A British aid agency has withdrawn nearly two dozen workers from the Upper Nile area of South Sudan following several days of increased violence. Oxfam says its workers reported hearing bombings and heavy artillery fire Friday near the Sudan border. A U.N. official said Sudan was responsible for Thursday’s bombing near a refugee camp in […]
British Aid Workers Retreat from Violence in South Sudan
Posted November 13th, 2011 at 3:05 am (UTC-5)
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UN Says Sudan Dropped Bombs Near Refugee Camp
Posted November 11th, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
A United Nations official has said Sudan is responsible for Thursday’s bombing near a refugee camp in neighboring South Sudan. U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said Friday that confirmation of Sudan’s involvement in the attack comes from the U.N. Mission in South Sudan. Ladsous said Sudan’s Armed Forces dropped at least two bombs near the […]
UN Says Sudan Dropped Bombs Near Refugee Camp
Posted November 11th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
A United Nations official has said Sudan is responsible for Thursday’s bombing near a refugee camp in neighboring South Sudan. U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said Friday that confirmation of Sudan’s involvement in the attack comes from the U.N. Mission in South Sudan. Ladsous said the Sudan Armed Forces dropped at least two bombs near […]
Report: Sudan Upgrades Air Bases Near South Sudan
Posted November 11th, 2011 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
A watchdog group says Sudan is expanding its capacity to conduct air strikes along the border with neighboring South Sudan. The Satellite Sentinel Project says images from space show Sudan upgrading airbases it recently captured from rebels in Blue Nile state, which borders South Sudan. It says the upgrades include newly-improved airstrips and new helicopter […]
White House: Bombing of S. Sudan refugee Camp ‘Outrageous Act’
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
The White House is strongly condemning Thursday’s bombing of a refugee camp in South Sudan by neighboring Sudan as an outrageous act. A White House spokesman says international humanitarian workers and the United Nations have been working to provide food and shelter to the refugees. He says those responsible for the abhorrent attack on civilians […]
Warplanes Bomb South Sudan Refugee Camp; Sudan Suspected
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Warplanes bombed a refugee camp in South Sudan Thursday, an attack local officials blamed on neighboring Sudan. A local journalist told VOA that planes bombed the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan’s Unity state Thursday afternoon. The commissioner of local Pariang County, Miabek Lang, told reporters that 12 people were killed and at least 20 […]
Warplanes Bomb South Sudan Refugee Camp; Sudan Suspected
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Officials say suspected Sudanese warplanes have bombed a refugee camp in neighboring South Sudan, causing injuries and deaths. A local journalist tells VOA that planes bombed the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan’s Unity state Thursday afternoon. He says up to 20 people were killed, with many others wounded. There has been no independent confirmation […]
US ‘Strongly’ Condemns Sudan Airstrike on South
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
The United States has strongly condemned an airstrike by Sudan on its southern neighbor that allegedly killed seven people. South Sudan says Sudanese jet fighters bombed an area of Upper Nile state on Monday, near the two countries’ border. In a statement late Wednesday, the U.S. State Department described the attack as indiscriminate bombing of […]
Rights Groups Urge South Sudan to Release Journalists
Posted November 9th, 2011 at 1:40 am (UTC-5)
Several international human rights groups are calling for the government of South Sudan to release two journalists detained after the publication of an article criticizing South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. Peter Ngor Arol Garang and Dengdit Ayok were arrested earlier this month and are believed to be held without charge by Sudan’s National Security Services. […]
South Africa Says Rhino Poaching Arrests Top 200 in 1 Year
Posted November 4th, 2011 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
South Africa says authorities arrested more than 200 suspected rhino poachers during a one year period ending in March. A Department of Environmental Affairs report says 92 of the 214 suspects were arrested in Kruger National Park, home to the largest population of black and white rhinos in South Africa. It says 16 suspected poachers […]
