[HRW] Facilitate Commission's Work; Advance Justice

[VOA] A new report says South Sudanese journalists, rights activists and opposition members living outside the country are still at risk of being harassed and even killed by South Sudanese authorities, most notably by the National Security Service (N...

[VOA] Juba -- The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in South Sudan's Juba International Airport on Thursday. The 132,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be offered first to health care workers, including doctors and nurses, along with ot...

[East African] Juba -- South Sudan on Thursday received 132,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

[East African] The European Union has sanctioned South Sudan army general Gabriel Moses Lokujo over human rights violations.

[Unicef] Juba -- Today 132,000 doses of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the Juba International Airport. This is the first of several vaccine shipments scheduled to arrive over the coming months to South Sudan through the support of the C...

[Premium Times] Other countries identified by the report are Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, The Sudan and Syria Arab Republic.

[HRW] HRW Statement - Item 10 General Debate

[VOA] Juba -- Six foreigners have been arrested on suspicion of illegal logging in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state and are expected to appear in court this week to face charges.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The EU Council today decided to impose restrictive measures on eleven individuals and four entities responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses in various countries around the world. Together with the li...

[East African] South Sudan's Fifth Vice President has contracted the novel coronavirus, her press office has confirmed.

[Nation] South Sudan's Fifth Vice President has contracted the novel coronavirus, her press office has confirmed.

[Radio Dabanga] Juba -- Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan, met Abdelwahid El Nur, leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-AW), and his accompanying delegation in Juba this week.

[VOA] Juba -- Leaders in South Sudan's Central Equatoria state say at least eight people were killed in a suspected revenge attack Thursday.

[VOA] Juba , South Sudan -- A 14-year-old South Sudanese girl who could not control her urine or bowel movements for two years is lying on a bed at the Lutheran Medical Center in Juba, recovering from an operation to repair a fistula - a medical cond...

[HRW] Council Stresses Need for Justice, Rights Monitoring, Civilian Protection

[African Arguments] The South Sudan crisis since 2013 has caused untold suffering to South Sudanese women. They have experienced displacement, loss of family members and gross human rights violations, including sexual assault and rape.

[Nation] The South Sudan government has suffered a fresh setback after the Court of Appeal in Kenya ordered that its bank accounts at NCBA and Stanbic be frozen in the wake of a legal tiff with a firm linked to former Cabinet minister Cyrus Jirongo, ...

[Monitor] Unidentified gunmen suspected to be from South Sudan last evening raided Moyo District and shot eight Ugandan fishermen dead.

[East African] Juba -- The United Nations Security Council on Monday extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until March 15, 2022 after the unanimous adoption of resolution 2567 (2021).

[VOA] Military and political officials in South Sudan supported well-armed militias in the Greater Jonglei region and must be held accountable for fueling community-based violence that killed more than 700 people between January and June of last year...

[Nation] Juba. The United Nations Security Council on Monday extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until March 15, 2022 after the unanimous adoption of resolution 2567 (2021).

[UN News] As hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan due to a combination of violence, climate change and COVID-19, the 2021 South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan was launched on Tuesday aiming to reach 6.6 million people - including 350,000...

[Monitor] By Robert Elema

[VOA] Juba -- The U.N.'s Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, has released an urgent appeal for $1.7 billion dollars to help 6.6 million people facing food insecurity.

[UN News] Military and political officials in South Sudan supporting community-based militias in the Greater Jonglei region, must be held accountable for violence that killed more than 700 people over a six-month period last year, the UN human rights...

[Radio Dabanga] Juba, South Sudan -- Abdelwahid El Nur, founder and leader of a faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-AW), arrived in the capital of South Sudan yesterday to discuss his vision for a comprehensive and sustainable peace in Suda...

[New Frame] The youngest country in Africa has a grand plan to deliver one of the best women's sides on the continent and, in the process, empower girls to take part in the sport equally and freely.

[East African] On January 9, 2005, in Naivasha, the belligerents to the Sudan conflict put pen to paper, ending what was then billed as Africa's longest running war. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Khartoum and the Sudan Peoples' Liberation...

[Nation] Elvis Rupia enjoyed a dream Harambee Stars debut as Kenya edged South Sudan 1-0 at Nyayo Stadium on Saturday in an international friendly.