By Tesfa-Alem Tekle

August 31, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) - Days of heavy flooding in Ethiopia's Afar region have displaced over 25,000 people, also caused extensive damage to agricultural crops, according to an official in the region.

The floods - caused by days of torrential rains this week - struck 12 districts of the region. Over two thousand hectares of agricultural land have also been affected, Afar regional bureau of disaster prevention and food security head, Hassen Mohamed said.

According to the official, a rescue operation to help those stranded is underway, aided by helicopters.

By Julius N. Uma

August 27, 2010 (NIMULE) - The Lord's Resistance Army could attempt to re-enter Uganda through southern Sudan according to a former aide to Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni.

Richard Todwong, told Sudan Tribune that an attempt to re-enter Uganda via Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the LRA's base in Central African Republic (CAR) could undermine the Southern Sudan's quest for independence.

The former aide to Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said that such a move by could easily be employed as a

August 25, 2010 (KHARTOUM) - The governor of South Darfur Abdel-Hameed Kasha accused the African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) of non-cooperation with the government in resolving the situation in Kalma IDP camp which witnessed violence clashes last month between those who support peace talks and those who oppose it.

Local media cited Kasha as threatening to enter the camp by force to collect weapons and arrest those accused of inciting the clashes which killed more than half a dozen IDP's.

The governor said that UNAMID has failed

August 21, 2010 (KHARTOUM) - South Darfur state unveiled today plans to relocate the residents of the troubled Kalma camps into two areas near the state capital Nyala.

Following a bloody attack last month against Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) supporting the Doha peace process in the camp by armed group, the Sudanese authorities accused supporters of the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid Al-Nur of being behind the violence.

Then, the Governor of South Darfur Abdel Hamid Musa Kasha described the camp as "a den of criminals fleeing

Al-Obeid, August 15 (SUNA) - The Executive Director of Um- Ruwaba Locality of North Kordufan State, Abdalla Hassan Awad Al-Kareem, revealed that some 245 villages were partially affected by the floods and heavy rainfall, while 12 villages were totally damaged, in addition to six schools and education institutions

He said in a statement to SUNA some 46 houses in Um-Ruwaba town were partially affected by the rains, while four houses were totally affected besides 5,960 feddans cultivated with crops

He said that the Emergency Chamber of

August 15, 2010 (BOR) - Three people were killed and two others wounded following Saturday in ambush on a car just north of Gemeza heading from Bor to Juba, a survivor has told Sudan Tribune.

The victims were all citizens from Jonglei state.

"[The gunmen] shot [the] driver in the chest and the car lost control heading to bushes. When [the car] was stopped by a tree, [the gunmen] reach within minutes and began killing people from close range," the survivor said.

The witness who was recovering in Bor civil hospital when Sudan Tribune spoke to him on Sunday said that we wished

August 12, 2010 (KHARTOUM) - The Spokesperson of the UN chief today denied that the head of the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) had threatened to hand over six IDPs delegate to the Sudanese government.At a daily press briefing Martin Nesirky, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General told reporter " the joint Special Representative did not threaten the IDPs [internally displaced persons]. UNAMID will not hand over the six IDP leaders in question without a reassurance that certain preconditions as to their rights are met."

Ibrahim Gambari, flanked by the Sudanese

August 9, 2010 (KHARTOUM) - The Governor of South Darfur State disclosed Monday his intention to relocate Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Kalma which is seen as a bastion of rebels supporters in the restive region of western Sudan.

Kalma, one of the largest in camps Darfur and home of around 100,000 people, was the theatre of bloody clashes between the supporters of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) of Abdel Wahid Al-Nur and others who back the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) which is negotiating with the Sudanese government in Doha.

August 7, 2010 (BOR) - Officials in Jonglei state have reported an outbreak of the deadly Kalazar disease in the area. The disease which struck this week has already left 48 people dead and more than 130 people hospitalized, with the fear that the death toll could get higher.

According to the minister for law enforcement in the state, Gabriel Duop Lam, the victims were having difficulty accessing areas where they could receive medical treatment.

Mr. Duop who returned from Ayod town on Thursday added that many patients are locked up in villages due to lack