http://www.nilebuffalo.com/ The NileBuffalo Gazette website is a fruition of consultations among a group of friends from different backgrounds or political sets but all share one perception of building a united and democratic nation in Southern Sudan. Yahoo! en-us http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=8 Control of Sudan's media by the dominant National Congress Party is "poisoning" hopes for a free political process in the run up to the first democratic elections in more than 20 years... 2008-04-06 Gurtong http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=9 Agree with me over this alarming way of Running our Affairs, most of the time something is designed to help the Nation run, it turns out to have a lot of Loopholes which in turn throw the country in to an abyss of Corruption, shame and Disarray.... David Char Akau 2008-04-06 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=15 Are the ejected veterans of south sudan victims of the KIIR FORMULA ? Dr Justin Ambago Ramba 2008-04-12 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=18 Isaiah Chol Aruai, the Chairman Southern Sudan Commission for Census and Statistic Evaluation (SSCCSE) said the Central Bureau of statistics and census has approved the sum of 3.5 million dollars to cover the salaries of deployed enumerators, transport... Isaac Vuni 2008-04-18 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=22 Sudan on Tuesday shuts down for its first census in 15 years, a milestone in the peace deal that ended Africa''s longest civil war but clouded in dispute threatening to undermine the accord further... AFP 2008-04-22 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=25 Southern Sudan's minister of defence and another government official were killed on Friday in a plane crash, southern government officials said... Reuters 2008-05-02 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=26 Sudan on Monday arrested Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and pressed its pursuit of Darfur rebels who threatened again to attack the capital as sporadic gunfire reverberated around Khartoum.... AFP 2008-05-12 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=29 Fighting erupted between the SPLA and the militias under the control of the NCP in Abyei area. The fighting has resulted in three casualties from the SPLA and other unidentified number including civilians. Attempts to contact Abyei and confirm the news... Sudanese Community in the West Midlands, Birmingham 2008-05-17 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=30 Fierce clashes between the Sudanese army and armed men of the Sudan People's Liberation movement (SPLM) erupted on Tuesday despite earlier talks to find an end to the violence.... Al Jazeera and agencies 2008-05-20 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=32 International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo informed the United Nations Security Council that he will present in July a second Darfur case before the ICC judges... International Criminal Court 2008-06-05 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=33 Khartoum, June 5 (SUNA) - President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir has welcomed the visit of the Security Council mission to Sudan, pointing out that it reflected partnership for realization of the goals of peace and welfare in the country... sudaneseonline 2008-06-06 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=34 All the Arab nomadic tribes in the border areas are indeed aware of the importance of their southern neughbours and how their nomadic ways of leaving has no doubt intangled their very lives with their immediate South Sudanese African next door neughbour... Justin Ambago RAMBA, MD 2008-06-07 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=35 Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, alleged national of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), about 45 years old, was arrested today by the Belgian authorities following a warrant of arrest issued under seal by the International Criminal Court... ICC 2008-06-08 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=36 The Sudanese president has signed today a roadmap agreement stating the establishment of an interim administration in Abyei and the return of the displaced population following last month fighting between the northern and southern Sudanese forces... ST 2008-06-09 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=39 The UK Sudanese community came out on to the streets of London with placards and banners on June 7th. They appealed to the Prime minister, Gordon Brown, to help the victims of ethnic cleansing in Sudan... UK Sudanese Community 2008-06-09 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=44 The UK welcomes the agreement on 8 June between the Government of Sudan and the Government of Southern Sudan to resolve their differences over Abyei... Press Office, Downing Street (West), London SW1A 2AL 2008-06-13 http://www.nilebuffalo.com/news_detail.php?txt_id=45 As global demand for energy continues to rise, major players like the United States, European Union (EU), and Japan are facing a new competitor in the race to secure long-term energy supplies: China. As its economy booms, China is intent on getting... China, Africa, and Oil 2008-06-13