Sudan and South Sudan have failed to resolve a dispute over oil revenues, less than 24 hours before the south is due to halt crude production and close its pipeline to the sea. Failure to settle the dispute could have grave implications for the econo...
Ethiopia Awaits Influx of Refugees from Sudan and South Sudan Humanitarian agencies are preparing for an influx of refugees into Ethiopia from both Sudan and South Sudan. Civilians, mostly women and children, are fleeing fighting and violence in bord...
Refugee Crisis in South Sudan The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders is reporting a refugee crisis in South Sudans Upper Nile State. It says 60 thousand people have fled fighting just across the border in Sudan. The group, also known as MSF, s...
The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a new peacekeeping force for South Sudan, which marks its independence on Saturday. During a brief meeting, representatives of all 15 members of the Security Council raised their hand...
South Sudan continues to move on after its successful independence referendum, announcing that its universities will reopen in mid-May this year. The souths universities need a lot of work before opening. Like most things in southern Sudan, its unive...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 January 2006 The U.N. Children's Fund calls 2006 a make or break year for Sudan. UNICEF warns war could break out again if millions of refugees and internally displaced peopl...
By Noel King Juba, Southern Sudan 05 January 2006 Young children carrying school books in Nyala, southern Darfur region of Sudan (File photo - Feb 16, 2005) It has been one year since a landmark peace...
By Lisa Schein The United Nations is appealing for $1.5 billion for humanitarian assistance next year in conflict-ravaged Sudan. Lisa Schlein in Geneva reports almost half the money will go towards li...
Michael Drudge The U.N. food agency says the government of Sudan must cooperate to avert famine in the western region of Darfur, where factional fighting has driven one-million people from their homes...
Sudan Government, Rebels Sign Oil-Sharing Agreement Alisha Ryu The Sudanese government and the country's southern rebels on Wednesday signed a key agreement on how to share the country's oil wealth, b...
