South Sudan security service seize Juba Monitor papers
South Sudan’s national security service seized the entire Thursday print run of Juba Monitor newspaper over two articles that it considered objectionable and not fit for the public to read.read more
View ArticleOpinion: Is Juba Teaching Hospital becoming a military hospital?
Juba Teaching Hospital is awash in weapons. Soldiers and police officers accompany their wounded colleagues on the hospital grounds, guns at their sides. Armed bodyguards escort high-profile government...
View ArticleSouth Kordofan chiefs file legal suit against governor
South Kordofan’s civil administration says it will sue the State Governor Adam Al Faki for removing the mek of the Nuba in Abassiya Tagali, Ahmed Mansur Leiliya.read more
View ArticleUpper Nile conflict drives 4000 people into Maban County
Maban County has become a haven for more than 4,000 people fleeing other areas in Upper Nile State in spite of widespread fears of attack, which the county commissioner says are unfounded.read more
View ArticleHRW documents massacre of 200-300 Nuer men in government building in Juba
Police and soldiers loyal to President Salva Kiir rounded up between 200 and 300 Nuer men and forced them into an overcrowded room in a government building of Gudele neighborhood in Juba on 16...
View ArticleWau mayor welcomes more than 500 IDPs from Unity State
Arkangelo Anyar Anyar, mayor of the capital of Western Bahr al Ghazal, said that more than 500 people arrived in the city having fled conflict in Unity State to the northeast.read more
View ArticleHundreds of new refugees at Yida camp fled SAF attacks
About 336 refugees from Kayga in the Nuba Mountains arrived at Yida refugee camp while hundreds more are still on the way having fled offensives by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) last month.read more
View ArticleSPLA commander in Manyo denies rebel takeover
Brigadier-General Joseph Gai, SPLA commander in Manyo County, denied that defected forces loyal to Riek Machar have taken control of Wadakona.read more
View ArticleCabinet urges justice minister to expedite detainees’ investigation
South Sudan’s council of ministers in its meeting on Friday applauded the justice minister for progress in investigating the 11 political detainees and urged him to expedite the process.read more
View ArticleBREAKING: Kiir and Machar agree to ceasefire
South Sudan’s government headed by Salva Kiir and opposition forces led by Riek Machar have accepted a ceasefire agreement after negotiations in Addis Ababa, top sources in both Juba and the Ethiopian...
View ArticleJuba restaurant burns down in fire
Ethiopian-owned owned Green Garden restaurant in Juba was burnt down in a fire on Saturday. The cause of the blaze is not known, but witness accounts suggest it may have involved cooking gas and...
View ArticleAU threatens sanctions against politicians blocking peace
The African Union has threatened ‘targeted sanctions’ against South Sudanese who block peace in the country and called for cessation of hostilities, which has been agreed by both parties to the...
View ArticleUN admits its looted vehicles being used by combatants
The United Nations has acknowledged that its vehicles in Bor and Bentiu were looted by opposition forces and apparently used in their operations during recent fighting.read more
View ArticleMap: More than 5% of South Sudan population displaced
UN aid agencies estimate that the number of people displaced by war in South Sudan is at least 5% of the population and probably significantly higher, and that the majority of those displaced have not...
View ArticleGadet forces withdraw from wreckage of Bor
South Sudanese and Ugandan armies on Saturday forced the withdrawal of opposition forces from the capital of Jonglei State, Bor, which has been totally depopulated and razed to the ground.read more
View ArticleIGAD delegation heads to Juba for talks on detainees
Peace mediators from the East African regional body IGAD departed from Addis Ababa and were expected to arrive in Juba by Sunday evening for talks on the release of political detainees, according to a...
View ArticleSouth Sudan soldiers try to force entry into UN camp in Bor
SPLA threatened UN peacekeepers at gunpoint in Bor when they refused soldiers to enter the UN compound where thousands of civilians have been sheltering since fighting broke out in mid December between...
View Article‘They just started shooting at us’
About 17,000 South Sudanese have sought refuge in the UN Tong Ping camp in the capital Juba as a result of fighting within the city. Most have stayed more than a month crowded among broken-down UN...
View Article2,000 Upper Nile refugees in Sudan’s Abu Jubeiha
More than 2,000 households have been driven by conflict in parts of South Sudan’s Upper Nile State into Abu Jubeiha locality in South Kordofan state.read more
View ArticleAbyei Chamber of Commerce rejects joint markets between Misseriya and Ngok Dinka
Local authorities in Abyei town reject any initiative taken to resume joint markets between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya in the disputed area of Abyei.read more
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