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WA Olympic hopeful Mangar Makur Chuot was attacked for the third time in a month yesterday morning and his sister punched in the face when armed thugs showed up to a party he was hosting.

Mr Chuot, 21, and his sister Sarah, an international runway model who has modelled for Perth fashion designer Ruth Tarvydas, were involved in a brawl which spilt from Scarborough Surf Lifesaving Club into a carpark early yesterday. A man was stabbed in the back and a police officer attacked with capsicum spray. Last month, two men broke into the champion sprinter's home and clubbed his legs with a tree branch. Four days later, Mr Chuot, who was born in Sudan and came to Australia about seven years ago, was at a cultural community function at Burke Reserve in Balga when he used a walking stick to fend off an attack.

Sudan: Two Christian pastors remain in hands of tribal militia

Kidnappers belonging to the Shiluk militia have not yet released two priests they had abducted on January 15. According to sources in Sudan, the Shiluk insurgents seized Fr. Joseph Makwey (45) and Fr. Sylvester Mogga (35) on the evening of January 15 at their parish in Rabak, a town about 45 miles south of Khartoum. The abductors had since promised to release the pair, but have not yet done so as concern increases on the part of local Christians. Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Adwok Kur of Khartoum told Aid to the Church in Need, "neighbors said they saw a truck full of people break through the parish gate".

South Sudan signs MoU with UAE Investment Company

As part of the ongoing efforts to mobilize foreign investment to the country, the newly founded and underdeveloped Republic of South Sudan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the leading Abu Dhabi Investment Company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in order to invest in various sectors in South Sudan. The Company has expressed its willingness and readiness to invest in South Sudan and also help to mobilize other partners from Europe, America and Asia to invest in the country. The Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan, Hon. Dr. Riek Machar, signed the MoU with the Company’s CEO, Nazem Fawwaz Al Kudsi yesterday in Abu Dhabi city. Areas of cooperation and investment by the company include railways, roads and bridges, housing estate, aviation, shipping, energy and utilities, oil and gas services, financing and securitization, telecommunications, ICT services, minerals and mining, banking, sports facilities, among others.

South Sudan - Press Statement By the Negotiation team of the GoS with regards to the Press Release by the delegation of the GoRSS

The negotiating team of the Government of the Sudan (GoS) on post- secession issues with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan has been following the statements and allegations made by representatives of the Government of South Sudan (GoRSS) The negotiating team of the Government of the Sudan (GoS) on post- secession issues with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan has been following the statements and allegations made by representatives of the Government of South Sudan (GoRSS) including the Press Release from Addis Ababa dated 17th January 2012 by the delegation of GoRSS titled, ‘‘Government of Sudan poisons negotiations atmosphere in Addis by stealing 1.4 million barrels of South Sudan oil just days before‘‘.
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Fire guts parking yard at South Sudan-Ugandan border

A fire has Saturday morning reportedly broken out at a parking yard in Nimule town at border of South Sudan and Uganda. A police officer at the scene who did not want to be quoted says the fire broke about a few minutes ago, followed by a loud blast and clouds of dark smoke rising in the air. The officer says traders were seen fleeing from the South Sudan to the Uganda side with their belongings. By press time, the cause of the fire and the level of damage it had caused had not yet been established

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Churches in Sudan encounter more hostility after south’s independence[Ecumenical News International] Christians and churches in Sudan are facing increased restrictions and hostility, since the secession of the southern part of the country six months ago, according to some church leaders. The leaders are highlighting arrests and abduction of Christians and threats directed at clergy, while warning of more challenges when the country implements Sharia (Islamic law). “Restrictions in Sudan are not new, but we are worried things are getting harder since the secession of the south. With Sharia law we expect things to get even harder,” the Rev. Mark Akec Cien, the Sudan Council of Churches, deputy general secretary of the told ENInews on Jan. 20 in a telephone interview.

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