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A New Flag Raised: South Sudan Celebrates Birth

South Sudan celebrated its first day as an independent nation Saturday, raising its flag before tens of thousands of cheering citizens elated to reach the end of a 50-year struggle.U.S. President Barack Obama called the day a new dawn after the darkness of war, while visiting dignitaries offered both congratulations and prodding for South Sudan and its former ruler, Sudan, to avoid a return to conflict over serious and unresolved disagreements."The eyes of the world are now on us," said South Sudan President Salva Kiir, who was inaugurated during a scorching midday ceremony. Kiir stressed that the people of South Sudan must advance their country together, and unite as countrymen first, casting aside allegiances to the dozens of tribes that reside here.Saturday meant that South Sudan and its black tribesmen would for the first time be linked politically with sub-Saharan Africa. Kenya and Uganda are already laying strong economic ties with their northern neighbor, an oil-rich country tha...

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  1. 24 killed in rebel vs army battle in South Sudan

    South Sudan's military spokesman says 24 people were killed and dozens wounded during a battle between government troops and rebels who had overrun a town.Col. Phili...

  2. South Sudan votes for first time in a generation, but only a prelude to 2011 independence vote

    JUBA, Sudan (AP) — The election posters and slogan-filled T-shirts blanketing this town underscore a new excitement in southern Sudan , which will cast ballots in a ...

  3. South Sudan troops move into disputed oil town as battles rage on disputed border

    After a day of fierce fighting, troops from South Sudan captured an oil-rich border town that is claimed by Sudan, whose troops withdrew under the onslaught, a Sudan...

  4. On frontline of new Sudan war, dead bodies and abandoned barracks; an oil well on fire

    The road to Heglig, an oil town that South Sudan and Sudan are fighting over, is lined with discarded furniture, destroyed buses and tanks, and clusters of dead Suda...

  5. South Sudan turns 1, but oil, border issues with Sudan remain amid economic and security fears

    Tens of thousands of South Sudanese gathered under a sweltering sun on Monday in the capital, Juba, to celebrate the first birthday of the world's youngest nation — ...

  6. Sudanese security forces say more than 160 killed in clashes with JEM rebels in Darfur

    KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Clashes between Sudan's army and Darfur's most powerful rebel group have left more than 160 people dead, Sudanese security officials said Satu...

  7. Future of conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region uncertain after southern independence

    Years before Sudan's south began casting votes for succession, the woes of Africa's largest country were defined by the ethnic bloodshed in the western Darfur region...

  8. Sudan says police freed US aid worker held for 4 months in Darfur

    KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A U.S. aid worker kidnapped four months ago in Sudan's troubled Darfur region has been freed by authorities, the Foreign Ministry said Monday....

  9. South Sudan Says It Will Suspend Talks With North

    JUBA, Sudan -- Southern Sudan is suspending talks and diplomatic contact with northern Sudan over claims that the northern government is funding militias in the sout...

  10. Sudanese Army Kills Leader of Darfur Rebel Group

    Sudanese troops killed Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the main Darfur rebel group, in fighting early Sunday west of the capital Khartoum, the military said.Ibrahim le...

  11. Clinton, in Africa, readies security talks with Uganda, South Sudan leaders

    Preserving a fragile peace between Sudan and South Sudan, stepping up the hunt for Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and boosting African counter-terrorism e...

  12. Sudan seeks arrest of Darfur rebel leader after group breaks off peace talks with government

    KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan said Tuesday it is seeking the arrest of the leader of Darfur's most powerful group, which froze peace talks with the government a week ...

  1. Sudan begins voting to decide political fate of president indicted for war crimes in Darfur

    KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese voted Sunday in the impoverished country's first multiparty elections in a quarter century, which will determine whether President Om...

  2. South Sudan rebels overrun town

    South Sudan's military spokesman says a rebel force has overrun part of a town in the country's east near the border with Ethiopia.Col. Philip Aguer on Wednesday con...

  3. 5 UN peacekeepers, 7 civilians gunned down in South Sudan , officials say

    Five United Nations peacekeepers from India and 7 civilians were shot dead during an attack on a convoy in South Sudan, officials said.South Sudan military spokesman...

  4. UN chief urges Sudan and South Sudan to step back from brink of war and return to negotiations

    U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Sudan and South Sudan on Thursday to step back from the brink of war and return to the negotiating table.Ban called on South...

  5. South Sudan president says Sudan has 'declared war' after Sudanese jets drop bombs on S. Sudan

    South Sudan's president said Tuesday its northern neighbor has "declared war" on the world's newest nation, just hours after Sudanese jets dropped eight bombs on his...

  6. South Sudan accuses Sudan of bombing village while deadline for UN-mandated talks nears

    South Sudan accused Sudan on Saturday of bombing one of its villages just two weeks before a U.N.-imposed deadline on peace and oil negotiations between the two nati...

  7. Sudan army says 45 rebels killed in Darfur clashes after attack on military

    The Sudanese army says at least 45 rebels have been killed in Sudan's North Darfur after they attacked the military.Army spokesman Sawarme Khalid Saad's remarks, car...

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