[Nation] Juba -- Sudan and Ethiopia have welcomed South Sudan's efforts to mediate their border dispute, with Ethiopia asking the Juba team to prioritise neutrality during the talks.

[East African] Juba -- Sudan and Ethiopia have welcomed South Sudan's efforts to mediate their border dispute, with Addis Ababa asking the Juba team to prioritise neutrality during the talks.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] As world marks Red Hand Day, United Nations warns coronavirus could fuel child recruitment by armed groups

[Cosafa] Former Banyana Banyana Performance Analyst Shilene Booysen (far right) has been appointed as the new head coach for the South Sudan Senior Women's football team.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Sara, who was abducted at age 12, spent two years as a fighter for one of the country's armed groups

[East African] Four senior officials working in South Sudan's Office of the President have tested positive for coronavirus.

[East African] Juba -- South Sudan on Wednesday recorded 156 confirmed cases of Covid-19, the highest since the beginning of the year, according to its Public Health Laboratory.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Coronavirus pandemic feared driving more children into armed groups as world marks Red Hand Day

[IPS] Bonn, Germany -- The threat of a full-blown civil war in South Sudan remains unless the country's leaders can broaden power sharing, warns a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) released almost year into the country's formation of...

[East African] Juba -- South Sudan's Central Bank on Tuesday introduced a 1,000 Pound banknote in a move to ease transactions.

[Crisis Group] Ten years after independence, South Sudan is faring poorly, beleaguered by political and socio-economic ills. The civil war's two main antagonists have an uneasy peace, but others fight on. The country needs a reset rooted in power sha...

[Nation] Juba -- South Sudan will receive its first consignment of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine before the end of February.

[WHO] Juba -- To mitigate the risk of cross-border disease spread and minimize the risk of travel, trade and public health security, the Government of Japan and the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish port health facility at Juba Internation...

[OHCHR] Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado

[WHO] Juba -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) and WHO are to build the second phase of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) in Juba, South Sudan.

[New Times] The South Sudan national basketball team is in Rwanda for a two-week camp, as it prepares for the upcoming Afrobasket qualifiers.

[Nation] Juba -- The South Sudan National Taskforce on Covid-19 has reintroduced a partial lockdown amid a surge of cases across the country.

[East African] Juba -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with South Sudan to give Juba a $14 million grant to boost agriculture.

[Ethiopian Herald] The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, welcomed the Government of South Sudan's approval to establish transitional justice mechanisms, including the African Union Hybrid Court for S...

[Africa Renewal] In Maridi, clean water frees up women's time and improves community health.

[AI London] South Sudan's National Security Service (NSS) is using abusive surveillance to terrorize journalists, activists and critics, leading to a climate of intense fear and self-censorship, Amnesty International said in a new report.

[East African] Juba -- Peace monitors and mediators have urged parties to stop blame games and instead work together to expedite the anticipated unification of forces in South Sudan as stipulated in the 2018 peace accord.

[UN News] A UN human rights commission on South Sudan has welcomed developments towards the establishment of long-awaited transitional justice mechanisms to address violations committed during conflict, as required under the 2018 peace agreement.

[HRW] The Government Approves War Crimes Court, Other Measures

[PR Newswire] Juba, South Sudan -- IPC results show the need for scale-up to meet extreme food insecurity.

[East African] Juba -- South Sudan will switch to a new official time zone in February, the government has announced.

[HRW] Sudan's Government Still Failing to Protect Darfuri Civilians

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged South Sudan leaders to hasten the implementation of the remaining aspects of the peace agreement signed in Khartoum, Sudan in 2018.

[East African] The South Sudan's Internal Security Bureau of the National Security Services in Juba has apprehended two people believed to have counterfeited more than $1.8 million.

[PR Newswire] Juba, South Sudan -- Summary of humanitarian needs