Uganda: Helicopter Crash With Prime Minister
A HELICOPTER with the Prime Minister on board yesterday hit a tree as it made an emergency landing in Bugiri, eastern Uganda. The afternoon incident occurred in the compound of Bugiri Hospital as Prof. Apolo Nsibambi and six passengers returned to Kampala from the disaster-struck areas. Speaking to The New Vision while receiving treatment, Nsibambi said the plane developed a technical problem. Read more »
S.Sudan: Security Forces For Upcoming Election
March 08, 2010 (JUBA)-Police of the semi autonomous regional government of South Sudan has reiterated assurance to maintain impartiality to all political parties in the upcoming elections.
Talking to the Press in Juba, Inspector General of the Southern Sudan Police Service (SSPS), Gen. Acuil Tito Madut, said police forces will maintain impartiality to any political parties in the forthcoming elections adding any act associated with biasness would not be tolerated.
Gen. Madut assured citizens that south Sudan police will serve them diligently in spite of the many challenges it faces. According to him, some of the challenges police forces face across the region and particularly Juba, include poor payment, inadequate facilities, inadequate budget, and poor training, among others. Read more »
Malakal: Prepare For Worse Before Polls Anvails
MALAKAL, 08 March 2010 – The Police Forces’ Commissioner in Upper Nile State Major General Bol John Akot told reporters last week that the new recruits have already been sent to Juba for comprehensive training and would return to Upper Nile upon completion of the training.
“The aim of the police recruitment process was to ensure that we have standard protection of Upper Nile State civilians”, he said.
Major General Akot added that the new police officers will re-enforce the current force, adding that this would ensure peace is maintained in the state prior to and during the polls. Read more »
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Joseph Lagu: Anyanya 1 Speaks
Joseph Lagu admits weakness Of S.Sudan during the Addis Ababa Agreement of 1972 Read more »
Toyota Engineers: S.Sudan To Be Free Of North
March 3, 2010 (NAIROBI) – Toyota Tshusho Corporation has proposed to Kenyan officials to construct a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) pipeline to transport crude oil from the landlocked South Sudan capital city to Lamu, a port on the Indian Ocean.
If constructed, the pipeline would provide an alternative to the country’s only current oil exporting point, Port Sudan, potentially having major economic and political implications on the whole of Sudan. Read more »
Juba S.Sudan: Media Hassesment On High Peak
JUBA, March 5, 2010 (AFP) – Southern Sudanese journalists are facing increasing intimidation as the security services clamp down on reporters ahead of landmark elections in April, a media rights watchdog warned on Friday.
The southern-based Agency for Independent Media (AIM) said it recorded several “disturbing reports” of the harassment of journalists across the autonomous south in 2010, including arrests and violence. Read more »
EES: Journey Of 2010 Election