S Sudan asks NGOs to fire foreign aid workers amid hunger crisis
South Sudan’s government has issued an order to non-governmental relief organizations to fire employees of foreign origin, saying they must cease working by mid-October.read more
View ArticleWestern Equatoria governor says Egypt to help electrify Yambio
Western Equatoria State Governor Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro says that the Egyptian government is ready to help install electrical power in his state capital Yambio, seven years after the town power went...
View ArticleRumbek Secondary students demand Sudan certificate exams
Rumbek National Secondary School candidates are demanding to sit for the Sudan Secondary School certificate exams.read more
View ArticleNgok Dinka resist inclusion in Sudan’s 2015 elections
Natives of the disputed Abyei Area between Sudan and South Sudan have rejected Abyei’s inclusion as one of the geographical constituencies in the upcoming Sudanese elections scheduled for April...
View ArticleDocument: African Union resolutions on Sudan talks
The African Union Peace and Security Council has urged the AU High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) for Sudan to carry out a meeting among Sudanese political parties in Addis Ababa and facilitate...
View ArticlePeace conference between Hamar and Ma’alia tribes next week
Authorities in Sudan’s West Kordofan state announced that a final reconciliation conference between the Arab nomadic tribes Hamar and Ma’alia will be convened on 23 September in El Fula town.read more
View ArticleTrucks stranded on Yei-Maridi road
Hundreds of trucks are stuck on the Maridi-Yei road in Central Equatoria State of South Sudan. The blockage point is about 9 miles from Yei. read more
View ArticleSPLM-IO and SPLM-Leaders want Lam Akol at peace talks
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) and SPLM-Leaders delegations at South Sudan’s peace talks hosted in Ethiopia say they would like the opposition politician Lam Akol to...
View ArticleMedical donations given to Renk County
Renk County in Upper Nile has received medical aid supplies estimated at 20 tonnes recently, according to Director of Health Services Chol Ayak.read more
View ArticleRefugee children lack schooling at White Nile camps
Hundreds of South Sudanese children and youth are out of school at refugee camps in Sudan’s White Nile state due to troubling humanitarian conditions, according parents. read more
View ArticleAlleged killers of Chinese oil workers executed in Khartoum
The management of the federal Kober Prison in Khartoum North on Sunday carried out the death penalty against two men accused of having killed Chinese workers in West Kordofan several years ago.read more
View ArticleEquatorian youth leaders meet in Juba
Youth leaders from the three states of South Sudan’s Equatoria region yesterday launched a two-day conference aiming to promote the role of youth in society and promote a spirit of unity and...
View ArticleMalakal residents under UN protection fear to return home
South Sudanese taking shelter at the UNMISS protection camp in Malakal in Upper Nile State expressed fears of being attack again if they return home.read more
View ArticleMediators in talks on S Sudan negotiations agenda
Talks began today in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, between the IGAD peace mediators and the South Sudanese stakeholders to determine the agenda for the current round of negotiations, which is just...
View ArticleAid agency calls on South Sudan to ‘revoke’ labour order
The relief organization Oxfam has called on the South Sudanese government to revoke an order to non-governmental organizations ordering the firing of foreign aid workers serving in certain...
View ArticleFallata tribe accuse SPLM-IO of livestock raid in Blue Nile
A herder from the Fallata nomadic tribe was killed and another wounded by unknown gunmen during a livestock raid in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, according to a traditional leader.read more
View ArticleText of media ‘law’ still kept secret by S Sudan govt
South Sudan’s Media Authority Act is yet to be published or distributed to the press, in spite of assurances by Presidential Press Secretary Ateny Wek that a copy of the law would be shared with media...
View ArticleKala-azar disease on the rise in Akoka, Upper Nile
The number of patients suffering from kala-azar disease is on the rise in Akoka County, Upper Nile, county commissioner Daniel Yor said.read more
View Article1000+ flee tensions on Uganda-S Sudan border
High tensions along part of the border between Uganda and South Sudan have forced more than 1,000 South Sudanese to flee from Moyo District into Kajo-Keji County, according to authorities in Kajo-Keji...
View ArticleDiplomats ‘concerned’ after S Sudan politicians blocked from traveling to...
Diplomats of four European countries, the European Union and the United States of America expressed concern on Tuesday that “some members of the political parties delegation have been prevented from...
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