April 4, 2014 BBC Thousands of people are believed to have died in fighting in South Sudan US President Barack Obama has signed an executive order authorising sanctions against anyone aggravating the conflict in South Sudan. The order sets out…
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01 April 2014 Al-Monitor Author Ayah Aman CAIRO — Egypt is continuing to develop relations with South Sudan in an effort to protect Egyptian water interests within its borders, through which the White Nile flows. This comes at a time when the dispute between…
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United Nations World Food Programme (Rome) Juba, 31 March 2014 — Alarmed at the impact of ongoing violence in South Sudan, the heads of the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Refugee agency (UNHCR) arrived here today on a…
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Sudan Tribune March 31, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese who recently entered Ethiopia from Kenya have accused the Ethiopian embassy in Nairobi of allegedly denying them travel visas. The refugees who originally fled the current conflict…
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 ADDIS ABABA – An Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman has lashed out at longstanding rival Eritrea, accusing the latter of destabilizing the East Africa region, while also blasting Egypt for the latter’s “malicious” media campaign against Ethiopia’s…
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March 26, 2014 Doctors Without Borders For the past several weeks, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Ethiopia have been providing assistance to South Sudanese refugees fleeing violence and persecution in their country. It is estimated that more…
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The Guardian South Sudanese children gather at a refugee camp in Gambella, one of the poorest regions in Ethiopia. Photograph: Elissa Jobson for The Guardian By Elissa Jobson Mon 24 March 2014 “We left all our property – our home,…
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Thu Mar 21, 2014 By Carl Odera JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebels and government troops both said they controlled the capital of an oil-producing state on Thursday after days of fighting, as another attempt to resume peace talks in…
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle ST March 21, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government has dismissed reports alleging that the Red Sea nation has been providing military support to South Sudan rebels led by former vice president, Riek Machar. Recently, Eritrean…
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March 17th 2014 The Economist Event Eritrea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied allegations that it has been militarily supporting South Sudan’s rebel leader, Riek Machar. Analysis The suggesting that the Eritrean government was backing the rebel movement led by…
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