Machar plans to visit Khartoum early August
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar will visit Sudan in early August, the opposition has said, following an official notification from Khartoum that it is ready to receive him.read more
View ArticleObeid-Kadugli road reopened after rains
The El Obeid-Kadugli road in Sudan’s South Kordofan state has been reopened after it was cut off by flooding following six hours of heavy rains.read more
View ArticleAmnesty for 200 Sudan army staff prisoners
The Sudanese Minister of Defence on Saturday announced amnesty for 200 army staff prisoners on the occasion of the Eid El Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.read more
View ArticleEpiscopal Church establishes new diocese in Jonglei
Episcopal Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul has formed a new diocese by splitting Bor Diocese in Jonglei State and establishing a new bishop at Athooch.read more
View ArticlePower outages in northern town of Renk
Renk in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state has been experiencing electrical blackouts, which also affected the water supply system and other facilities in the town.read more
View ArticleFashoda IDPs still occupying schools
IDPs continue to occupy schools in Fashoda County in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, affecting this year’s schooling, local authorities said.read more
View ArticleVideo: ‘South Sudan on the brink of famine’
The UN Children’s Agency (UNICEF) estimates nearly one million children under age 5 in South Sudan will require treatment for acute malnutrition in 2014.read more
View ArticleExperts study South Sudan hunger data
Health experts at a conference in South Sudan's capital are debating exactly how severe the hunger situation is in the world's newest country, and if the hunger brought on by violence that erupted in...
View ArticleDeadly traffic accidents mar Eid al-Fitr in Damazin
At least two people were killed and another injured in separate road accidents in Damazin town in Sudan’s Blue Nile state Monday night on the eve of Eid al-Fitr.read more
View ArticleSouth Kordofan governor calls for amnesty for rebels
The governor of Sudan’s South Kordofan state said rebels who lay down their weapons should be granted amnesty.read more
View ArticleGok Machar faces shortages of medical staff, drugs
Medical clinics in Aweil North County in Northern Bahr el Ghazi State face shortages of medicines and workers, including in the clinics at the county seat, Gok Machar.read more
View ArticleFew IDPs returning to Bentiu despite state gov’s assurances
Most IDPs in Bentiu prefer to stay at the UN base in the town instead of returning home, the Unity state government has said.read more
View ArticleS. Sudan lawyers call for public memorials for victims of atrocities
The South Sudan Law Society (SSLS) has called for public memorials to be built in South Sudan to honor victims of historical and recent massacres.read more
View ArticleSouth Sudan gov declares 10 politicians ‘illegal’
Martin Elia Lomuro, the Cabinet Minister of South Sudan’s government led by Salva Kiir on Tuesday declared ten representatives of political parties ‘illegal’ and announced they are ‘not allowed’ to...
View ArticleSPLA’s ‘Red Army’ former child soldiers hold anniversary
South Sudan’s ‘Red Army’ of former child soldiers celebrated on Tuesday the second anniversary of the ‘Red Army Foundation’, an organization that in recent years sought to reunite the former SPLA child...
View ArticleMissing prosecutor found alive in Eastern Equatoria
Torit County Legal Advisor John Wani who disappeared from home on July 10 and was feared dead, has been found alive by local Mura Hatiha youths.read more
View ArticleAmnesty for 16 Blue Nile prisoners
Sudan’s Blue Nile state government ordered the release of sixteen inmates from the Roseries Prison on financial bail to mark the end of the Ramadan fast.read more
View ArticleSPLM-IO accuses President Kiir of trying to move S. Sudan's capital
South Sudan’s armed opposition accused President Salva Kiir of being behind the attempt by Western Bahr el Ghazal governor Rizig Zachariah Hassan to move the nation’s capital from Juba to Wau.read more
View ArticleS Sudan violence deprives thousands of HIV patients of drugs
Thousands of HIV/AIDs patients in South Sudan have been deprived of drugs for months because hospitals have been destroyed, populations of whole towns and villages have been displaced, and government...
View ArticleArmed horsemen cross from Central Africa into Ezo County
The Commissioner of Ezo County in Western Equatoria says that armed horsemen have crossed into the county from Central African Republic, allegedly killing one person.read more
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