…f the former united Sudan’s oil reserves when it became independent but relies on pipelines to seaports in Sudan to export it. South Sudan voted overwhelmingly in favor of secession in a January 2011 referendum, leading to independence six months later. …
17 South Sudanese civilians have been killed during air raids by Sudan’s military, an official said. South Sudan’s military spokesman Philip Aguer said those killed were cattle herders in West Bahr al-Ghazal state – further west than other recent clashes. Sudan has denied the allegations but Col. Philip Aguer said no other power in the region could carry out the bombing. The sou…
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir have met for the first time since a border dispute brought their countries close to conflict in April. Omar al-Bashir sat down with Salva Kiir during an African Union summit in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. South Sudan only became independent from the north at the end of 2011 and numerous issues remain unresolved betw…
…the release would include rebel fighters and government officials currently on trial for plotting a coup. Sudan has been facing a heightened security situation since South Sudan became independent in 2011. Tension between the new neighbors has been strained, with rebellions breaking out on either side of the border and a dispute over oil which escalated to the brink of war in April. However, in S…
…looney, but both have now been released after paying bail of $100. George Clooney is a keen Sudan activist and has visited the area several times. South Sudan celebrated its independence from Sudan in 2011, but relations between the two neighbors have worsened since then. The country is one of the world’s poorest regions and has hardly any roads, railways, schools or clinics as a result of t…
Rebels in South Kordofan region announced they are holding 29 Chinese workers who became caught up in a battle with the Sudanese army. The rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said the workers are safe and “in good health”. China’s foreign ministry confirmed that some of their nationals were missing, but did not specify how many. South Kordofan is one of…
als of opting for the installation for fear of offending non-Christians, especially Muslims. But the mayor’s office said it was part of a theme this year of “light”. Traditionally, a 20 m (65 ft) pine tree taken from the forests of the Ardennes has adorned the city’s central square, the Grand Place. This year, it has been replaced with a 25 m (82 ft) construction, though sm…
South Sudan officials announced that at least 40 people have been killed by armed gunmen in a cattle raid in Warrap state. According to other reports as many as 100 people could have been killed in the attack on a camp in Warrap state. South Sudan’s interior minister accused the Sudanese government in Khartoum of arming the attackers, a militia group from Unity State, AFP reports. Tensions…
…ate Foreign Relations Committee this week that what was happening in the region was “ominously similar” to the violence in Darfur. The UN estimates that nearly 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million been displaced since the Darfur conflict broke out in 2003. …
Pope Benedict XVI has delivered his traditional Urbi et Orbi (To the City and the World) Easter message of peace in front of tens of thousands of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Pope Benedict urged Syria’s government to end the bloody year-long conflict, and spoke of the trouble in Nigeria and Mali. At a Mass on Saturday, the Pope warned that mankind is “groping in the d…
Nan Weidong and Nan Weiping, two brothers from Beijing, have carved out an unusual career – making musical instruments from carrots, potatoes and other vegetables. The Chinese brothers grew up surrounded by vegetables on a farm in central China with a music teacher father. The idea of playing music with vegetables came to Nan Weidong, 43, and Nan Weiping, 41, only two years ago, but it has…
At least 51 people, mostly women and children, have been killed by gunmen during the latest clashes in South Sudan’s troubled Jonglei state, according to regional governor Kuol Manyang. At least 22 others were injured after attackers raided and burned the village of Duk Padiet, governor Kuol Manyang added. All wounded people have been evacuated to Juba, the capital, he said. A series of att…
ister. The authorities say it is hard to get spare parts because of US sanctions against Khartoum. Government forces are still involved in clashes with rebels in Darfur, where a civil war broke out in 2003, though violence in the western region has fallen from its peak. …
On Thursday, November 22nd, America celebrates Thanksgiving, the traditional harvest feast which dates back to 1621. Check the list below for the best ways to give thanks, whether it’s on a traditional plantation or with giant helium balloons. Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, New York City There is always something going on in the city that never sleeps. But on November 22nd, all eyes turn…
Oktoberfest 2012, the 179th edition of the world’s most famous beer festival, has begun on September, 22, at the Theresienwiese fairground in Munich (München), Germany. September, 22 is also the day of autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere, which brought a heavy rain to Munich. At the “Schottenhamel” beer tent, Mayor Christian Ude performed the traditional ritual and inserted the firs…
