April 14, 2021 (EL-GENEINA) - Sudan's Interior Minister Wednesday discussed with West Darfur tribal leaders the implementation of security measures to restore social peace and bring to justice the responsible of the intercommunal violence. Minister Izzeldin al-Sheikh arrived in El-Geneina on Monday with the head of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to inspect the security situation, visit the areas affected by the recent attacks and met with the different social components in (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Darfur tribal clashes

April 14, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The first Sudanese delegation to visit Israel will arrive in Tel Aviv on Friday or Saturday to coincide with the celebration of National Day. On Tuesday, Reuters unveiled that a Sudanese delegation will visit Israel next week for the first time after the normalization of bilateral relations under the Abraham Accords brokered by the Trump administration. Government officials in Khartoum confirmed to Sudan Tribune the visit saying it would take place on Friday or (...) - News / Israel, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

April 14, 2021 (JUBA) - A Turkish charity organisation on Wednesday distributed food aid packages among vulnerable people in the South Sudan capital, Juba. More than 500 families are to benefit from food packages distributed by the Turkish organization Ab-i Hayat during the Muslim holy month. While handing over the donation, the Turkish Ambassador to South Sudan, Erdem Mutaf said Islam was a religion of peace and voiced hope for everybody to be in peace during the holy Ramadan. "This is (...) - News

April 13, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok has called his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts for a closed-door meeting over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), after the failure of the Kinshasa discussions, a week ago. In a meeting held from 3 to 6 April in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa, the three countries failed to reach a deal over a four-way mediation to broker a final settlement on the GERD filling (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

April 13, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir has urged the new army chief of staff, General Santino Wol to ensure there is unity within the national army (SSPDF). Speaking during the swearing-in of the newly appointed army chief on Monday, Kiir said security is paramount for peace to hold across the country. He urged the new army chief to ensure stability in the young nation. “Santino Wol, you have been brought into this position, and this is a big position among all your (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF)

April 13, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Gunmen killed 7 people who were returning Monday from a weekly market near Geraida, about 100 km south of Nyalaon Monday, the capital of South Darfur state. «Militiamen wearing military uniform opened fire on a totok tricycle, 2 km south of Graida when people were returning from Saggar weekly market,» said the General Coordination for Displaced Persons and Refugees Camps (GCDPRC) in a statement released on Tuesday. The group which is supportive of the holdout (...) - News

April 12, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The head of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Monday met with the traditional leaders in West Darfur and urged them to end the inter-communal attacks. Al Burhan arrived on Monday in the restive state of West Darfur to inspect the security situation and to encourage the tribal leaders to promote reconciliation and peaceful coexistence between the different ethnic groups. Following his arrival, he held separate meetings with the Massalit and Arab (...) - News / Darfur tribal clashes , FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

April 12, 2021 (GALLABAT) - The Sudanese army Monday handed over 61 Ethiopian militaries arrested during different attacks inside the country. Speaking at the handover ceremony in the Gallabat border area, the Chief of the Ground Staff and the commander of the forces deployed in the eastern region, Lt-Gen Issam Mohamed-Hassan Karar, said that the Ethiopian prisoners were humanely treated in accordance with international humanitarian law. "Their release came as an affirmation of Sudan's (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

By Lul Gatkuoth Gatluak The firing and appointment of the chief of General staffs in South Sudan is another reckless procedure as far as military reshuffling is concerned. The service lifespan for the chiefs of general staffs for the South Sudan army is always short. Regularly, there is no explanation as to why the serving chief of General staff is being fired and the other is appointed. Army and the general public are always surprised by the announcement on state television, South Sudan (...) - Comment & Analysis / South Sudan's transition

April 11, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Saudi Arabia and the Arab United Emirates (UAE) will fund $400 million in agricultural projects in Sudan for this year's summer and winter seasons. Abdel-Latif Osman, head of the Social Security Investment Authority said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia and the UAE pledged to provide the needed resources for the summer and winter agriculture projects at the cost price. Osman who was speaking at a press conference in Khartoum said the foreign partners will monitor the (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

April 11, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan and South Sudan agreed, on Sunday, to hold a conference to address the security situation on the borders between the Kordofan region and the neighbouring states in Southern Sudan. The border areas in Sudan's Kordofan region and South Sudanese states of Northern Bahr El Ghazal and Bentiu witness disputes and clashes between the Misseriya herders and the residents of these areas every year in the autumn. The Sudanese herders complain of cattle rustling while (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

April 11, 2021 (JUBA) – The Egyptian minister of Agriculture, Assayed al-Qasir and his South Sudanese counterpart, Josephine Joseph on Thursday discussed cooperation on agriculture. The meeting, held in the South Sudan capital, Juba, was a continuation of discussions that began in Cairo, Egypt in November last year. The two leaders, according to media reports, discussed issues of interest in South Sudan, such as training and capacity building, animal production, vaccines, agricultural (...) - News / Agriculture, South Sudan, Egypt

