The U.N. Security Council is demanding that Sudan and South Sudan take steps to prevent war, as the sides begin a new round of talks in Ethiopia. The two Sudans are locked in a bitter dispute over oil, and accuse each other of supporting the other’s rebel groups. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant of Britain, which […]
UN ‘Demands’ Stop to Sudan, South Sudan Violence
Posted March 6th, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
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US Condemns Bombing Oil Wells in South Sudan
Posted March 1st, 2012 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has strongly condemned an air strike against South Sudan’s oil wells blamed on neighboring Sudan. In a statement Thursday, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said such attacks on civilian targets are “deplorable.” She said the U.S. “demands” the Sudanese government end its aerial bombardments, which it says violate international law. A spokesman […]
South Sudan Accuses North of Bombing Oil Wells
Posted March 1st, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Officials in South Sudan have accused neighboring Sudan of bombing oil wells, the latest sign of rising tension between the countries. Several officials, including government spokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin, say Sudanese warplanes dropped bombs Wednesday in an area of Unity State, about 75 kilometers from the two countries’ contested border. The officials say the bombardment […]
South Sudan Accuses North of Bombing Oil Wells
Posted March 1st, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Officials in South Sudan have accused neighboring Sudan of bombing oil wells, the latest sign of rising tension between the countries. Several officials, including government spokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin, say Sudanese warplanes dropped bombs Wednesday in an area of Unity State, about 75 kilometers from the two countries’ contested border. The officials say the bombardment […]
South Sudan Gets Ceasefire With Major Rebel Group
Posted February 28th, 2012 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
South Sudan has signed a peace deal with one of the largest rebel groups challenging its authority. Government spokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin announced the agreement Tuesday, saying the group — the South Sudanese Democratic Movement — had agreed to lay down its arms under an amnesty offered by President Salva Kiir. “That agreement is a […]
South Sudan Expels Chinese Chief of Major Oil Firm
Posted February 22nd, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
South Sudan has expelled the Chinese leader of its largest foreign oil firm, further raising the stakes in a bitter oil dispute with Sudan. Information Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin on Wednesday accused Chinese national Liu Yingcai of cooperating with the north to steal millions of barrels of oil from Juba. Liu was serving as the […]
South Sudan Expels Chinese Chief of Major Oil Firm
Posted February 22nd, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
South Sudan has expelled the Chinese leader of its largest foreign oil firm, further raising the stakes in a bitter oil dispute with Sudan. Information Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin on Wednesday accused Chinese national Liu Yingcai of cooperating with the north to steal millions of barrels of oil from Juba. Liu was serving as the […]
South Sudan Accuses Sudan of Air Attack
Posted February 14th, 2012 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
South Sudan has accused Sudan of carrying out airstrikes on a disputed border town, just two days after the neighboring countries signed a non-aggression pact. Authorities in South Sudan say Russian-made Antonov jets dropped several bombs on the town of Jau on Sunday, wounding at least four people. South Sudan claims Jau is located inside […]
South Africa’s Zuma Dismisses Nationalization of Mines
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
South African President Jacob Zuma has reiterated his government’s stance that the country’s valuable mining industry will not be nationalized. President Zuma told a business gathering in Cape Town Friday that “nationalization is not our policy, it is as clear as that.” Sections of the ruling African National Congress party, most notably its youth league, […]
South Ossetia’s Self-Proclaimed President Hospitalized After Police Raid
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
South Ossetia’s self-proclaimed president, Alla Dzhioyeva, has been hospitalized in serious condition after becoming ill during police questioning, hours ahead of her planned inauguration Friday. Investigators in Georgia’s breakaway province said Friday the former education minister is suspected of organizing a coup attempt last year. Police went to Dzhioyeva’s headquarters to question her late Thursday […]