The Duchess of Cambridge wore what she had assumed was a traditional national dress to an event celebrating Solomon Islands’ culture…only to later discover that the dress was actually from the Cook Islands, some 3,000 miles away. Kate and William were meant to have dressed as Solomon Islanders to the party in the capital of Honiara on 16 September, part of their Diamond Jubilee tour o…
rly when it came to discrimination,” he said during the service. “Russell saw that and become much the same way.” The ceremony was expected to last 12 hours, beginning with a funeral procession led by 21 horses through a stretch of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota, where Russell Means was born. …
…admitted his role in the film but investigators are trying to find out whether he was the internet user named “sambacile” who posted a clip of it online. He was freed on probation in June 2011 on condition that he did not use the internet without authorization or assume aliases. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was released by police after questioning and may have gone into hiding, the Associ…
Nelson Mandela’s personal chef presents some of the statesman’s favorite meals in a cookbook she has launched in South Africa. Xoliswa Ndoyiya’s book includes more than 62 recipes for the simple traditional dishes that Nelson Mandela most enjoys. Xoliswa Ndoyiya has cooked for the Mandela family for more than 20 years. Her book is one of the few South African cookbooks to includ…
…ed India. He cut back on his performances in the late 1980s due to illness, which included a serious lung condition. The severity of his illness forced him to give up all singing by the late-1990s. In 2010, however, Mehdi Hassan recorded a duet with Lata Mangeshkar, a long-time admirer, for an album called Sarhadein (Borders), which was released in 2011. Mehdi Hassan recorded his part of the song…
…. However, their fame was overshadowed in recent years by a copyright dispute over the Down Under flute riff. Men At Work won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1983 before disbanding in 1985 In 2010 Australia’s Federal Court ruled band members partly copied the children’s folk tune Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree, penned more than 75 years ago. Last year, EMI lost an appeal…
Thousands of Ethiopians are attending the state funeral in Addis Ababa of country’s long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died last month. Meles Zenawi’s flag-draped coffin was carried in a procession from his palace to the city’s Meskel Square, where a solemn religious ceremony began. Dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries, including at least 20 African presidents, w…
Italian magazine Chi plans to publish more topless pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge as it claims it has some 200 images of the future queen sunbathing naked. Chi announced it is preparing a 26-page special edition tomorrow featuring 50 intimate photographs of Kate Middleton on holiday in France. It comes as a furious Prince William revealed he wants those responsible for taking and printing t…
…hess of Cambridge received an intricate beaded necklace from a gaggle of bare-chested locals in Solomon Islands and she couldn't help but let out a giggle The royal couple is staying in a secluded 1,200 Australian dollars-a-night thatched leaf bungalow with its own private jetty from where they can go sunbathing, snorkelling and canoe paddling. House No 1, their home for the night, stocked wit…
…creating curves where they are needed. The latest brand cashing in on this season’s hourglass trend is the Oh My Corset! company which uses the same material used in the construction of Formula 1 cars, scuba material and even mesh that holds back avalanches on the mountains to make its super-strength corsets. No wonder it already has a host of famous fans. Oh My Corset! is an Italian brand…
Google told to clean up auto-complete results in GermanyGoogle has been ordered by a German federal court to clean up the auto-complete results its search engine suggests. The court said Google must ensure terms generated by…
Google Glass: Ten features and ways to use itGoogle has revealed for the first time what view users will get through its “Project Glass” wearable computer. 1. Google Glass responds to voice commandsGoogle Glass…
Samsung announces 5G mobile network technology developmentSamsung announces it has developed technology that could sit "at the core of 5G" - the successor to the 4G mobile-communications standard. The Korean company says its…
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere pass symbolic mark of 400 ppmCarbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have broken through a symbolic mark reaching its highest throughout human history, recent figures from a US monitoring station…
Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn perform emergency spacewalk to fix ammonia leakUS astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are carrying out an emergency spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station's cooling system. Live…
Thermal invisibility cloak can hide objects from heatScientists have built and tested a form of invisibility cloak that can hide objects from heat. Similar cloaking efforts are underway to make objects invisible to light and…
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