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Sat, 20 Aug 2022 07:17:09 GMT
South Sudan - Submission to the UN Committee On the Rights of the Child
[HRW] Human Rights Watch presents this updated submission in advance of the 91st session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to assess South Sudan's implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This follows Human Rights Watch'...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:42:30 GMT
'Urgent Collective Efforts' Needed in Most Dangerous Humanitarian Situation - UN
[UN News] On the eve of World Humanitarian Day, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, called on Thursday for joint action to address the aid crisis in the country and end attacks against civilians and humanitarian workers.

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:50:23 GMT
Use Peace Deal Extension for Reforms
[HRW] Nairobi -- Delay Shouldn't Perpetuate Abuses

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 06:55:51 GMT
Journalist Released After Eight Days in Detention
[VOA] Juba, South Sudan -- A female journalist who was arrested in South Sudan's capital earlier this month while covering a protest over high food prices has been released from detention.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:30:14 GMT
Journalist Diing Magot Released On Bail, Charged
[CPJ] New York -- South Sudanese authorities should immediately drop all legal proceedings against journalist Diing Magot and allow her to work without fear of arrest or intimidation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:13:20 GMT
South Sudan's Murle Militia Allegedly Kills 2, Kidnaps Two Children in Gembella Region
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The police commission of the Gembella regional state said that two people were killed and two children were abducted after cross border attack by South Sudanese Murle militia in the border areas of the Dima Woreda, Aku...

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:08:59 GMT
U.S. Demands Release of VOA Journalist Detained in South Sudan
[VOA] The U.S. embassy in South Sudan on Tuesday called on authorities in the central African country to free a journalist from prison.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 12:29:24 GMT
Five Southern African Countries Kick-Start Elephant Census
[VOA] Gaborone -- Five southern African countries, with more than half the continent's elephants, are conducting a first-ever aerial census to determine the elephant population and how to protect it.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 07:44:34 GMT
AUC Chairperson On the Announcement of Agreement On a Roadmap for a Peaceful and Democratic End of the Transitional Period
[African Union] 9 August 2022, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the signing of the Agreement on the Roadmap to a peaceful and democratic end to the transitional period in South...

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 05:55:36 GMT
Leaders Extend Transitional Government Rule
[VOA] 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.

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 12:12:11 GMT
The Politics of the Hangman's Noose - Judge, Jury & Executioner
[IPS] United Nations -- A spike in state-sanctioned executions worldwide - including in Iran, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and more recently Myanmar - has triggered strong condemnations from the United Nations and several civil rights and human rights or...

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 06:15:37 GMT
Museveni, South Sudan's Kiir Meet
[Nile Post] President Yoweri Museveni has met and held talks with his counterpart from the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayadit.

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 09:32:21 GMT
Adoption of the Outcome of the UN Universal Periodic Review
[HRW] Mr President,

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:23:18 GMT
Vehicles From Uganda to South Sudan to Pay U.S.$60 Per Border Entry
[Nile Post] All vehicles from Uganda transiting to South Sudan will be required to pay $60 (Shs 230,000) per border entry effective August 1, 2022.



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