The government delegation was led by Chems al-Din Kabbashi and the SPLM-N delegation headed by Amar Amon Daldoom. Khalid Youssif, Cabinet Minister and Spokesman o the Government (...) - News / Peace talks with SPLM-N, Darfur groups, FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

May 27, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The head of the Sovereign Council and the ruling coalition Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) Thursday agreed to foster the civilian-military partnership to achieve democratic transition in Sudan. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and an FFC delegation led by Fadlallah Burma Chairman of the National Umma Party held a meeting to discuss political developments and challenges facing the transition two years after the collapse of the al-Bashir regime. Following the meeting, (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Democratic Transition in Sudan

by Jean-Pierre Lacroix Over the past year, to be a United Nations peacekeeper in the field has meant adopting new levels of flexibility and resilience in the face of evolving challenges. A hard job has become even harder. As this global pandemic wreaks havoc, tens of thousands of women and men serving in the 12 peacekeeping missions deployed around the world have adapted to the new reality, taking every precaution to stay safe themselves and prevent the spread of the virus, while (...) - Comment & Analysis

May 26, 2021 (JUBA) - The National Salvation Front (NAS) accused the South Sudanese government army of committing war crimes and forced displacement of civilians in the Central Equatoria State (CES). In a statement extended to the Sudan Tribune on Wednesday, NAS Spokesman Suba Samuel Manase said the South Sudan People's Defense Force (SSPDF) arrested and displaced civilians after lotting their properties and destroying their homes. Manase said the SSPDF arrested 20 people and burnt their (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, South Sudan's transition