South Sudan's history emerges - from a tenthttp://news.yahoo.com/south-sudans-history-emerges-tent-112000929.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYAzOb_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/south-sudans-history-emerges-tent-112000929.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYAzOb_wgt.Thu, 24 May 2012 04:20:00 -0700
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's independence last July was forged through years of hard-fought rebellion in the bush, so it seems fitting that the world's newest nation still keeps much of its history in a tent. The weather-beaten brown tent in a roadside government compound in the capital Juba goes unnoticed by most passing drivers and pedestrians. Musty papers, files, books and photos, some ...
Sudan, South Sudan agree to resume talks next weekhttp://news.yahoo.com/sudan-south-sudan-agree-resume-talks-next-week-171433481.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYAzeb_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/sudan-south-sudan-agree-resume-talks-next-week-171433481.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYAzeb_wgt.Thu, 24 May 2012 10:14:33 -0700
KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan agreed to restart talks next week with the aim of ending hostilities and settling disputes after border clashes scuppered an earlier round of negotiations, both sides said on Thursday. The two armies clashed last month in a disputed oil region near the poorly drawn border, coming closer to all-out war than at any time since South Sudan's ...
South Africa painting debate exposes racial riftshttp://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-painting-debate-exposes-racial-rifts-120319770.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYAzub_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-painting-debate-exposes-racial-rifts-120319770.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYAzub_wgt.Thu, 24 May 2012 05:03:19 -0700
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC went to court on Thursday seeking to remove from public display a painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, saying the work is symbolic of the lingering racial oppression of apartheid. Proceedings were halted after a bizzare scene where Gcina Malindi, lawyer for the ANC, broke down in tears when a judge asked him how the court ...
South Africa's new security laws: who will they protect?http://news.yahoo.com/south-africas-security-laws-protect-072423491--sector.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYAz.b_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/south-africas-security-laws-protect-072423491--sector.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYAz.b_wgt.Thu, 24 May 2012 00:24:23 -0700
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Concerns are growing in South Africa that new laws on intelligence, security and graft-busting may end up protecting the political elite more than the nation. President Jacob Zuma's ANC government has proposed three measures - two revisions to apartheid-era intelligence bills and a third on oversight of the police's anti-graft unit, the Hawks - that have prompted concern ...
South Africa's Soweto gets its fashion weekhttp://news.yahoo.com/south-africas-soweto-gets-fashion-week-101920130--finance.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA0Ob_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/south-africas-soweto-gets-fashion-week-101920130--finance.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA0Ob_wgt.Thu, 24 May 2012 08:07:45 -0700
Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township in Soweto's first fashion week opening Thursday.
South Korea Needs Extra Measures on Capital Flowshttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA0eb_wgt./SIG=13j5n7kn9/EXP=1337909140/**http%3a//www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-24/south-korea-needs-extra-measures-on-capital-flows.htmlhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA0eb_wgt./SIG=13j5n7kn9/EXP=1337909140/**http%3a//www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-24/south-korea-needs-extra-measures-on-capital-flows.htmlWed, 23 May 2012 19:45:17 -0700
South Korea needs to fortify its protection against volatility in flows of foreign capital as Europe’s deepening sovereign-debt crisis roils financial markets, a government policy adviser said.
South Sudan military kills, tortures a disliked minority tribe, and no UN response, groups sayhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA0ub_wgt./SIG=13cd56fjq/EXP=1337909140/**http%3a//www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/24/group-ssudan-troops-kill-torture-minority-tribe/http://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA0ub_wgt./SIG=13cd56fjq/EXP=1337909140/**http%3a//www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/24/group-ssudan-troops-kill-torture-minority-tribe/Thu, 24 May 2012 09:11:38 -0700
South Sudan military forces tasked with carrying out a disarmament campaign among feuding ethnic groups are raping, torturing and killing members of a minority community, community leaders and a...
South Sudan says Sudan bombs, Shells its territoryhttp://news.yahoo.com/south-sudan-says-sudan-bombs-shells-territory-194909665.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA0.b_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/south-sudan-says-sudan-bombs-shells-territory-194909665.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA0.b_wgt.Tue, 22 May 2012 12:49:09 -0700
JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan said Sudan attacked it with aerial bombing raids and ground artillery on Monday and Tuesday, accusing Khartoum of trying to sabotage international efforts for peace talks which the African Union hopes to restart next week. Juba said its armed forces could retaliate if Sudan made further assaults, raising the prospect of a return to the fighting which the ...
Sudan agrees to resume talks with South Sudan next weekhttp://news.yahoo.com/sudan-agrees-resume-talks-south-sudan-next-week-150905793.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA1Ob_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/sudan-agrees-resume-talks-south-sudan-next-week-150905793.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA1Ob_wgt.Thu, 24 May 2012 08:58:47 -0700
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has agreed to restart talks with South Sudan on Tuesday with the aim of ending hostilities and settling disputes after heavy border clashes scuppered an earlier round of negotiations, its Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The two armies clashed last month in a disputed oil region near the poorly-drawn border, coming closer to all-out war than at any time since South ...
Analysis: South Africa's new security laws: who will they protect?http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-south-africas-security-laws-protect-070803817--sector.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA1eb_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-south-africas-security-laws-protect-070803817--sector.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CQUb75PCWYA1eb_wgt.Thu, 24 May 2012 00:08:03 -0700
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Concerns are growing in South Africa that new laws on intelligence, security and graft-busting may end up protecting the political elite more than the nation. President Jacob Zuma's ANC government has proposed three measures - two revisions to apartheid-era intelligence bills and a third on oversight of the police's anti-graft unit, the Hawks - that have prompted concern ...