[Unicef] As 2021 approaches, UNICEF is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition next year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, ...

[UN News] The joint United Nations-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (UNAMID) will officially end operations on Thursday, when the Government of Sudan will take over responsibility for the protection of civilians in the area.

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday 26/12/2020 reiterated the foundations of Egypt's firm stance on the imperative to formulate a binding legal agreement gathering Cairo, Khartoum and Addis Ababa on the Ethiopian dam.

[Nation] An air of optimism greeted the year 2020, but it has turned out to be the Horn of Africa's -- and indeed the World's -- worst Year-- an annus horribilis. Many are happy that this "horrible year" has come to an end.

[savethechildren_uk] Save the Children is warning of a devastating large-scale hunger crisis among children in South Sudan, as new data shows a dramatic increase in food insecurity that has pushed one million children to the brink of starvation - as ...

[RSF] With support from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the family of slain British-American journalist Christopher Allen have launched an online memorial and writing prize to mark what would have been his 30th birthday. More than three years after ...

[WHO] To prevent the risk of a cholera outbreak following the devastating floods that displaced communities and led to contamination of water sources in Bor South county, the Ministry of Health with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and pa...

[East African] Regional bloc, teh Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), has formally lifted travel sanctions imposed on South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar during the war.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Yesterday, lawyers criticized the way the Juba Peace Agreement was included in the Constitutional Document, explaining that the document required approval from two-thirds of the members of the Legislative Council for it to...

[UN News] Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, three UN agencies called on Friday for immediate humanitarian access to eastern South Sudan's Pibor county, where people ...

[African Arguments] Egypt's deepening relations with Sudanese senior military will prolong talks over the GERD as Egypt attempts to leverage its geopolitical relationship with Sudan to influence the water sharing negotiations.

[UN News] The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has appealed for the international community to remain focused on the country as it continues to make gains on the political and peacebuilding fronts.

[Radio Dabanga] Telkok -- Thousands of people attended a conference on the eastern Sudan track of the Juba Peace Agreement in Teweit, Telkok locality, Kassala. It was organised under the patronage of Beja Sheikh Ali Betai and the sheikh of the Hamash...

[African Arguments] The NSS has become a feared agency and a vital tool in the government's campaign of silencing dissent.

[HRW] Adiang Malish (not their real name) was used to receiving phone calls at all hours of the day and night. A busy journalist in Juba, South Sudan, the 37-year-old was regularly called by pranksters and important sources alike. When he received th...

[HRW] Nairobi -- South Sudanese authorities have failed to stem or investigate the appalling abuses by the country's National Security Service (NSS), Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. Since the outbreak of the civil war in December...

[HRW] South Sudan's National Security Service (NSS) was established in 2011, after the country gained independence. The 2011 Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, mandates the NSS to collect information, conduct analysis, and advi...

[Nation] Juba -- Representatives of South Sudan's parties to the 2018 revitalised peace agreement have agreed to end the prolonged stalemate on formation of states governments and reconstitution of the National Legislative Assembly.

[WHO] Arok Juong Lueth, a 32-year-old mother of three, a resident of Malueth in Rumbek Centre, Lakes State at the crack of dawn woke up filled with a renewed sense of hope, quickly left her children and house unattended to join a group of women who h...

[New Frame] The world's youngest country is still finding its feet in international football. Their Cameroonian coach explains the challenges he has encountered managing the Bright Stars.

[Dalsan Radio] The U.S. military says it conducted two airstrikes in the vicinity of Jilib 112KM south to Kismaayo in Lower Juba region on Thursday.

[East African] Juba -- Representatives of South Sudan's parties to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement have agreed to end the prolonged stalemate on formation of states governments and reconstitution of the National Legislative Assembly.

[Monitor] Government is working on an interconnection to export electricity to South Sudan, according to Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL).

[Monitor] British and American diplomats have asked President Museveni to leverage on South Sudan leaders to hold election after the Ugandan leader proposed that only a vote can resolve the political and security impasse in Juba.

[Monitor] President Museveni Sunday said he will continue pushing for elections in the neighboring South Sudan on grounds that it will help solve their political problems "once and for all."

[African Arguments] Amid shifting dynamics in the Horn of Africa, South Sudan finds itself caught in the middle of regional rivalries.

[Ghanaian Times] South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has expressed optimism about achieving peace despite the delay in implementing critical tasks in the 2018 peace deal.

[Daily Maverick] Refuting evidence putting him in league with Gupta lieutenant Salim Essa, former Eskom executive Matshela Koko accuses the Zondo Commission of targeting particular people rather than following the evidence.

[MSF] In a shelter made of elephant grass and plastic sheets in the Protection of Civilians site (PoC) in Bentiu, northern South Sudan, a widow cooks for her children. Nyamal*, 43 years old, is preparing the traditional dish wualwual, a kind of porri...