South Sudan’s Machar sworn in as Vice President
Dr Riek Machar and three other vice presidents of South Sudan took their oaths of office Saturday, on the deadline to form the new unity...
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South Sudan parties fail to nominate MPs
South Sudan’s key peace parties have failed to submit nominations for the 550-member transitional legislative assembly “over internal disagreements.” Parties should have presented the names...
Fresh hope for South Sudan, but leaders had to be pushed to agree
The US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, had a clear brief when he arrived in Addis Ababa on...
Riek Machar agrees to rejoin South Sudan government
Juba,South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar has agreed to rejoin the government as the First Vice President on Friday, paving the way for the creation...
South Sudan assembly changes law to establish 10 states
South Sudan’s transitional legislative assembly has passed key amendments to the Constitution, allowing the country to return to 10 states. The assembly, which is supposed...
Huge locust outbreak in East Africa reaches South Sudan
JUBA, — The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years has reached South Sudan, a country where roughly half...
Kenyan ambassador to South Sudan collapses, dies
Kenya’s Ambassador to South Sudan, Chris Karumba Mburu, is dead. Mr Mburu, a former director at the National Intelligence Service (NIS), collapsed and died at...
South Sudan appears to clear key hurdle to unity government
JUBA, — South Sudan’s rival leaders on Saturday appeared to clear a major hurdle with just a week left before the deadline to form a...
S. Sudan regional governors vote to retain 32 states
Juba, South Sudan’s incumbent government has toughened on a resolve to retain 32 states, as President Salva Kiir urged regional governors to support retention of...
Civil society calls for deal on number of South Sudan states
Civil society groups have urged the international community to persuade the South Sudan government to compromise on the number of states, and help form a...
