One killed in Sudan as thousands rally for faster reform
One person was killed and several others injured during largely peaceful demonstrations in Sudan on Tuesday, a government spokesman said, as tens of thousands of...
Category : SOUTH SUDAN
Covid-19, violence spreading in South Sudan, UN envoy warns
Covid-19 and fighting between ethnic groups are spreading in South Sudan, a United Nations envoy warned on Friday. David Shearer, head of the UN Mission...
AfDB donates $4m to South Sudan for Covid-19 fight
The African Development Bank has approved a $4.16 million towards the fight of Covid-19 in South Sudan. The bank, in a statement last Wednesday, said...
UN Security Council to meet Monday on Ethiopia dam
The United Nations Security Council plans to meet Monday to discuss Egypt and Sudan’s objections to Ethiopia’s construction of a mega-dam on the Nile River,...
South Sudan President Salva Kiir names full Cabinet
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Thursday evening announced a full Cabinet, ending an anxious wait for the formation of a government crafted from a...
South Sudan says formation of inclusive cabinet on course
South Sudan said on Wednesday that the formation of an inclusive cabinet under the transitional government of national unity is on course. Abdon Agaw Jok,...
Season of plenty beckons as South Sudan gets new high-yield maize
In South Sudan, sorghum is king of crops. Its flour is used to make kisra, a flat bread that is the most important meal for...
In starving South Sudan, peace is no guarantee of a meal
Magok, The villagers hear the distant roar of jet engines before a cargo plane makes a deafening pass over Mogok, dropping sacks of grain from its...
South Sudan ethnic clashes flare up latest threat to peace agreement
South Sudan thought it was attaining peace last week but it may now have to deal with erupting ethnic clashes in some parts of the...
Kiir and Machar agree on Cabinet
The parties to the South Sudan Peace agreement on Thursday agreed on Cabinet portfolio balance, and will now be expected to name ministers and their...
