President Museveni has emphasized peace for South Sudan as the country reach a milestone in its recovery process from the civil war when the first batch of unified forces in the country – the national army and the police services graduated on Tuesday. Whereas South Sudan formed a unity government in 2020 to end fighting […]
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Geneva — Drought-ridden parts of the Greater Horn region are bracing for a fifth successive failed rainy season, which will aggravate the crisis in the region, impacting millions and bringing starvation to many, say United Nations agencies. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) spokesperson Clare Nullis said at a UN press conference on Friday that different humanitarian […]
Nairobi — Delay Shouldn’t Perpetuate Abuses South Sudanese leaders should address chronic insecurity, rights abuses, and the worsening humanitarian situation during the country’s extended transition period, Human Rights Watch said today. Regional and international partners should enhance pressure and leverage to ensure that institutional reforms are completed, the rule of law is restored, and that […]
Nairobi — South Sudan leaders said Thursday the country’s transitional leadership will stay in power for another 24 months to complete the political, security and electoral reforms needed to move the country forward. Minister of cabinet affairs Martin Elia Lomuro, who made the announcement, said the decision to extend the mandate will help address the […]
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Uganda: Museveni, South Sudan’s Kiir Meet
President Yoweri Museveni has met and held talks with his counterpart from the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayadit. The meeting took place in Munyonyo shortly after the closure of the Regional Interministeral Conference on Migration, Environment and Climate Change. Museveni and his South Sudanese counterpart discussed issues to do with effects of climate […]
All vehicles from Uganda transiting to South Sudan will be required to pay $60 (Shs 230,000) per border entry effective August 1, 2022. In a public notice dated July 22 signed by Lt Gen James Ruot Wuor Tiap, the South Sudan Assistant Inspector General of Traffic Police, vehicles will also pay an additional $100In addition, […]
Without trust between Kiir and Machar, the vital task of uniting the security forces will remain undone. In April, President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Vice President Riek Machar re-committed to the peace deal they signed in 2018 that ended five years of civil war. For that deal to work, efforts must be speeded up to […]
“I recall the civil war in Liberia vividly,” says Elfreda Dennice Stewart, a United Nations Police (UNPOL) officer serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). “My parents managed – with many sacrifices on their part – to put me through high school during a time of great turmoil in my country, following which […]
Nairobi — Peace, Prosperity and Regional Integration – The 39th Heads of State and of State and Government Extraordinary Assembly of the IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on Tuesday, 5th of July 2022 in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya, chaired by H.E. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of […]
Rwanda will face South Sudan at the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers due in Kigali. The three-day tournament will take place at BK Arena from July 1-3 with eight teams from Group A and B vying for six places in the decisive third round of the African qualifiers. Rwanda are in Group B alongside South […]
Asmara — Mr. Yohannes Teklemicael, Eritrean Ambassador to South Sudan, met and held talks with various South Sudan officials focusing on strengthening bilateral ties as well as on regional issues of interest to the two countries. At the meeting he conducted on 15 June with Mr. Tabaan Deng Gai, Vice President of South Sudan, Mr. […]
Vatican — Pope Francis has postponed to a later date his Apostolic journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. “At the request of his doctors, and in order not to jeopardize the results of the therapy that he is undergoing for his knee, Pope Francis has been forced to postpone, with regret, […]
The latest ‘Hunger Hotspots of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) early warnings on acute food insecurity’ report released yesterday showed that Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Yemen remain at ‘highest alert’ as countries with catastrophic conditions. According to the report, Afghanistan and Somalia were new entries to this […]
After a fantastic run at the African Cup of Nations 2021, Gambia’s Scorpions commence its campaign for the 2023 AFCON with a victory over the Bright Stars of South Sudan at Lat-Dior stadium in Thiès, Senegal, on Saturday night. Abdul Jallow’s strike 45 minutes into the game was enough to secure the Scorpions a win. […]
Release Detained Civilians; Ensure Justice and Reparations for Victims On May 25, 16-year-old Justin Lisok Lomuresuk, a primary school student from Kiri boma of Kajokeji in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state, was cutting wood when he found the decomposing body of a soldier tied to a tree. He told his siblings, who then reported it […]
Juba — ‘If not the peace deal, then what? Reopen negotiations over a way forward? What does that look like?’ South Sudan’s transitional government is due to wrap up in less than 10 months. Yet the country’s future looks as bleak as it did in 2018 when rival parties signed a deal to end a […]
The U.S. Senate moved a bit closer to confirmation of President Biden’s nominees for six key ambassadorial posts in Africa with a hearing on Tuesday. [Watch] The three political nominees who testified during the first panel convened by the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy include Dr. Reuben E. Brigety II, who […]
Khartoum — Joint talks between Khartoum and Juba began today in Khartoum to develop joint cooperation in the field of petroleum, discuss technical and financial arrangements, increase oil production and the challenges that faced implementation of previous agreements between the two countries in this regard. A high-level delegation headed by the Undersecretary of the Ministry […]