Salva Kiir travels to African Union summit
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has traveled to Malabo in Equatorial Guinea to attend a summit of leaders of the African Union. The crisis in South Sudan is expected to be one of the...
View Article‘Mounting tensions’ between government and rebels in Upper Nile
Residents in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state expressed concern at ‘mounting tensions’ between government forces and defected troops in the state.read more
View ArticleMinister denies SPLA recruitment of child soldiers
South Sudan’s government on Wednesday formally renewed its commitment to the Action Plan signed in 2012 with the United Nations to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers.read more
View ArticleSudan: Jailed opposition hunger strikers admitted to hospital
The six jailed supporters of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party who have been on a hunger strike since last Thursday were taken to the hospital three days ago, their colleagues said.read more
View ArticlePrices shoot up at Renk market, Upper Nile
Prices of essential commodities have shot up at the market in Renk town in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, locals said.read more
View ArticleBlue Nile refugees at Jendrasa camp ready for Ramadan
Blue Nile refugees at Jendrasa camp in Maban County in Sudan’s South Upper Nile state said that they have prepared themselves for the start of Ramadan on Thursday 27 June.read more
View ArticleJournalists rally for press freedom in Khartoum
The Sudanese Journalists’ Network (SJN) organised a sit-in on Thursday, demanding the release of El Jareeda newspaper’s correspondent in West Kordofan, who was detained by security forces in En Nahud...
View ArticleVideo: ‘Grace finds her mother’
South Sudan’s civil war has separated many families, sometimes leaving people uncertain of where their loved ones are or even whether they are still alive or not.read more
View ArticlePolitics: Dispute over S Sudan assembly appointments
The national parliament in Juba ‘came to a halt’ on Wednesday after a row between the Speaker Manasseh Magok Rundial and MPs who objected to his selection of 18 new committee heads.read more
View ArticlePolitical parties reject President Kiir’s ‘red line’
Leaders of South Sudanese political parties at a press conference on Thursday urged two warring factions of the SPLM/A to return to peace talks in Addis Ababa, while a number of parties’...
View ArticleSouth Sudan exams kick off today at IDP camps
South Sudan’s national examinations for secondary school students have kicked off today in different centers across the country including at the United Nations protection sites where 1,351 displaced...
View ArticleMesfin to meet UN Security Council today
The chief mediator of South Sudan’s peace talks, IGAD Special Envoy Seyoum Mesfin, is expected to meet the UN Security Council today.read more
View ArticleExpired drugs from India seized at Juba Airport
The Pharmaceuticals and Foods Control Authority (PFCA) seized a shipment of expired drugs at Juba International Airport on Thursday manufactured by the banned India-based Flamingo Company.read more
View ArticleSPLA-N: Five SAF soldiers killed at Bau, Blue Nile
The Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) destroyed a Sudanese army convoy heading toward Bau Locality in Blue Nile state on 20 June, said rebel spokesperson Arnu Ngutulu Lodi Thursday.read more
View ArticlePeace workshop for Dinka and Nuer in Tonj North
Residents held a workshop on peace-building and conflict resolution yesterday in Tong North County in South Sudan’s Warrap State.read more
View ArticleFursan clans reach peace deal
The feuding clans of the Fursan South and Fursan North tribes in Lagawa Locality in Sudan’s South Kordofan state reached a peace deal recently in Abu Zabad.read more
View ArticleMore than 1000 ex-JEM rebels await integration into Sudan army
The Justice and Equality Movement Sudan (JEM-Sudan) says that more than a thousand of its troops are ready to join the Sudanese army and other security branches.read more
View ArticleAssembly chairperson in Wau gets involved in case of dismissed teachers
The chairperson of the Education Committee of Western Bahr el Ghazal State Assembly has raised concerns over the dismissal of dozens of teachers in the state, saying the government needs to act quickly...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's vice president arrives in China
James Wani Igga, vice president of South Sudan, arrived in China late on Friday for a four-day official visit.read more
View ArticleFactbox: Uganda's military in South Sudan
The involvement of the Ugandan People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) in one of the major controversies of South Sudan’s civil war. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been a longtime ally of his cread more
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