August 2, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Security Council Monday called for the cooperation of the Sudanese government and armed groups to terminate the UNAMID's liquidation process. “The Council reiterated its call on Sudan's Government — as well as the Juba Peace Agreement signatories and non-signatory armed opposition movements — to cooperate fully with the United Nations and the African Union during UNAMID's liquidation phase,” reads a presidential statement adopted on Monday. The statement comes (...) - News / Darfur peacekeeping mission (UNAMID), FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

August 2, 2021 (JUBA) – The Revitlized Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) speaker, Jemma Nunu Kumba has urged lawmakers to commit themselves to implement the peace accord. She was speaking as 504 members of the national legislature and 84 Council of States members took oath of office in Juba on Monday. “As we implement peace, we, in the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly are not expected to dwell on campaigning for our respective political gains. The (...) - News / South Sudan, Politics

August 1, 2021 (JUBA) - Catholic bishops in South Sudan have requested President Salva Kiir to ensure they are included in the country's peace negotiations process. The bishops, led by the Archbishop of Juba, Stephen Ameyu Martin visited the president in Juba last week. Also present were Bishops Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok of the Malakal Diocese and Emeritus Paride Taban of the Diocese of Torit. “Since the signing of revitalized peace agreement, we as bishops of South Sudan had not paid (...) - News / South Sudan, Religion, South Sudan peace process

August 1, 2021 (JUBA) – It is the primary responsibility of peacekeepers to protect civilians who are in imminent danger, Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said. He was speaking at a workshop organised by UNMISS and the Joint Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM) to educate stakeholders on new operational guidelines enabling greater access for the mission in the capital, Juba last (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, South Sudan, UNMISS - United Nations Mission in South Sudan

August 1, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok called on the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC)'s leaders to exert more effort to integrate the holdout groups to the ruling coalition. On Sunday, Hamdok met with the FFC joint committee including the Central Council group, the National Umma Party (NUP) and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) that agreed to reunite and form a new structure for the broad coalition. This meeting took place days after another meeting he held with (...) - News / Sudan, FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Politics, Regime change in Sudan & transition

August 1, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - USAID Administrator, Samantha Power pledged to support democratic transition in Sudan and called on the Sudanese officials to achieve justice and remove obstacles obstructing humanitarian activities. On Sunday, the visiting USAID chief met with the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi and the head of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Power also held a press conference where she reiterated her support to the (...) - News / United States (US), FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Humanitarian, Sudan

July 31, 2021 (KAMPALA) - President Yoweri Museveni on Friday announced the lifting of the lockdown in which public transport has been allowed to operate and arcades allowed to reopen but under strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures. On June 18, the president announced an immediate 42-day lockdown imposed on the country in a move aimed at mitigating the surging cases of Covid-19 as the country entered into a second wave of the pandemic. In a televised address on Friday, (...) - News / Coronavirus, Uganda

July 31, 2021 (CAIRO) – The Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has expressed is country's readiness to provide technical support for South Sudan in various sectors. He made the remarks during his meeting with South Sudan's Vice President James Wani Igga who was in Cairo as the head of a delegation for the first round of the Joint Higher Committee meetings between the two countries. "Egypt seeks to push the development process in South Sudan in sectors of agricultural production, (...) - News / South Sudan, Egypt, Diplomacy - International Relations

July 31, 2021 (JUBA) - A coalition of South Sudanese civil society groups has unveiled a public campaign demanding for political changes after 10 years of the young nation's cessation from neighbouring Sudan. The initiative, dubbed, «We have had enough» comes against the backdrop of what the group says is the ruling party's (SPLM) failure to govern the country. “South Sudan's intractable crises are directly as a result of leadership failure. South Sudan's leaders have failed to promote a (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, South Sudan, Civil Society

July 31, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - USAID Administrator Samantha Power arrived in El-Fasher Saturday at the beginning of a visit to Sudan to discuss ways to support peace and democratic transition. Power who was among the U.S. activists that worked to condemn the former regime of genocide in Darfur and visited the region in 2004 arrived in Khartoum on Saturday but immediately but travelled to North Darfur capital where she met the governor, displaced persons and women. Power discussed with (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

July 31, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Algeria has proposed to facilitate an agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Algerian Foreign Minister Ramadan Lamara who arrived in Khartoum after a visit to Addis Ababa held talks on Saturday with his Sudanese counterpart Mariam al-Mahdi, Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and Head of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Following his meeting with al-Burhan, the Sovereign (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)

July 30, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok received a message from Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on the 8-month armed conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. On Thursday evening, Osman Saleh Eritrean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Presidential Advisor Yemane Gebreab delivered a verbal message to Hamdok from Afwerki, according to a statement released by his cabinet. The statement said that the Eritrean leader responded to a message on the bloody conflict in (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

