Damazin authorities accused of bulldozing mosque
Local authorities in Damazin town in Sudan’s Blue Nile state reportedly demolished a mosque at Hai Al Hijira area on Sunday, after a dispute over the ownership of the land.read more
View ArticleFive oil workers wounded in Unity State
Five employees of a Russian company building an oil refinery in Unity State of South Sudan were wounded yesterday, reportedly after their refinery came under attack by rebel forces. They were evacuated...
View ArticleBentiu town comes under attack
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army opposition faction led by Riek Machar launched on Monday evening and Tuesday morning attacks on the capital of Unity State, after two days of clashes in read...
View ArticleDelay investigating teachers salaries scam in Aweil
The investigation of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State government employees who were detained in connection with misappropriation of money last month has been delayed. Several officials are still...
View ArticleTreason trial: Majak says minister saw no evidence
The third of four defendants on trial for treason at the High Court premises in Juba testified today to his innocence. Majak D’Agoot, former deputy minister of defense, said he was told by the Minister...
View ArticleUnity State: ‘Matthew Puljang did not defect’
A commander allied to the South Sudanese army pulled out his troops before the rebel assault on Bentiu today, weakening the defense of the Unity State capital, Sudan Tribune reports, citing military...
View ArticleBentiu falls to rebel assault, SPLA regrouping
The capital of Unity State has fallen to the SPLM/A-in-Opposition, marking the end of a three-month period of control by SPLA troops loyal to President Salva Kiir, who are now regrouping elsewhere....
View ArticleGovernor decrees halt to teak lumbering in Central Equatoria
The governor of South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State has issued an order stopping harvest of teak logs until further notice.read more
View ArticleSudan army preparing for major offensive in Nuba Mountains
Satellite photographs have revealed the deployment of more Sudanese troops and equipment into the Nuba Mountains region in preparation for an offensive against the Sudan People’s Liberation...
View ArticlePresident Kiir orders roadblocks removed
President of South Sudan Salva Kiir has instructed the Ministers of Interior, Defense and National Security to remove illegal checkpoints along the roads from Juba into other states of South Sudan.read...
View ArticleSPLA sets up defense of Pariang County after fall of Bentiu
The South Sudanese army (SPLA) has deployed troops to defend Pariang County, the northernmost county in Unity State, which remains under government control even after the fall of the state capital on...
View Article‘Grief and anger’ at Bor camp: psychosocial report
The majority of displaced people who have sought refuge in a UN base in Bor, Jonglei State, feel emotionally unwell and anxious, according to a recent assessment of the psychosocial conditions in the...
View Article5 key reasons fighting continues in South Sudan
Four months into the conflict in South Sudan, fresh fighting erupted this week after a lull of some weeks, prompting more warnings of a possible famine owing to the disruption of economic activity and...
View ArticleFood distributed in Jonglei’s Twic East
The International Committee of the Red Cross in collaboration with the South Sudan Red Cross this week started distributing food to conflict-displaced people in western Jonglei.read more
View ArticleChild soldiers in 'White Army' in Upper Nile
Like many 13 year-olds, Gach Chuol is timid, shyly looking down at the ground as he speaks to a stranger. But he is also joining South Sudan’s war to avenge the death of his parents, and brandishes an...
View ArticleTown north of Paloich oil field under attack
Renk town located north of South Sudan’s only still producing oil fields came under attack by rebel forces on Wednesday afternoon.read more
View Article15 dead in cattle raid in Warrap
Gunmen from Unity State launched a raid into Warrap last night resulting in clashes that left 15 people dead, according to officials in the state.read more
View ArticleArmed youth, uniformed gunmen attack UN camp in Bor killing 60
At least 60 people sheltering at a UN-protected camp in Bor, South Sudan, were killed when armed men, some of them wearing military uniforms, overran the base perimeter in order to shoot at the...
View ArticleRebel shelling kills 8, wounds 20 in Renk
Shelling by South Sudanese rebel forces has killed eight people and wounded 20 others in Renk, the northernmost town in the country.read more
View ArticleAid organizations condemn violence in South Sudan
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have condemned the recent attacks against civilians in Bor, Bentiu and elsewhere in South Sudan. They say that are “particularly outraged by deliberate and...
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