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UN chief calls for more peacekeepers in South Sudan
Date: 2013-12-24 03:01:31 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:14 - ID:458028
NEW YORK, Dec 24 (MENA) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged the Security Council to add 5,500 UN troops to the 7,000-strong force in South Sudan, amid escalating fighting there, the BBC reported. His plea comes as new details emerge of alleged ....
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Sudanese, Chadian presidents hold talks in Khartoum
Date: 2013-12-23 21:39:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:164 - ID:457934
KHARTOUM, Dec 23 (MENA) - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and Chad's President Idriss Deby held talks on Monday to discuss means of boosting bilateral relations as well as peace and development issues of Darfur and other regional issues. The ....
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Chad President to meet Sudanese leaders, MPs
Date: 2013-12-23 20:42:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:156 - ID:457891
KHARTOUM, Dec 23 (MENA) – Chadian President Idriss Deby will meet on Tuesday with a number of community leaders and MPs in Darfur as a part of his current visit to Khartoum. Deby will also attend a meeting of the higher mechanism for the ....
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Khartoum welcomes S. Sudan president's acceptance of dialogue to end crisis
Date: 2013-12-23 19:04:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:144 - ID:457763
KHARTOUM, Dec 23 (MENA) – The Sudanese government on Monday welcomed South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's acceptance of the mediation of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to end a current crisis in Juba. Khartoum also lauded ....
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Chadian president arrives in Khartoum
Date: 2013-12-23 18:05:30 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:138 - ID:457720
KHARTOUM, Dec 23 (MENA) – Chadian President Idriss Deby arrived in Khartoum Monday on a two-day visit for talks with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir. Sudanese State Information Minister Yasser Youssef said the visit was quite important to ....
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S. Sudan rebellion spreads as UN evacuates
Date: 2013-12-23 17:34:59 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:133 - ID:457618
JUBA, Dec 23 (MENA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan said in a Twitter update that all non-critical staff in Juba are being evacuated to Uganda. It said all its civilian staff in Bor had been evacuated to Juba. Renegade troops loyal to South Sudan's ....
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Renegade S. Sudan general vows to teach Kiir 'lesson'
Date: 2013-12-23 17:00:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:127 - ID:457619
KHARTOUM Dec 23 (MENA) - A South Sudanese military commander who recently rebelled against the Juba government and joined forces with sacked vice-president Riek Machar said Monday that he would teach South Sudanese President Salva Kiir "a lesson" if ....
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Egyptian mission in S. Sudan evacuated to Juba
Date: 2013-12-23 16:47:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:125 - ID:457617
CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) – Members of the Egyptian medical mission, Irrigation Ministry representatives and Arab Contractors Company were airlifted from the South Sudanese violence-racked city of Bor to the capital Juba on Monday. Twelve Egyptians have ....
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S. Sudan FM denies army divisions
Date: 2013-12-23 16:04:20 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:114 - ID:457202
JUBA, Dec 23 (MENA) – South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin denied reports about dissidence among army ranks in the aftermath of a botched coup attempt by former Vice President Riek Machar. Such reports have nothing to do with ....
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Egypt to send special envoy to Juba
Date: 2013-12-23 16:01:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:111 - ID:457503
CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) – Egypt decided to dispatch deputy foreign minister for African affairs Hamdy Sanad Louza to Juba, South Sudan, on an urgent mission to help defuse the present crisis in the country and support existing regional and ....