July 30, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - KHARTOUM, July 30, 2021 - The Algerian Foreign Minister, Ramadan Lamamra, arrived in Khartoum on Friday to discuss regional issues and bilateral relations. During his two-day visit to Khartoum Lamamra will meet the head of the Sovereign Council and Prie Minister Abdallah Hamdok. In a tweet posted after his arrival to Khartoum, the Algerian top diplomat did not develop on the purpose of his visit. He only said he looks towards meeting with senior Sudanese (...) - News / Algeria

July 30, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - John Godfrey, U.S. Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism might be soon appointed as the US ambassador in Sudan for the first time since 1996. According to the Foreign Policy, Godfrey is «a leading contender for the position of the first US Ambassador to Sudan» citing officials familiar with the matter. In December 2020, the Trump administration removed Sudan from a list of state sponsors of terrorism after 27 years, opening the door for the full normalization (...) - News / United States (US), FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

July 29, 2021 (GENEVA/JUBA) - The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has expressed “grave” concerns over the wave of extrajudicial executions being carried out by government forces in Warrap State. The Human Rights Division of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said it documented 14 incidents of extrajudicial killings in Warrap, resulting in execution of 29 males, including boys and elderly men since March this year. In most reported cases, the Commission on Human (...) - News / South Sudan, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Human Rights

July 29, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The SPLM-N led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu and SLM headed by Abdel Wahid al-Nur, on Thursday, signed a political declaration calling to reform of the security sector before implementing security arrangements and recognize the tribal ownership of lands. The joint political declaration comes as the peace talks between the SPLM-N and the transitional government are stalled over how to implement the security arrangements and the extent of separation between the state and (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Peace talks with SPLM-N, Darfur groups

July 29, 2021 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese government has welcomed Kenya's decision to allow its citizens who possess valid passports enter the neigbouring country without obtaining visas. In a statement issued on Tuesday, South Sudan's Foreign Affairs ministry said nationals could now travel to Kenya without paying visa fees. "The Ministry welcomes the statement which is in line with the directives made at the recent East African Community (EAC) virtual summit by President Salva Kiir and (...) - News / Kenya, South Sudan, Passports & Visas

July 28, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Ethiopia has just filled only four of the announced 13.5 billion cubic meters of water, said the Sudanese irrigation minister Yasir Abbas in a press conference on Wednesday. On 19 July, Addis Ababa announced the completion of the second filling of the reservoir of its giant dam on the Blue Nile River without giving the exact volume of water stored during the operation. Ethiopian experts however stated that Ethiopia failed to achieve the storage of 13.5 bcm (...) - News / Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

July 28, 2021 (JUBA) – South Sudan authorities should investigate officials and security forces over the spate of extra-judicial killings in Warrap State, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday. South Sudanese security forces, allegedly acting on orders of Warrap governor, Aleu Ayieny Aleu, executed at least eight suspected criminals, including two children, as part of an anti-crime campaign in the state. According to HRW, between April and June, security forces executed at least 21 people (...) - News / South Sudan, Warrap State, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

July 28, 2021 (JUBA) - Rwandan peacekeepers serving under the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMISS) have been decorated with UN medals in recognition of their contribution to maintain peace and stability in their respective areas of deployment after almost a year of duty. The ceremony took place at the UN base at Tomping in Juba on Wednesday. While delivering his remarks, Major General Main Ullah Chowdhury, the Deputy Force Commander hailed the Rwandan officers for their contribution (...) - News / Rwanda, South Sudan, Peacebuilding

July 28, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, led by Malik Agar, Wednesday, condemned attempts to «destabilize» the democratic transition in Tunisia. On Sunday, July 25, Tunisian President Kais Saied, with the support of the army, froze parliament, suspended the immunity of all parliamentarians, and sacked the prime minister. Saied took these exceptional measures following a wave of protests in the country against the government to address corruption and the (...) - News

July 28, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's prime minister and the visiting UN political and peacebuilding affairs chief discussed the implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement and the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Abdallah Hamdok on Wednesday received Rosemary DiCarlo who has just concluded a visit to Addis Ababa for talks on the situation in Tigray and the GERD crisis with Ethiopian officials. "The meeting discussed the challenges facing the transitional government, (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Democratic Transition in Sudan

July 27, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan's Vice President, James Wani Igga is in Egypt on a three-day visit, the Egyptian Cabinet Affairs ministry said in a statement issued Tuesday. He was received by the Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli. The South Sudanese Vice-President chairs a high-level delegation that includes, ministers of foreign affairs and international cooperation, animal resources and fisheries, trade and industry, water resources and irrigation, higher education, science (...) - News / South Sudan, Egypt, Diplomacy - International Relations

July 27, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan's First Vice President, Riek Machar on Monday briefed the outgoing German ambassador to South Sudan, Manuel Muller on the progress so far made in the implementation of the peace deal as well as challenges it faces. The meeting mainly discussed the state of the signed revitalised peace agreement, with emphasis on the security arrangements. “H.E the First Vice President briefed the German ambassador on the progress made so far as well as the challenges which (...) - News / South Sudan, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Politics, Germany

