UNMISS
UN Mission in South Sudan
Beginn: 07/11
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(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
The leadership council of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) chaired by president Omer Hassan al-Bashir announced late Wednesday that it does not agree to elements of a recent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution regarding negotiations with the Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N).
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
The newly independent state of South Sudan is quickly headed towards an economic cliff in light of its decision to shut down oil production which went into effect earlier this year, says a confidential report by the World Bank.
(Quelle:Reuters AlertNet)
Sudan's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had agreed "in principle" with a seven-point roadmap drafted by the African Union to end its festering conflict with neighbouring South Sudan. … South Sudan committed to the AU roadmap last month, while Sudan had yet to give an official response.
(Quelle:UN News)
The Security Council today called on Sudan and South Sudan to immediately end hostilities and resume negotiations within two weeks to resolve all outstanding issues, and voiced its intention to take “appropriate measures” if the parties do not comply.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
South Sudan’s lead negotiator with Sudan over post-independence issues and resolving the current conflict indicated Tuesday that he hopes East African countries can play a larger role in talks between Juba and Khartoum.
(Quelle:New York Times)
Sudan declared a state of emergency on Sunday along much of its border with South Sudan as the momentum toward all-out war continues to build after weeks of clashes over disputed areas and oil.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) unveiled a new roadmap aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict between Sudan and South Sudan in the wake of the worst military confrontation since the East African nation split into two last year.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
As border conflict with Sudan indicates possibility of an all-out war, South Sudan on Tuesday laid the ground work for formation of a country-wide mobilisation structure in support of the national army on the frontline.
(Quelle:BBC)
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir says Sudan has "declared war" on his country, following weeks of fighting along their common border. … Sudan has made no formal declaration of war, but analysts say Mr Kiir is clearly escalating the war of words.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
South Sudan welcomed the announcement made by the chief of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Aronda Nyakairima, on Friday that his military will intervene if the fighting between Juba and Khartoum escalates into a full-scale war.
(Quelle:Reliefweb)
South Sudan on Wednesday called for talks with Sudan to stop a bitter border conflict from escalating after Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir threatened to topple the "insect" Juba government.
(Quelle:BBC)
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has said his main goal is now to "liberate" the people of South Sudan from its rulers following recent border clashes. The former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has ruled South Sudan since it seceded from Sudan in July 2011.
(Quelle:Reuters)
Sudan and South Sudan accused each other of launching attacks on a new front near their contested border, stoking fears of a return to all-out war in the oil-producing region. The reports of the fresh fighting south of the Sudanese town of Mairem late on Tuesday came as the U.N. Security Council discussed imposing sanctions on the African neighbors if they did not stop the escalating border clashes.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
The African Union (AU) on Wednesday urged both Sudan and South Sudan to “act responsibly” and immediately end the current conflict between their armed forces, as demanded by the international community.
(Quelle:BBC)
Sudan and South Sudan are "locked in a logic of war", the UN Security Council (UNSC) has been told. The two countries are fighting over their disputed border, with Sudan trying to remove South Sudan forces from its Heglig oil-field. African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki and UN envoy Haile Menkarios gave the warning to a closed-door UNSC meeting.
(Quelle:BBC)
The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has said he will not withdraw his troops from the Heglig oilfield on its disputed border with Sudan. Speaking in parliament, Mr Kiir defied calls from the UN and African Union to pull out troops, after days of clashes. The area is internationally recognised as Sudanese territory, but South Sudan disputes this.
(Quelle:BBC)
The UN Security Council has called for an immediate and unconditional end to fighting on Sudan's southern border. The fighting along the oil-rich border region is the worst since South Sudan gained independence last July. The council also called on all forces to pull back 10 kilometres from their shared border, and for the countries to hold an immediate presidential summit, as had been planned previously.
(Quelle:International Crisis Group)
Following its oil interests and other opportunities to Juba, China is building a new relationship with South Sudan but finds itself drawn into a dangerous dispute that risks bringing the Sudans back to conflict.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
A tense round of negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan on security was adjourned Wednesday without an agreement, thanks to Khartoum’s reservations over the mediation’s proposal.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, has urged his South Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir Mayardit, to ensure that Juba is not involved in supporting insurgency in Sudan’s border state of South Kordofan.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
A long awaited peace initiative aimed at reconciling the communities of volatile Jonglei State will be launched on Tuesday 3 April in Bor, the capital of the state, the office of South Sudan’s Vice President has announced.
(Quelle:New York Times)
After a brief, halting step toward reconciliation, military clashes along the long, disputed border between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan have stirred fears of a renewed conflict between the two sides.
(Quelle:UN News)
Tensions stemming from military clashes in the border area between Sudan and South Sudan appear to be de-escalating as both parties have stated their willingness to meet in the coming days in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to prevent a new eruption of violence, a United Nations spokesperson said today.
(Quelle:Reliefweb)
The visiting Kenyan Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka on Sunday delivered a letter from his boss president Mwai Kibaki to Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir. Musyoka told reporters after the meeting that the message contained an initiative to establish good neighborly relations between north and south Sudan.
(Quelle:allAfrica)
South Sudan will not arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he comes to Juba to attend an upcoming peace summit to discuss issues including border demarcation, citizenship and the status of Abyei.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
After days of tense negotiations in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Sudan and South Sudan on Tuesday signed an agreement on issues of nationality and demarcation of their common boundary. The frame work agreements allow nationals of each state the rights to enjoy “freedom of residence, freedom of movement, freedom to undertake economic activity and freedom to acquire and dispose property".
(Quelle:UN News)
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan today said it has sent patrol units and a medical team to an area on the country’s border with Ethiopia where unidentified raiders reportedly attacked several cattle camps occupied by members of the Lou Nuer ethnic group.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, travelled to Bor on Monday to declare the start of a disarmament campaign in Jonglei, asking the state’s population to corporate with the country’s military.
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
The UN and South Sudan’s army, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), on Monday signed a revised action plan regarding their commitment to ridding the army from child soldiers.
(Quelle:VOA News)
Talks to resolve tension between Sudan and South Sudan have entered a second day, after negotiations Tuesday ended in shouting. A VOA correspondent at the scene, in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, reports the talks are in a delicate stage as the sides try to resolve simmering disputes over oil, borders, and citizenship issues.