Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55345554
Caption:

Responders pick through the wreckage of a cargo plane which crashed in the capital Juba, South Sudan, on November 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)

Russian-built plane crashes in South Sudan, witnesses say dozens killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2015 | World

Juba, Reuters—A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan’s capital, killing dozens of people, witnesses said. An official said three people on board survived. The precise death toll...

Media ID: 55333339
Caption:

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir addresses a crowd in North Khartoum, on June 8, 2013. (Reuters)

Opinion: Sudan’s False Promises of Change

by Osman Mirghani | Jan 3, 2015 | Opinion

The Sudanese people on Thursday celebrated the 59th anniversary of national independence but without any feelings of optimism that there will be any real change to their political, economic and living conditions in the near future. All promises of change made since...

Media ID: 55340018
Caption:

South Sudan’s Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin. (Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)

South Sudan FM: More dialogue with rebels needed

by Ahmed Younis | Jan 3, 2015 | Interviews

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—South Sudan Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said that dialogue between Sudan’s central government and rebels loyal to former vice-president Riek Machar have made significant progress, but stressed that more dialogue is still...

Media ID: 55339521
Caption:

People arrive in procession for a mass in Juba on December 15, 2014, to commemorate one year since the outbreak of South Sudan’s civil war. (AFP PHOTO / SAMIR BOL)

Tens of thousands dead in South Sudan conflict: UN

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 15, 2014 | Middle East

Nairobi, AP—Tens of thousands of people have died in South Sudan during one year of warfare and the country’s leaders are putting their “personal ambitions” ahead of the nation’s future, the UN secretary-general said Monday. A year ago Monday...

Media ID: 55337766
Caption:

South Sudan President Salva Kiir (L), Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete (C) and South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar (R) pose as they met for talks on October 20, 2014 in the northern Tanzanian tourist town of Arusha. (AFP Photo)

South Sudanese factions make progress on political agreement: sources

by Mustafa Sirri | Oct 21, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Rival South Sudan’s political factions agreed on Tuesday that the country should adopt a federal system of government, one day after signing a framework agreement in the Tanzanian city of Arusha which aims to resolve the political crisis...