Press release: MSF says 120,000 in Pibor ‘cut off from aid’
An estimated 120,000 people have fled fighting in and around the main towns in Pibor County in South Sudan’s Jonglei state and are now hiding in unsafe and malaria-infested swamps without access to...
View ArticleSudan security service frees 3 SPLM-N women leaders
The National Intelligence and Security service freed two days ago three SPLM-N women leaders who had spent more than a month in detention. The women claim to have been tortured in prison and verbally...
View ArticleNGO workers say malnutrition may spark unrest in Yida
Food shortages are already hitting hard thousands of refugees in Yida and growing malnutrition may trigger violence at the camp.read more
View ArticleExpectant mothers 'must walk long distances' to Aweil hospital
Several pregnant women from various counties in Northern Bahr el Ghazal have complained that they must walk long distances to reach the maternity department of the hospital in Aweil, the state...
View ArticleSeveral dead in shelling of South Kordofan capital
Artillery and mortar shells hit the capital of South Kordofan on Friday morning from rebel positions west of the city, according to sources inside Kadugli.read more
View ArticleUN to investigate Kuol killing, deploy another battalion in Abyei: Ladsous
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, has announced the appointment of a Nigerian general and a senior Mauritian AU lawyer to assume the task of investigating the...
View ArticleSudan security offices robbed in Kosti
Sudanese security services in Kosti in White Nile State were robbed of a large sum of money, according to an informed source.read more
View ArticleSudanese traders attacked near Abiemnhom
A convoy of Sudanese traders was attacked by unknown gunmen while heading to Abiemnhom in north-western Unity State of South Sudan. The commissioners of Mayom and Abiemnhom counties have condemned the...
View ArticlePress release: 20,000 people flee disputed border region
More than 20,000 people are almost cut off from aid in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state after fleeing violence in the disputed border region with Sudan, warned the international medical...
View ArticleUS congratulates South Sudan on Anniversary of Independence
US Secretary of State John Kerry has issued a press statement congratulating the Republic of South Sudan on the second anniversary of its independence.read more
View ArticleSymposium in El Fula for restoration of West Kordofan state
A large numbers of citizens from El Fula in the western sector of South Kordofan say they have reached consensus on the importance of the restoration of the state of West Kordofan which was merged with...
View ArticleExclusive: Unity's caretaker governor downplays tensions with Taban Deng
The newly appointed caretaker Governor of Unity state, Dr Joseph Nguen Monytuil, in an exclusive interview with Radio Tamazuj downplayed tensions with the outgoing governor Taban Deng Gai after taking...
View ArticleExclusive: ‘Security with neighbours top priority for Unity state’ –...
Security for the people of Unity state, the population of other states and the border with Sudan are to be top priorities while he is office, the newly appointed caretaker Governor of Unity state, Dr...
View ArticleDetention of Blue Nile accused ‘gross violation’: lawyers
The 22-month detention and subsequent release of a group of detainees in Blue Nile has been branded ‘a violation of their rights’ by the Sudanese Organisation for Defending Rights and Freedoms (SODRF)...
View Article‘Two killed in Sudan Air Force raid’ in South Kordofan
At least two people were reportedly killed and more injured – including children and elderly – in an alleged Sudanese Air Force bombing raid on the Tendalti area in Dalami County in South Kordofan on...
View ArticleUN urges peacekeepers to redeploy to focus on South Sudan hotspots
The UN Security Council urged peacekeepers in South Sudan to quickly move more troops and equipment to volatile areas like the eastern state of Jonglei to better protect civilians as it renewed the UN...
View ArticleAweil police arrest teacher for selling textbooks
The Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Police arrested a primary school teacher over the weekend for selling the new national school textbooks which are forbidden to be sold.read more
View ArticlePress release: On-going violence in Jonglei State
On behalf of the US Department of State, spokesperson Jen Psaki has issued a statement lamenting the on-going violence in Jonglei State, South Sudan:read more
View ArticleRustlers ‘kill 17, wound 11, steal 900 cattle’ in Unity state
Cattle rustlers have reportedly killed 17 people killed and left 11 injured for a haul of 900 cattle in a raid in Unity state.read more
View ArticleImprisonment and fine for “smugglers” to South Sudan
A court in Damazin, capital of Sudan’s Blue Nile State, has issued a custodial sentence as well as a hefty fine to two people accused of “smuggling food items to South Sudan”.read more
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