South Sudan treason charges dropped

South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar tells the BBC that the treason charges laid against him and some of his allies are "baseless".

Defence wants charges against Lwakatare dropped
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THE defence asked the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam to order the prosecution to either drop the criminal charges facing Chadema's Director of Defence and Security, Wilfred Lwakatare or complete investigations into the case. “It is now ...

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Presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki recognized that the solution to the current crisis was within the reach of the peoples of South Sudan

The African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) (http://www.au.int) met with President Thabo Mbeki, in his capacity as Chairperson of the High Level Implementation Panel on Sudan, today 4 September 2014. In attendance were President Olusegun Obasanjo, Professor Mahmood Mamdani and Lady Justice Sophia Akuffo.

The meeting follows nation wide...

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