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Sat, 08 Jan 2022 10:46:02 GMT
Hundreds of Thousands Still Living in Precarious Conditions Months After Floods in South Sudan
[MSF] When the floodwater levels started rising in her village, 21-year-old Nyabeel

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 10:02:08 GMT
Hundreds of Thousands Still Living in Precarious Conditions Months After Floods
[MSF] When the floodwater levels started rising in her village, 21-year-old Nyabeel* and her husband were torn about what to do. Leaving their land, which they relied on for food, was a tough decision. "We spent three days moving. It was challenging,...

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 09:52:20 GMT
Death By Peace - How South Sudan's Peace Agreement Ate the Grassroots
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African contin...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:41:35 GMT
Why The Return of Displaced People is Such a Thorny Issue in South Sudan
[The New Humanitarian] Juba -- South Sudan's government wants millions of people who fled the country's devastating civil war to return home ahead of national elections tentatively scheduled for 2023. But some humanitarians worry that returns could b...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:28:35 GMT
Sudanese Face Economic Chaos With Return of Bashir-Era Brutality
[RFI] The Sudanese military is more firmly in power since the resignation of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday, as demonstrators continue to protest the army crackdown that has left dozens dead. While Hamdok's resignation came as no surprise, S...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:26:31 GMT
Egypt Dispatches Medical, Humanitarian Aid to S. Sudan
[Egypt Online] A military cargo plane took off on Monday from an airbase east of Cairo heading for Juba, South Sudan, carrying large quantities of medical and humanitarian assistance to mitigate the burdens of South Sudanese people, in cooperation wi...

Sat, 25 Dec 2021 04:49:02 GMT
We Can All Contribute to Bringing Peace to the Earth, According to the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio
[Agenzia Fides] Yambio -- "Like these Holy Parents, we also find hope: Hope in the salvation Christ's birth brings us; hope in a vaccine for the Coronavirus; hope that gradually we can fill our churches again without fear at all, gather as families a...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:38:18 GMT
IGAD Supports Fisheries Dev't On Baro-Akobo-Sobat River Basin
[Ethiopian Herald] The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) announced it is supporting various cross-border economic projects as part of integrating the region and promoting people-to-people ties.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 04:41:05 GMT
Senior UN Official Condemns Killing of Humanitarian Worker in Attack on Convoy
[UN News] The UN's Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan has strongly condemned the killing of a UN-contracted aid worker on Sunday, that also left another injured, after the convoy they were travelling in came under attack.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 08:16:47 GMT
'Headwinds' Warning From UN Mission Chief Over Peace Accord
[New Dawn] The UN Special Representative in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, issued a warning to the Security Council on Wednesday that new "headwinds" could threaten the country's fragile peace accord, following years of brutal civil conflict.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:36:16 GMT
'Headwinds' Warning From UN Mission Chief Over Peace Accord
[UN News] The UN Special Representative in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, issued a warning to the Security Council on Wednesday that new "headwinds" could threaten the country's fragile peace accord, following years of brutal civil conflict.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:16:54 GMT
The Ticking Clock in South Sudan Could Become a Time Bomb
[ISS] Just a year before elections, most tasks of South Sudan's transition remain undone.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:11:35 GMT
Women Are On Their Own in Unequal South Sudan
[New Frame] Though the assault on one of the country's top women footballers caused an outcry that reverberated outside its borders, the government has remained silent on the matter.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:24:53 GMT
Checkpoint 'Taxes' Make South Sudan One of the Most Expensive Places to Move Goods
[The Conversation Africa] When South Sudan became independent 10 years ago, oil revenues were supposed to fuel the economy of the world's newest country. But shortly after, civil war resumed, oil prices plummeted, and the South Sudanese pound lost va...

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:21:55 GMT
IGAD Suspends South Sudan Over Unpaid Dues
[Citizen] Juba -- The East African economic bloc, Inter-governmental Authority on Development (Igad) on Friday suspended South Sudan over unpaid dues.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 06:21:36 GMT
Ministry Says U.S. Sanctions On Tycoon's Firms 'Unfortunate'
[East African] South Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has protested a US government decision to impose sanctions on two local companies over alleged corruption.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 06:14:49 GMT
Ethiopia Conflict - South Sudan Denies Supporting Tigray Rebels
[East African] Juba -- South Sudan's government has dismissed claims that it is supporting the rebel group, Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:59:15 GMT
U.S. Sanctions Two Firms Over Graft
[East African] Juba -- The United States Department of Treasury on Thursday sanctioned two companies owned by a prominent South Sudanese businessman.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:09:26 GMT
U.S. Treasury Issues Sanctions on South Sudan Construction Company
[allAfrica] Excerpts from a press release issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury:



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