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Maban County commissioner replaced
MALAKAL (29 Mar.) - Maban County Commissioner Juma Moti has been removed and replaced by Langan Baggari, a source close to the Upper Nile State government told Radio Tamazuj yesterday. full story
Taban Deng confirms army's withdrawal from border zone
BENTIU (29 Mar.) - Taban Deng Gai, Governor of South Sudan’s Unity state, has briefed his state cabinet on details of the implementation of the joint cooperation agreements signed recently between... full story
Aguer: Armed group ‘linked to SAF’ killed 3 at Kiir Adem
KIIR ADEM (29 Mar.) - Philip Aguer, South Sudan’s army spokesman, said yesterday that an armed group on horseback, allegedly linked to the Sudanese military, killed three people in an attack on the... full story
Armed group attacks goods train between Nyala and Daein
EAST DARFUR (29 Mar.) - Sources reported yesterday that an armed group hijacked a train loaded with goods that was heading from Nyala in South Darfur to Daein in East Darfur. The attack occurred during... full story
Wau trials: 4 freed, 7 convicted of inciting violence
WAU (28 Mar.) - Seven people were sentenced to one year in jail while four others were acquitted yesterday of inciting last December’s violence in Wau, Western Bahr el-Ghazal. full story
Photos: New camp for Nuba Mountains refugees
YIDA (28 Mar.) - Nuba community leaders at Yida Camp are deliberating whether to accept humanitarian plans to relocate part of the camp population to Ajwang Atuk, the site of a new camp currently... full story
Press release: President’s office not compromised during theft
JUBA (28 Mar.) - South Sudan’s Office of the President issued the following statement in response to a report by the website Sudan Tribune. full story
$2 billion expected trade between Juba and Khartoum
KHARTOUM (27 Mar.) - Sudanese economists have estimated that the volume of renewed trade between South Sudan and Sudan following the implementation of cooperation agreements between the two countries... full story
Defence lawyers to meet with Blue Nile detainees in Singa
SINGA (27 Mar.) - A group of defence lawyers are expected to meet today with Blue Nile detainees allegedly linked to the Sudanese rebel group, SPLA-N, in the prisons of Singa and Er-Roseires in... full story
Over 1000 new refugees recently at Jamaam camp
AL-JAMAAM (27 Mar.) - Al-Jamaam refugee camp in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State has just received approximately one thousand new refugees from Sudan’s Blue Nile state following recent fighting in south... full story