April 10, 2021 (JUBA) - The management of Nile Petroleum Corporation (NILEPET) has urged striking national employees of Dar Petroleum Operating Company (DPOC) to end their strike and resume work. NILEPET, in a statement issued on Thursday, said “misinformation” related to the implementation of United Human Resource Policy Manual (UHRPM 2020) developed by South Sudan's Ministry of Petroleum in 2021 sparked off the strike, now in its second week. “On the outset, NILEPET as the commercial arm of (...) - News / South Sudan, Oil - Petroleum

April 10, 2021 (JUBA) - The management of Nile Petroleum Corporation (NILEPET) has urged striking national employees of Dar Petroleum Operating Company to end their strike and resume work. NILEPET, in a statement issued on Thursday, said “misinformation” related to the implementation of United Human Resource Policy Manual (UHRPM 2020) developed by South Sudan's Ministry of Petroleum in 2021 sparked off the strike, now in its second week. “On the outset, NILEPET as the commercial arm of the (...) - News / South Sudan, Oil - Petroleum

April 10, 2021 (JUBA) – South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked the army Chief of General Staff, General Johnson Juma Okot barely a year after his appointment, replacing him with Gen. Santino Deng Wol. Wol was also promoted to a First Lieutenant General. Okot, according to a presidential decree read on the state-owned television (SSTV), becomes South Sudan's ambassador to Belgium. Kiir also removed the Minister for the Presidency, Nhial Deng Nhial, replacing him with Barnaba Marial (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Military

April 10, 2021 (GADAREF) - The Sudanese army will hand over dozens of Ethiopian militiamen and soldiers arrested during sporadic clashes on the Sudanese-Ethiopian border. Reliable military sources told the Sudan Tribune that the handover process was supposed to take place on Saturday in the border town of Galabat, but it postponed to Monday for more technical arrangements. "The military and administrative arrangements in the 2nd Infantry Division Command have been completed to release 60 (...) - News / Ethiopia

April 10, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan decided to deploy a joint force including former rebels in the Darfur region to maintain security and protect civilians. The decision came in the wake of the recent deadly tribal violence in El Geneina, West Darfur state, which killed 137 people and injured 221 others. The Security and Defence Council (SDC) held a meeting on Saturday to discuss the security situation in the country and recent developments in West and East Darfur. Speaking after the (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

April 9, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called on the Sudanese government to investigate the tribal attacks in West Darfur and to hold accountable the perpetrators. Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday issued a statement to condemn the new tribal violence between Masalit and Arab tribes in El Geneina that resulted in the death of 125 people and injured over 200 others. "We are appalled by the latest (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Darfur tribal clashes

April 9, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan has legitimate concerns about the unilateral filling of the Ethiopian giant dam, said a South Sudanese minister during a visit to Khartoum. South Sudan's Irrigation Minister Manawa Gatkuoth met with his Sudanese counterpart on Thursday to discuss bilateral cooperation and ways to update a framework cooperation agreement between the two sides. Gatkuoth "affirmed Sudan's legitimate concerns about the unilateral filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (...) - News / Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)

April 9, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Women groups in Sudan on Friday released a Women Manifesto calling for empowering women's political representation and to repeal gender discriminations including that in the personal statutes. Sudanese women massively participated in the 4-month protests that toppled down the oppressive regime of Omer al-Bashir that excluded women from the public space and confiscated their rights in the name of Islam. However, the Sudanese government still did not ratify an (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

April 8, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The death toll from tribal violence in West Darfur State has risen to 125, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said in a statement on Thursday. Fresh clashes between the Arab Rizeigat and Masalit communities erupted in the capital of West Darfur State on Saturday 3 April despite the deployment of troops in the region to prevent such violence. "The CCSD recorded further 38 deaths and 17 wounded, bringing the total death toll to 125 deaths and 208 (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

April 8, 2021 (JUBA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday said it is cutting food rations for nearly 700,000 refugees and internally displaced people in South Sudan, citing the significant funding gaps. The WFP Representative in South Sudan, Matthew Hollingworth said effective from April, refugees and internally displaced people will start receiving 50 percent of a full ration, from 70 percent. “It is a very painful decision to take from the hungry to give to the starving, but (...) - News / South Sudan, WFP - World Food Program

April 8, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan and Qatar agreed to reactivate bilateral agreements, said the head of the Sovereign Council at the end of his first visit to the gas-rich Gulf Arab state on Thursday. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan concluded a two-day visit to Doha where held talks with the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad, his government officials, Qatari businessmen and the large Sudanese community in Doha. Before returning to Khartoum, al-Burhan told reporters in Doha that he agreed with Tamim to (...) - News / Qatar, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