July 27, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and a delegation led by Minni Minnawi representing some political groups discussed proposals to reform the ruling Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) on Tuesday. In response to a call for unity by Hamdok, the FFC Central Council, the Sudanese Revolutionary Forces (SRF) and the National Umma Party (NUP) on 11 July agreed to reunite their groups within the historical political coalition that led the protests to overthrow the former (...) - News

July 26, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan and Bahrain on Monday agreed to develop and develop economic, trade and investment relations between the two countries. Foreign Minister, Maryam Al-Mahdi travelled to the Bahraini capital Manama for talks with her counterpart Abdul Latif Al-Zayani. The two ministers agreed to activate a number of memoranda of understanding, economic and commercial cooperation. In addition, they agreed to increase investments between the two countries in the tourism, (...) - News / Bahrain

July 26, 2021 (JUBA) - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has urged local and national authorities to put an end to extrajudicial executions following the killing of at least 42 people accused of criminal activity. Those killed, UNMISS said in a statement issued on Monday, were not given access to fair trial. Since March, UNMISS' Human Rights Division has documented at least 14 incidents of extrajudicial killings in Warrap, resulting in the execution of 29 males, including (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, South Sudan, UNMISS - United Nations Mission in South Sudan

July 26, 2021 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese activist has welcomed the recent appointment of a female speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA), saying it clearly confirms that women are capable of leading the national growth and development process. South Sudan's ruling Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) nominated Jemma Nunu Kuma as new the speaker of the national assembly while Mary Ayen Majok was nominated as the new deputy speaker of the Council of States. Edmund (...) - News / South Sudan, Women & Girls

July 26, 2021 (GEDAREF) - Tension Monday prevailed along the Sudanese Ethiopian border flowing the deployment of additional Eritrean troops and the continued closure of a road linking between the two countries. In a stunning reversal, the fighters of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) retook Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region and moved to Afar in eastern Ethiopia. This military development has affected the humanitarian access to the northern region due to the growing (...) - News / Ethiopia, Eritrea, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

July 26, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Abdel Wahid al-Nur Chairman of the hold-out Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM/AW) on Monday arrived in the SPLM-N controlled area in South Kordofan for talks with Abdel Aziz al-Hilu. Al-Nur was welcomed in the SPLM-N stronghold area of Kauda by al-Hilu, his deputy Jagod Mekouar, SPLA-N Chief of Staff Izzat Koko and SPLM-N Secretary-General Amar Amum among others. "Upon his arrival, al-Nur and al-Hilu held a closed-door meeting before addressing the SPLM-N (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

July 26, 2021 (NAIROB1) - Kenya has waived the requirement of obtaining a visa for South Sudanese citizens entering the East African nation using valid passports. The Foreign Affairs ministry, in a statement issued Monday, said this was in adherence to the Provisions of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, and The Common Market Protocol on Free Movement of labour and persons for the citizens of partner States that was adopted on November 20, 2009. The ministry (...) - News / South Sudan, Kenya, Passports & Visas, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

25 July 2021 (KHARTOUM ) - The Committee on Missing Persons in Sudan has questioned the credibility of the doctors tasked with dissecting hundreds of bodies in the morgues in Khartoum, and charged the Interim Attorney General with protecting corruption within the Forensic Medicine Authority. On Saturday, the Public Prosecution said the Attorney General ordered to bury 70 of hundreds of bodies in Khartoum morgues stressing that these corpses were not related to any criminal investigations (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

July 25, 2021 (JUBA) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Friday urged members of the country's ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to remain united if the party is to achieve its vision. He made the remarks during a meeting convened to discuss structures of SPLM and conduct general briefing on the newly appointed members to the Transitional National Assembly (TNLA) The meeting, held in the capital, Juba, was attended by members of the SPLM Political Bureau as well as the (...) - News / South Sudan, Politics

July 24, 2021- (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's attorney general said on Saturday that the burial of dozens of bodies in a number of mortuaries did not include the bodies of the victims of the former regime or those killed during the revolution or missing people. The interim Attorney General Mubarak Mahmoud earlier formed a committee to investigate the reasons for the accumulation of corpses in the morgues. The unidentified bodies in the morgues are often linked to the attack on the pro-democracy (...) - News

July 25, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok on Sunday, appointed as a political advisor in his cabinet Yasir Arman, Deputy Chairman of the SPLM-North led by Malik Agar. In a series of decrees announced in Khartoum, Arman was appointed as political advisor to the Prime Minister, together with Aisha Hamad Mohamed as an advisor on gender affairs, Ali Juma Abdallah as an advisor on governance and institutional reform, and Hassan Nasrallah Ali Karrar as peace advisor. (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY