January 8, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The United States former special envoy to Sudans, Princeton Lyman, has stressed that the international community must act more robustly to assist South Sudan in becoming a viable state. FILE – U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Sudan Special Envoy Ambassador Princeton Lyman in the Oval Office, April 1, 2011.…
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South Sudan: Rebels Reject Government Plan To Unblock Peace Talks
Written by AAARON MAASHO AND CARL ODERA South Sudanese people take part in a peace match organized by the civil society groups in the capital Juba, south Sudan Wednesday, January.8. 2014.Officials in Ethiopia say peace talks for South Sudan are stalled over the issue of political prisoners, describing the take as “on and off” after…
U.S. Is Facing Hard Choices in South Sudan
Written by Nicholas Kulish WFP plane at Yambio Air Strip after the crash on 2 May 2012. January 7, 2014 [WASHINGTON ]— South Sudan is in many ways an American creation, carved out of war-torn Sudan in a referendum largely orchestrated by the United States, its fragile institutions nurtured with billions of dollars in American aid.…
