Archive for February 13, 2013


South Sudan accuses Sudan of troops build-up
Aljazeera.com
South Sudan has accused Sudan of building up forces along its disputed border, the site of clashes between the two countries last September. South Sudan’s defence ministry described the deployment of troops on Tuesday as “unusual” and said they were 
Living with the curse of leprosy in South Sudan
Sudan Tribune
Located in Malek, about 20km south of Bor, the capital of South Sudan’s Jonglei state, the village was established in the 1930s to house people suffering from leprosy, according to local elders. Leprosy victims sought treatment from British Christian Kiir orders troop deployment to border areas with Sudan

February 12, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir has ordered the urgent and coordinated deployment of joint police and government troops to border areas with Sudan amid fears of a possible incursion, according to a broadcast by the state-owned South Sudan Television (SSTV) on Tuesday.

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Unity state pupils begin South Sudan primary certificate exams
Sudan Tribune
February 12, 2013 (BENTIU) – Over 2,000 pupils began sitting for their primary school certificates on Monday in Unity state and the other nine states of the young nation, which for the first time have been developed within South SudanSouth Sudan 
Sudan-South Sudan row costing billions of dollars
Middle East Online
Optimism returned in September when the Sudan and South Sudan presidents hailed an end to their conflict. They signed deals in Addis Ababa to resume the oil flow and demilitarize the undemarcated, disputed border where they fought in March and April.
Kiir Orders Troop Deployment to Border Areas With Sudan
AllAfrica.com
Juba — South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir has ordered the urgent and coordinated deployment of joint police and government troops to border areas with Sudan amid fears of a possible incursion, according to a broadcast by the state-owned South Sudan 
‘Take Yawyaw to the ICC’, Lou-Nuer Community Urges Government
AllAfrica.com
South Sudan is considered one of the leading countries in terms of cattle ownership with reports indicating that over 31 million heads of cattle exist in the country. Unfortunately, this wealth has been a source of conflict. Justice minister, Hon John