April 7, 2021 (JUBA) - The outgoing head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer has urged the country's leaders to fully implement the revitalized peace agreement and hold elections so that communities can enjoy peace and prosperity. Shearer has been the UN's top envoy in South Sudan for four years. “I urge the people and leaders of South Sudan to remain united and energized to push the peace process forward to fully implement the revitalized agreement and hold (...) - News / South Sudan, South Sudan Peace Implementation, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

April 7, 2021 (JUBA) – South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar on Wednesday received the AstraZeneca jab against Coronavirus, becoming the first senior official at the presidency to be vaccinated against the pandemic. This came a day the COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked off, with health workers getting their first dose of the Astra Zeneca vaccine at Juba Teaching Hospital. Machar urged people to continue observing preventive measures against the pandemic, including wearing masks as (...) - News / South Sudan, FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, Coronavirus

April 7, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Ethiopia's rejection of international mediation in the GERD process may reveal hidden intentions, so resorting to the Security Council remains an option to reach a binding agreement, said the irrigation minister on Wednesday. During a series of meetings in Kinshasa, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan failed to strike a deal over a new negotiation mechanism led by the African Union, with the participation of the United Nations, the United States and the European Union. In (...) - News / Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

April 6, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The head of the Sovereign Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) held a meeting with the army senior officers on Tuesday. SAF Military Media said al-Burhan during the meeting which was attended by the army chief of staff and his deputies briefed the army officers about the situation in the country. The briefing was held inside the Sudanese army headquarters in Khartoum and gathered dedicated to SAF major generals and brigadier generals. (...) - News

April 6, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to consolidate relations by facilitating the movement of trade, investment and economic cooperation between the two countries. The decision was reached at a meeting between Sudan's Minister of Investment, Dr. Al-Hadi Mohamed Ibrahim and his South Sudanese counterpart, Dhieu Mathok in the capital, Khartoum on Wednesday. Ibrahim said the joint cooperation between the two countries is among the priorities of the government. For his (...) - News / Sudan, South Sudan, Trade

April 6, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudan's COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked off on Tuesday, with health workers getting their first dose of the Astra Zeneca vaccine at Juba Teaching Hospital. The first person to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was Health minister, Elizabeth Achuei. “The first phase of the vaccination is conducted in Central Equatoria State targeting health care workers as well as persons aged 65 years and older, given their increased risk of severe disease and death due to a (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY, South Sudan, Coronavirus

April 6, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese cabinet scrapped a law banning diplomatic and economic relations with Israel, according to a statement released on Tuesday. The abolishment of the 1958 boycott law against Israel will come into effect after its approval by the joint meeting of the Council of Ministers and the Sovereign Council, said a statement released after the cabinet meeting. The statement further affirmed that Sudan's firm stance towards the establishment of a Palestinian state (...) - News

April 6, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan has requested the United Nations to replace Ethiopian peacekeepers in Abyei with another force from different countries, Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi stated on Tuesday. Al-Mahdi disclosed the request in an interview with the ban-Arab Alhadath TV following the failure of the three-day meeting in Kinshasa about the giant hydropower dam that Ethiopia now plans to file and operate next July without an agreement with the downstream countries. Ethiopia has (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, Abyei, Ethiopia

April 5, 2021(KHARTOUM) - The peace talks between the government and the SPLM-N al-Hilu will resume on 25 May, said the chief mediator on Monday. South Sudanese Presidential Advisor and Chief Mediator Tut Gatluak arrived in Khartoum on Monday for talks with the Sudanese officials after the signing of a declaration of principles entre the head of the Sovereign Council and the SPLM-N al-Hilu leader on 28 March. Gatluak met with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to discuss the implementation of the (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_SECONDARY

April 5, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed with the Sudanese Prime minister the border tensions with Ethiopia and the stalled process on the hydropower dam. Sudan calls to involve the United States in the talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam together with the European Union and the United Nations. In his second phone conversation with Hamdok on Monday, Blinken discussed several issues related to the ongoing democratic transition and peace process (...) - News

April 5, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - 40 people have been killed in fresh clashes intercommunal clashes in West Darfur state, said a UN office for humanitarian coordination (OCHA) in El Geneina on Monday. Reports from the West Darfur capital confirmed the tribal fighting when identified gunmen killed two Massalit and wounded two others who were heading to El-Geniena on Saturday 3 April. "Since 4 April, gunfire has been reported in Hay Al Jabal and Al Jamarik neighbourhoods. The Government's (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY

April 5, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Congolese President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi extended for one day the talks on the Ethiopian giant dam on Monday, as the three parties failed have to reach a compromise on the mediation of the international partner. Sky News Arabia reported from the DR Congo capital Kinshasa reported that President Tshisekedi who chairs the African Union had convinced the three parties on Monday evening to extend the talks for hours to make room for the drafting of a final (...) - News / Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)