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By Tajuddin
In BUSINESS
Oct 16th, 2016
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Nairobi, Kenya (Xinhua + DIPLOMAT.SO) – Kenya Airways has cancelled five flights to African destinations and delayed one as a strike by its staff members entered its third day on Sunday, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded in Nairobi, Kenya. The airline has cancelled flights to Mozambique&#...
By Tajuddin
In WORLD NEWS
Oct 12th, 2016
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Juba, South Sudan ( AFP + DIPLOMAT.SO) – South Sudan’s government was on Wednesday forced to deny President Salva Kiir had died, following days of rumours over his health that have heightened tensions in the capital Juba. “This is a mere lie, there is nothing as such, Salva Kiir has...
By Tajuddin
In WORLD NEWS
Oct 1st, 2016
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Juba, South Sudan ( Anadolu Agency + DIPLOMAT.SO) – The United Nations on Friday said about 100,000 people were trapped and facing an increasingly dire situation in the besieged South Sudanese town of Yei after fleeing violence that included targeted killings and mutilations. More than 30,000 p...
By Tajuddin
In BUSINESS
Sep 27th, 2016
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Khartoum, Sudan (SUNA + DIPLOMAT.SO) – A grant agreement worth $ 5 million from the World Bank was signed Monday at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning for the improvement of public finance management at the state level in Sudan in four states including the Red Sea, the River Nile, Se...
By Tajuddin
In WORLD NEWS
Aug 13th, 2016
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Juba, South Sudan ( Reuters + DIPLOMAT.SO) – South Sudan will not accept a 4,000-member United Nations protection force to ensure peace in its capital Juba and will not to cooperate with the world body, a spokesman for President Salva Kiir said on Friday after the U.N. Security Council authoriz...
By Tajuddin
In SPOTLIGHT
Aug 11th, 2016
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ( DIPLOMAT.SO) – The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 616th meeting, held on 11 August 2016, adopted the following decision on the situation in South Sudan: Council, 1. Takes note of the briefing provided by the AU Commission and the state...
By Tajuddin
In WORLD NEWS
Jul 30th, 2016
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Juba, South Sudan ( Anadolu Agency + DIPLOMAT.SO) – Rebel fighters will enter South Sudanese capital Juba unless peacekeeping forces are sent, the country’s deposed Vice President Riek Machar told Anadolu Agency on Friday. Machar is the leader of rebels who fought a two-year civil war against g...
By Tajuddin
In TOP STORY
Jul 26th, 2016
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Juba, South Sudan (Xinhua + DIPLOMAT.SO) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Monday fired his deputy and rival Riek Machar in a presidential decree, deepening political crisis that has engulfed the youngest nation since the outbreak of heavy clashes on July 8. President Kiir appointed Mining ...
By Tajuddin
In WORLD NEWS
Jul 22nd, 2016
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Kampala, Uganda (Xinhua + DIPLOMAT.SO) – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Thursday said over 10,000 people from the troubled South Sudan have fled into neigbouring Uganda in the last two days. In a statement issued here, UNCHR said a total of 7,000 and 3,200 refugees from South Sud...
By Tajuddin
In WORLD NEWS
Jul 19th, 2016
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Nairobi, Kenya (DIPLOMAT.SO) – Authorities in South Sudan should immediately and unconditionally release South Sudanese journalist Alfred Taban, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Taban, editor-in-chief of the independent English-language daily Juba Monitor, has been held without ...
