Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Tuesday reiterated Sudan’s willingness to strengthen win-win cooperation with South Sudan. Al-Burhan made the remarks during a meeting with Senior Adviser to South Sudanese President for Special Programs Benjamin Paul in Khartoum, the sovereign council said …
Read More »South Sudan says arms embargo stalling implementation of peace deal
Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan said Tuesday that the arms embargo imposed on it is stalling the implementation of the security arrangement in the revitalized agreement on resolving the conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). Michael Makuei Lueth, the minister for Information, Communications Technology and Postal Services, said the …
Read More »South Sudan’s oil and water give it bargaining power – but will it benefit the people?
Kampala, Uganda | Harry Verhoeven Francois Sennesael | South Sudan has long been one of east Africa’s most unstable states. But surging external interest in its resources and the diplomatic agility of its rulers are again underlining how pivotal the country remains to regional energy and water politics. Much of Africa has …
Read More »VP Jessica Alupo hands Pope Francis greetings from Uganda
Salva Kiir hails Museveni, as Pope’s Pilgrimage of Peace ends. Pope says “Be the light that shines in the darkness” Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | President Salva Kiir has expressed deep gratitude to President Yoweri Museveni who he described as “an elder brother who has never let him …
Read More »Pope Francis arrives in Juba, South Sudan
After bidding farewell to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pope Francis’ flight lands in Juba for his long-awaited “ecumenical pilgrimage” for peace to South Sudan with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields. Juba, South Sudan | …
Read More »South Sudan launches COVID-19 vaccination drive to boost coverage
Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan, the World Bank, and two UN agencies on Saturday kicked off a COVID-19 vaccine campaign following the arrival of 3.9 million vaccine doses into the country. Yolanda Awel Deng, Minister of Health of South Sudan said vaccination coverage remains low in the country and …
Read More »WFP launches school feeding program in South Sudan
Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday launched a school feeding program aimed at supporting 23,000 children over the next three years in highly food-insecure areas of South Sudan. Mary-Ellen McGroarty, country director for WFP in South Sudan, said during the launching ceremony in the …
Read More »South Sudan’s central bank restricts commercial transactions in foreign currencies
Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | The central bank of South Sudan on Wednesday restricted public institutions and the private sector to transact business only in the local currency, the South Sudanese pound (SSP), amid the current volatile exchange rate which has seen the local pound depreciates against the U.S. dollar. …
Read More »Two South Sudanese refugees held over murder
Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two South Sudanese Refugees are in custody at Kiryandongo central police station over the murder of a 26-year old man. The suspects have been identified as Gatkouth Anyanyaka 22 and another one only identified as Gatleak 21 both refugees attached to Panyadoli refugee settlement area …
Read More »South Sudan gov’t commits to end harassment of truck drivers
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan government officials have committed to putting to an end the rampant cases of extortion and harassment of cargo truck drivers by security and immigration personnel. This comes just two days after hundreds of cargo truck drivers staged a protest at the Uganda-South Sudan …
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