Half a million people uprooted in South Sudan
Nearly half a million people are already displaced due to the war in South Sudan, the UN Coordination Office reported on Tuesday.read more
View ArticleGovernment assessing massive damage in Bentiu, says situation ‘very bad’
Unity State’s governor and several ministers returned to Bentiu on Monday to reestablish civil authority in the state capital just days after a battle for control of the city.read more
View ArticleWarrap officials warn of malnutrition and disease
Warrap State officials are warning of malnutrition and possible outbreaks of infectious diseases among the thousands of people who fled to the state.read more
View ArticleCivilians desert Malakal as fighting rages
South Sudan’s second largest city is again abandoned by its inhabitants as fighting raged there Tuesday for the second time since the start of the conflict in the country a month ago.read more
View ArticleNegotiations update: ‘Detainees is the main issue’
South Sudan’s opposition delegation announced on Tuesday that the release of the political detainees held by President Salva Kiir continues to be the ‘main issue’ at negotiations in Addis Ababa.read more
View ArticleSouth Sudan government cuts phone networks in Malakal
Mobile phone networks are down in much of Upper Nile State including the state capital Malakal after clashes between the opposition and forces loyal to Salva Kiir.read more
View ArticleSudanese traders estimate losses at 50 million SSP
Sudanese traders in South Sudan’s Malakal and Bor towns have lost at least 50 million South Sudanese pounds as a result of looting and dsectruction, one trader estimated in an interview with Radio...
View ArticleSudan: Fuel and bread prices rise in Kadugli
Kadugli town in South Kordofan State has experienced an acute shortage of fuel and flour as well as rising prices of other consumer goods on the market.read more
View ArticleAerial bombing kills 3 in Sudan's Blue Nile
An aerial attack carried out by an Antonov airplane 'belonging to the Sudanese Air Force' left three civilians dead and four injured in Blue Nile. Children are believed to be among the victims.read more
View ArticleMore than 7000 IDPs in Warrap: official
The top humanitarian official in Warrap State revised upward the estimate of the number of people who fled from neighboring Unity State, putting the number now at more than 7000.read more
View ArticlePrison service in Nasser searches for 40 escaped inmates
The prison service in Nasser in Upper Nile State is searching for more than 40 prisoners who ran away when fighting broke out in the town last month.read more
View ArticleWBEG governor tries to mobilize support in Raja County
Rizik Zacharia, governor of Western Bahr al Ghazal State, travelled with a delegation of the state government to the northern border county of Raja where he gave a speech and opened development...
View ArticleRRC and UN figures conflict on number of displaced in Lakes
The United Nations and the South Sudanese Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) have made conflicting estimates as to the number of displaced people in Lakes States. Their estimates differ by...
View ArticleNegotiations update: IGAD sees progress in ceasefire talks
Talks continued in Addis Ababa on Wednesday between the two parties to the South Sudan conflict, the government led by Salva Kiir and the dissident SPLM faction led by Riek Machar.read more
View ArticleParliament to consider Kiir’s declaration of emergency
President Salva Kiir has submitted to South Sudan’s national assembly the declaration of emergency for approval. The parliament is expected to sit Monday to consider the matter.read more
View ArticleHundreds of defected SPLA take over west bank towns in Upper Nile
About 180 SPLA soldiers defected yesterday in Wadakona in northern Upper Nile State after the earlier defection of 260 in Kaka, further weakening government control in the state just two days after the...
View ArticleRumbek protesters want UNMISS chief to quit South Sudan
Hundreds of people in Rumbek on Tuesday marched to the compound of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) calling on its head Hilde Johnson to pack and leave the country.read more
View ArticleAnother boat sinks near Malakal carrying people desperate to leave embattled...
A second boat sank near Malakal on Tuesday just two days after an accident in which more than 200 people drowned. The boat was carrying people desperate to leave the city after it came under attack by...
View ArticleAt least 126 gunshot victims in Malakal fighting
Heavy fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile resulted in the wounding of at least 126 people, according to medical sources. The total casualties could actually be far higher, but that is the known number...
View ArticleNegotiations update: Mediator to South Sudan capital for third visit
The chief mediator of the South Sudan conflict, Seyoum Mesfin, left the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa yesterday afternoon heading to Juba together with the head of the South Sudanese government...
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