South Sudan
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:20:48 GMTKenya - Tanzania to Build Grain Silos in Mombasa After Juba, Lubumbashi
[The Exchange] Tanzania is envisioning the construction of giant grain storage facilities and distribution centres in Mombasa to assist in selling surplus food crops from the country.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 05:15:20 GMTMSF Mourns Colleague Murdered in Agok
[MSF] It is with great sadness that Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms the death of David Deng Aleu, a South Sudanese nurse that worked in the MSF hospital in Agok. David was killed inside his home on Thursday 10 February when intercommunal fi...
Sat, 12 Feb 2022 05:06:54 GMTPolitical Violence On the Rise, UN Rights Experts Warn
[UN News] UN human rights experts have warned of increased political violence and polarization between communities across the world's youngest country, South Sudan, following a fact-finding visit there this week.
Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:04:04 GMTJoint Letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council
[HRW] Extend the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
Fri, 11 Feb 2022 07:26:57 GMTArmed Men From South Sudan Kill One, Abduct Three Children in Cross-Border Raid - Official
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Gambella Region Press Secretariat, said that armed men from the Murle community in South Sudan have crossed the border and attacked Dima refugee camp and Gog woreda in the Gambella Region, killing one person and in...
Sat, 12 Feb 2022 05:06:54 GMTRadio Miraya Builds Trust in South Sudan, Amid Hate and Disinformation
[UN News] Although internal conflict erupted within the world's youngest country after independence in 2011, Radio Miraya, the news service launched by the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan in 2005, has stuck fast to its original mandate of tryi...
Wed, 09 Feb 2022 08:22:11 GMTMuseveni Reverses Gen Kandiho's Transfer to South Sudan - Now Appointed to Police
[Nile Post] In a twist of events, President Museveni who is also the commander in chief of the armed forces has reversed the earlier appointment of former Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence boss, Maj Gen Abel Kandiho to South Sudan and appointed hi...
Tue, 08 Feb 2022 07:01:10 GMTWorld Cup Qualifiers - Rwanda Face South Sudan in Opening Game
[New Times] Rwanda will face South Sudan in the two sides' first Group B game at the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers that will take place in Dakar, Senegal.
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:30:10 GMTHuman Rights - What South Sudan Needs to Prioritise
[HRW] A Proposal from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the South Sudan Human Rights Defenders Network
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 08:23:50 GMTHow South Sudan's Peace Process Became a Motor for Violence
[The New Humanitarian] Warrap, South Sudan -- 'It's the politicians in Juba that are causing all the problems here.'
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:33:50 GMTViolence Displaces Sudanese, South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia
[VOA] Geneva -- More than 20,000 Sudanese and South Sudanese forced by violence to flee their refugee camps in northwestern Ethiopia are in desperate need of lifesaving aid.
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:50:14 GMTEducation, Pastoral Care, Liturgical and Spiritual Assistance for Refugees in the North of the Country
[Agenzia Fides] Palabek -- The Don Bosco Professional Center in the Palabek refugee camp trains students who would not be able to complete their education due to their status. Girls often become pregnant at a very young age, between 14 and 18. For th...
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 06:07:50 GMTKenya, Rwanda Leaders Commit to Finding Lasting Solutions to Conflicts in Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- President Uhuru Kenyatta and President Paul Kagame held one-on-one talks at State House, Nairobi, while President Paul Kagame was in the country on a working visit. The two leaders affirmed their commitment to working ...
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 11:34:18 GMTSouth Sudanese Basketball Star Kuany Lauds Rwandan Team
[New Times] South Sudanese basketball star Kuany Ngor Nguany has praised Rwanda for developing basketball and being on trajectory to be one of the best in Africa.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 07:02:47 GMTWith Support From WHO Over 200 000 People Receive Cholera Vaccine in Flooded Hotspot Areas
[WHO-AFRO] Kai Koang, at the crack of dawn on a Tuesday morning, armed with his loud megaphone tightly held to his mouth and moving from house-to-house stormed site D of the highly populated Bentiu internally displaced persons (IDP) camp passing on g...
Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:18:43 GMTStakeholders Recommit to Enhance Efforts to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases in South Sudan
[WHO-AFRO] Juba, 30 January 2022 - South Sudan joined the rest of the world to commemorate the first World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, a day marked to boost the global fight against NTDs which have affected more than 1.5 billion people gl...
Sun, 30 Jan 2022 07:14:34 GMTWorld Bank Approves U.S.$100 Million for Flood Victims
[SSNA] Juba -- The World Bank has approved a $100 million relief package for flood victims in South Sudan, a senior government official who works for the ministry of foreign affair and who asked his name not to be used because he was not authorized t...
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:40:12 GMTSouth Sudan's Human Rights Record to Be Examined By Universal Periodic Review
[OHCHR] Geneva -- South Sudan is one of the States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its 40th session taking place from 24 January to 3 February *, which marks the end of the UPR third cycle. South Sudan's first and second UPR reviews to...
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:53:30 GMTTanzania Opens Crop Storage Facilities in Lubumbashi, Juba
[Daily News] The first batch of Tanzania's crop consignment has been delivered at the newly constructed storage facilities in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Juba, South Sudan respectively.
Sat, 29 Jan 2022 07:21:10 GMTCapacity Building for Health Emergency Responders on the Incident Management System
[Africa CDC] As part of enhancing coordination and strengthening the response capacities in African's Member States, Africa CDC support the capacity building for South Sudan national and sub-national public health emergency responders on incident man...
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:38:14 GMTUN Mission Calls for Probe Into Deadly Attack in South Sudan
[UN News] Authorities in South Sudan must investigate a report of deadly intercommunal violence in Jonglei State earlier this week, the UN mission in the country, UNMISS, said on Tuesday.
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:43:20 GMTSouth Sudan Holds Peace Olympics to Foster Reconciliation
[VOA] Twic County -- South Sudan has held a peace Olympics to help reconcile communities divided by conflict. The "Twic Olympics" this year marked its 20th anniversary in Twic County.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 05:59:38 GMTSouth Sudanese Gunmen Cross Border, Kill People in Gambella Region - Police
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Gambella region police commission stated that militiamen from neighboring South Sudan crossed borders and launched an attack on the region leaving eight people dead and five others injured. According to the police ...
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:13:05 GMTSouth Sudan Signs Peace Deal With Splinter Opposition
[Ghanaian Times] South Sudan's government has reached a peace deal in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, with the break-away faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/ Army-In-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) under General Simon Gatwech Dual.