Drivers in Western Equatoria taxed to help fund road repairs
The State Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Public Utilities in Western Equatoria State and the Chamber of Commerce says drivers and motorbike riders in the state are being asked to contribute...
View ArticleFormer South Sudan central bank governor dies aged 77
Elijah Malok Aleng, former governor of the Central Bank of South Sudan, has died in a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, aged 77.read more
View ArticleUpper Nile government to send medicines to Panyikang
The Upper Nile Government has pledged to send urgently needed medicines to Panyikang County and other areas, amid reported drug shortages, according to the acting governor. read more
View ArticleSudan’s Bashir orders urgent constitutional amendments
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has directed the national parliament to pass a motion making necessary and urgent amendments on some articles of the Constitution.read more
View ArticlePastor abducted by gunmen in Morobo, Central Equatoria
A pastor in a South Sudanese town near the Congolese border was abducted by non-uniformed and unidentified men last Saturday, according to multiple sources.read more
View Article85,000 refugees cut off by Unity State fighting
Recent attacks by the SPLA-IO faction have imperiled the supply line to refugee camps hosting 85,000 Sudanese refugees in Pariang County in northern Unity State, South Sudan.read more
View ArticlePeacemakers sent to S Sudanese communities
Dozens of peace mobilizers have been sent into South Sudanese communities after a four-week training and planning meeting in Yei, Central Equatoria.read more
View ArticleSpokesman says SPLA-IO withdraw from Rubkona
The South Sudanese SPLA-IO faction says that it has withdrawn from Rubkona on the northern bank of the Bahr al-Ghazal River, after attempting to take both Rubkona and its twin city Bentiu since...
View ArticleSudan security agents detain communist party member in Blue Nile
Sudan’s security agents have arrested a leading member of the Sudanese Communist Party in Blue Nile state Wednesday, the party’s secretary-general Suleiman Ali said.read more
View ArticleBombing kills elderly woman in Dalami, South Kordofan
An elderly woman was reported killed and farms destroyed by a bomb dropped Wednesday by the Sudanese air force on Dalami locality in South Kordofan.read more
View ArticleCanada imposes sanctions on South Sudanese generals
The North American country Canada has joined the group of nations sanctioning top South Sudanese generals involved in the country’s civil war. Canada accuses two South Sudanese generals of committing...
View ArticleJonglei teacher strike enters second week
Teachers in South Sudan’s Jonglei state have been on strike for almost two weeks because they haven’t received allowances since August.read more
View ArticleUnity State top security official abruptly dismissed
Unity State State Security Advisor John Malok Matai was yesterday removed from office without explanation, according to a gubernatorial decree read out on state-run television.read more
View ArticleSouth Sudan security detain photojournalist
South Sudan’s National Security Service this afternoon have detained Jok Solomon, a photojournalist working with the independent weekly newspaper ‘New Nation,’ based in Juba.read more
View ArticleNewspaper editor-in-chief summoned by South Sudan police
Juba Monitor editor Alfred Taban was summoned by police on Thursday after a complaint about an opinion article and spent several hours at the police station before being allowed to leave.read more
View ArticleNewspaper journalist detained for 5 hours in Juba
A newspaper columnist and reporter for a daily South Sudanese newspaper was detained today in Juba and held for five hours before being released. read more
View ArticleDetained photojournalist released, summoned again
The New Nation newspaper photojournalist detained by the National Security Service (NSS) in Juba yesterday was released after being held for four hours, but his camera was kept and he was ordered to...
View ArticleNighttime clash in Juba’s Jabarona neighborhood
Gunshots were heard in the Jabarona area of Juba at around 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. The armed group that controls the city says it clashed with criminals in the area.read more
View ArticlePPLF say government blocked meeting with mediators
South Sudan’s Political Parties Leadership Forum (PPLF) has claimed that the South Sudanese government obstructed a meeting with the IGAD peace mediation team, which sent representatives to Juba to...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Top 10 stories of October
The most popular stories published by Radio Tamazuj in October were all about political or security issues in South Sudan, according to the number of website page views. Readers were drawn to stories...
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