Foreign Relations Articles
A United Nations staff member was shot dead in Abyei, the territory disputed between Sudan and South Sudan, U.N. officials said on Wednesday.
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Uganda closed a major border crossing into the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday after Congo's government accused a rebel movement of taxing goods entering the country from Uganda.
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The Eastern Equatoria State Governor Louis Lobong Lojore has issued a decree forming the state and county enlightenment committees to sensitize citizens on cooperation Agreements signed in Addis Ababa between South Sudan and Sudan.
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Uganda's parliamentary speaker said she wanted to pass as a "Christmas gift" for Ugandans an anti-gay law, which rights groups have criticised for its draconian penalties against homosexuals.
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A yellow fever outbreak has killed nearly 100 people over the last seven weeks in Sudan's Darfur, the World Health Organization said, a region where fighting has undermined access to healthcare.
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In a gesture marking the British Parliament’s commitment to support the National Legislative Assembly, the British Embassy Head of Political Affairs and Press, Belinda Volans, has handed over a selection of books for the Assembly’s library.
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The chairpersons of Committees in Northern Bahr el Ghazal Assembly have rejected the call from the national government to ratify the Addis Ababa agreements signed in between Sudan and South Sudan.
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Sudanese rebels shelled the capital of the country's main oil state on Tuesday, witnesses and the insurgents said, in what the insurgents said was retaliation for government air strikes.
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South Sudan plans to resume exporting oil through Sudan on by the end of November, after it was shutdown in January due to disagreements with neighbouring Sudan over transit fee. Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu has said that preparations for resumption of oil production are complete.
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The Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has held diplomatic talks with South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir in Juba focusing on strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.
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