southern sudan

IGAD force to pacify war-tone S.Sudan as warring parties disagree.

IGAD force to pacify war-tone S.Sudan as warring parties disagree.

As the one week shaky ceasefire seems to hold on in Juba, South Sudan, African leaders sitting at an AU summit in Kigali on Sunday agreed to re-enforce the UN-Mission with a regional force under IGAD if they are to save lives and pacify Juba. IGAD called on the UN Security Council to give it […]

Life in Southern Sudan: High inflation, tribalism, poverty and corruption on increase

  Southern Sudan went to the bushes 25 years back to fight the Arabs in Khartoum in a bid to get independence. Millions of lives were lost in this civil war. At the end of the fight, Southern Sudan was curved out of the former main Republic of Sudan forming the new Republic of Southern […]

UN comprehensive regional plan to arrest Joseph Kony leaks

The United Nations and Uganda government plan to have the LRA leader Joseph Kony arrested and prosecuted in International Criminal Court (ICC) has leaked to the press. The Uganda and UN officials will meet in Entebbe next week to discuss how their secrets ended up leaking to the press. The UN officials will also use […]

Rebel groups in Khartoum plan massive anti government raids

  The Omara Bashir government in Northern Sudan is in trouble after intelligence reports indicated that the major rebel groups there are planning to carry out massive attacks onKhartoum. The main rebel forces in Northern include the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)  and the […]

Rebel groups in Khartoum plan massive anti government raids

The Omara Bashir government in Northern Sudan is in trouble after intelligence reports indicated that the major rebel groups there are planning to carry out massive attacks on Khartoum. The main rebel forces in Northern include the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)  and the […]

Uganda to build longest multi-billion dollar railway network

The government of Uganda is to build the longest multi-billion dollar railway network on the African continent. It is going to be the first of its kind in Africa. The multi-billion dollar railway network is expected to serve the interests of Tanzania, Southern Sudan Burundi and the republic of Rwanda. The construction work is to […]

Girls say female circumcision helps them to keep virginity

Cases of female circumcision are so rampant in Ethiopia, Uganda, Egypt, Southern Sudan, Northern Sudan, and some parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Female circumcision is when a certain part of the female genitalia is excised in order to reduce the sexual desire of girls and make them pure and virgin until marriage. Many […]

An Arab kills Ugandans in Southern Sudan

A man believed to be an Arab from Khartoum (Northern Sudan) has killed over 40 people in Southern Sudan. There are fears that the dead might include Ugandans operating in Southern Sudan. The Interior minister in Southern Sudan, Manani Magaya told the press that the people killed were from the cattle corridor of Warrap state. […]

Southern Sudan now member of EAC bloc, says president Museveni of the republic of Uganda, Uganda is the third largest economy in East Africa, a region which currently comprises of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Kenya

Southern Sudan has become the sixth member of the East African Community after Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. Its application to enter into the bloc was accepted last month according to president Museveni. The new African country was allowed into the EAC because of the factor of proximity. The EAC act provides that any […]