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UNMISS report: 739 civilians killed in South Sudan’s deadliest quarter since 2020
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 02, 2025

The report shows that South Sudan recorded 1,607 victims of violence in the first quarter of 2025, including 679 injured, 149 abducted, and 40 subject...

South Sudan launches door-to-door taxpayer registration in Juba
Mwangi Maina  |  Jul 02, 2025

The capital has been divided into ten administrative zones in an attempt to streamline the registration process and strengthen oversight of tax compli...

50 injured in four days of violence along South Sudan border - MSF
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 01, 2025

In May, escalating violence along the South Sudan–Ethiopia border forced MSF to relocate its medical operations from the border town of Burbeiye, Sout...

IOM sounds alarm over suspension of life-saving transport in South Sudan
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 20, 2025

Statistics show that nearly 1.2 million people have crossed into South Sudan since April 2023, straining already fragile systems amid a worsening huma...

What happens when aid is cut to a large refugee camp? Kenyan study paints a bleak picture
The Conversation  |  Jun 19, 2025

Notably, the US recently slashed billions of US dollars from global relief efforts. The slashed contributions once made up to half of all public human...

Harambee Starlets eye another big win against struggling South Sudan
Erick Kariuki  |  Jun 19, 2025

Harambee Starlets will be out to extend their winning run at the CECAFA Women’s Championship when they take on South Sudan this afternoon in Dar es Sa...

Germany, Norway reopen embassies in Juba as South Sudan tensions ease
Mwangi Maina  |  Jun 10, 2025

The statement emphasised that the reopening reflects "the continued strength of bilateral relations and the shared commitment of both countries to mai...

MSF permanently shuts down Ulang Hospital in South Sudan after attack
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 10, 2025

The decision follows an incident in April when armed men stormed the facility, threatened staff and looted medical supplies, forcing the hospital to t...

South Sudan’s military sets deadline for voluntary disarmament in conflict zones
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 09, 2025

SSPDF spokesperson Major General Lul Ruai Koang announced the one-week disarmament ultimatum in a statement to newsrooms on Monday, noting that milita...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir declares state of emergency in Warrap, Unity states over rising insecurity
Mwangi Maina  |  Jun 06, 2025

The decree empowers the government to deploy additional security forces and authorises "all necessary measures" to restore order in the conflict-hit a...

US defends UN Security Council’s extension of arms embargo on South Sudan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 02, 2025

The UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan in July 2018 to stop weapons from fueling its civil war, which had led to thousands of...

Is Sudan’s war the reason for South Sudan’s economic crisis? What’s really going on with oil revenue
The Conversation  |  Jun 02, 2025

South Sudan lacks the operational capacity to extract the oil it has in the ground.

South Sudan condemns UN Security Council’s extension of arms embargo, sanctions
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 01, 2025

According to South Sudan, the extension undermines the nation's delicate peace efforts and complicates the unification of its armed forces.

UN Security Council extends arms embargo on South Sudan despite opposition
Mwangi Maina  |  May 31, 2025

The embargo, first imposed in 2018 following years of ethnic conflict that the UN estimates has claimed nearly 400,000 lives, marks its seventh renewa...

Foreign aid cuts imperil millions in East Africa as hunger crisis deepens, World Vision warns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 29, 2025

The region is also battling the effects of conflict, as seen in Sudan, where 38.73 per cent of the population is severely hungry and 52.12 per cent mo...

Tribunal orders South Sudan to pay Sh9.6 billion to Vivacell over investment deal breach
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 29, 2025

Vivacell and its mother company, BVI, moved to court in 2018, lodging 17 claims against South Sudan and demanding $2.9 billion (around Sh375.1 billion...

South Sudan launches lifesaving vaccines to fight pneumonia, diarrhoea in children
XINHUA  |  May 28, 2025

Anin Ngot Ngot Mou, undersecretary in the Ministry of Health, described the rollout as a game changer in the fight against two of the country's leadin...

Cholera death toll in Africa surpasses 2,400 as South Sudan, DRC, Angola and Sudan hardest hit
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 25, 2025

The Africa CDC announced that as of mid-May 2025, a total of 115,513 cholera cases and 2,424 deaths have been reported across the continent.

UN arms embargo on South Sudan nears expiry amid renewed violence, civilian suffering
DW News  |  May 25, 2025

International efforts to end the conflict have included a United Nations (UN) embargo on arms transfers to the parties to the conflict, which expires...

Doctors Without Borders relocate services to Ethiopia as violence at South Sudan border escalates
Mary Wambui  |  May 24, 2025

The surge in violence was triggered by clashes at the border and exchanges of fire between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and an opposition g...

Kenyan truckers accuse govt of failing to secure release of six detained drivers in South Sudan
Amina Wako  |  May 23, 2025

Truckers argue that drivers from Kenya and other neighbouring countries frequently find themselves imprisoned over minor infractions, which is largely...

75 killed in South Sudan conflict since February
XINHUA  |  May 23, 2025

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned of a further deterioration in the human rights situation following a sharp increase in hostil...

South Sudan's President Kiir promotes sanctioned ally as ruling party deputy
Reuters  |  May 22, 2025

If Kiir stepped down, Bol Mel's new role as the SPLM party's deputy chairperson would make him the acting president of the country.

Humanitarian crisis deepens as aid workers warn South Sudan situation could worsen dramatically
Mary Wambui  |  May 15, 2025

The resulting impact of the prolonged conflict has been the displacement of people; currently, more than 60,000 have been reportedly displaced from Up...

South Sudan denies rumours of President Kiir's death, calls for calm
Mwangi Maina  |  May 15, 2025

The president, it added, "continues to carry out his presidential duties with vigour, commitment, sound health and complete fitness."

WFP warns 52 million people face severe hunger crisis in West and Central Africa
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 13, 2025

Nearly three million individuals are expected to face emergency levels of hunger, while an estimated 2,600 people in Mali could experience catastrophi...

Turkana to take over Sh2bn infrastructure project under Kenya–South Sudan Link Road Programme
Issa Hussein  |  May 11, 2025

The inspection team urged local communities to form leadership committees to oversee the proper utilisation of the facilities, which are expected to b...

Aid blockade in South Sudan puts 60,000 malnourished children in Upper Nile at risk
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 10, 2025

Aid workers are now caught between two impossible choices: send supplies into areas where they might be looted, or hold them back and risk running out...

UN extends South Sudan peace mission for a year as renewed conflict looms
Mary Wambui  |  May 09, 2025

This means the Security Council has authorised the peacekeeping mission to "use all necessary means" to implement its mandate, including the protectio...

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