Mediator IGAD ‘considering deploying troops’ in South Sudan By ANDUALEM SISAY File: The Security Council within IGAD is considering deploying regional troops to monitor the ceasefire agreement in South Sudan. Picture: AFP Photo / Lionel Bonaventure March 4, 2014 (Addis Ababa) — The Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which has been mediating the peace talks…
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Khartoum accuses South Sudan’s army of attacking Abyei
March 3, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government has asked residents of the contested Abyei area for restraint and accused South Sudan’s army of attacking Sudanese citizens north of the border line drawn in January 1, 1956, calling upon Juba to withdraw its forces south of that border line. The Sudanese co-chair of the Abyei…
US Lawmaker to Obama: Phone Kiir on South Sudan Crisis
Source: Voice of America President Barack Obama(AWR) March 3, 2014 (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Congressmen and a top rights activist have called for the United States to step up its diplomatic efforts to end the crisis in South Sudan, including by getting President Barack Obama to make a phone call to his counterpart in Juba, President…
