South Sudan army claim recapture of Malakal
South Sudanese government troops moved on Malakal from the north today driving opposition forces from the deserted city, according to the army spokesman.read more
View ArticleLeaked report details SPLA aggression toward UN peacekeepers
A confidential report obtained by the Washington Post Company alleges that the South Sudanese army (SPLA) ordered forces to extort and harass vehicles bringing critical supplies to civilians under UN...
View ArticleNyaba: I don’t know why I’m no longer on coup list
Dr. Peter Adwok Nybaba, former Minister of Higher Education, who was initially among the suspected coup plotters detained in Juba last December, turned up to court last week thinking he would be cited...
View ArticleRecovery of Unity State oil output to take time: official
South Sudan's oil production is steady at about 160,000 barrels per day and will take time to recover to previous levels, an oil ministry official said, after oil facilities in Unity state were burned...
View Article4 killed in cattle raid in Jonglei's Twic East
At least four herders were killed and another wounded in a cattle raid on Tuesday evening at Paliau village in Jonglei State’s Twic East County.read more
View ArticleAnthrax cases in Jur River County
Local authorities in Western Bahr al Ghazal State of South Sudan say there are cases of the deadly disease anthrax in one of the counties.read more
View ArticleOpinion: Making sense of the surge in anti-western sentiments in South Sudan
The United Nation Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has come under intense and sustained fire for allegedly transferring weapons to rebel groups fighting the government of Salva Kiir. As a result, the...
View ArticlePrices drop in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State
Prices of consumer commodities have dramatically dropped recently at the market in Aweil town in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr El Ghazal State.read more
View ArticleCourt declines to consider charges against SPLM ‘seven’
The special court set up in Juba to try four SPLM leaders for treason has declined to consider charges against another seven ex-detainees whom the prosecution requested appear before the court.read more
View ArticleMalakal Catholic Diocese ‘completely destroyed’
The Catholic Diocese of Malakal in South Sudan has been evacuated now that many areas have been “completely destroyed” following violence committed by rebel forces, the diocesan administrator says.read...
View ArticleDoctors expect ‘huge spike in malaria cases’ at Tongping camp
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says that the first torrential rains of the season have increased the risk of malaria for residents of the ‘protection’ sites at UN bases in the capital of South Sudan....
View ArticleWarrap: Sleeping woman murdered, child hurt
A 56-year-old woman was shot to death in Manawan village in Warrap State on Wednesday and an eight-year-old girl was injured by an unknown gunman in the same attack.read more
View ArticleCompound of French NGO shut down in Darfur
The office of a French aid organisation was closed down by the police in Central Darfur State capital Zalingei at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The forces surrounded the compound and handed all assets to the...
View ArticlePeacekeeping chief says UNMISS development activities ‘suspended’
The peacekeeping chief of the United Nations in New York says the original ‘raison d’être’ of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) no longer applies and the mission will make a strategic...
View ArticleJuba and Khartoum seek to restore cooperation agreement
Top-level officials sent from Juba to Khartoum this week have sought to restore elements of the Cooperation Agreement between the two countries, pointing to the need to help each other amid conflict in...
View ArticleSPLA-N accuses Hawazma militia of attacking South Kordofan citizens
The north Sudanese rebel group SPLA-N has accused Hawazma tribal militia allied to the Sudanese government of attacking a village in South Kordofan on 13 March.read more
View ArticleKayga refugees still refusing UNHCR relocation to Adjoung Thok
About 340 Nuba refugees from Kayga village in South Kordofan’s Kadugli Locality who had arrived to Yida camp in Unity State in December last year are still refusing relocation by UNHR to Adjoung Thok...
View ArticleChief says two killed in Abyei attack
Two people were killed and two injured in an attack on Menijwar village in the disputed Abyei territory between Sudan and South Sudan, according to the Dinka Ngok paramount chief.read more
View ArticleMaban MP condemns threats to expel refugees
A member of the South Sudanese national parliament representing Maban constituency has condemned reported threats by youths of the area to expel Blue Nile refugees.read more
View Article225 malnourished children in southern Warrap
Health workers identified in southern Warrap State 225 malnourished children in Tonj South and East, according to Don Bosco Radio FM. read more
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