South Sudan hires US lobby group to block war crimes court
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has hired an American lobby group run by a former ambassador to block the creation of a court to judge...
Category : SOUTH SUDAN
South Sudan paying US lobbyists $3.7M for better Trump ties
JUBA — South Sudan’s government is paying a U.S.-based lobby firm $3.7 million to improve its relationship with the Trump administration and to block a...
South Sudan measles outbreak raises questions about vaccines
KUAJOK, — Despondent, Akon Mathiong points to two small mounds of dirt where she buried her grandsons, 4 and 5 years old, last month. They...
South Sudan opposition seeks 6-month extension on peace deal
JUBA, — South Sudan’s opposition is calling for a six-month extension to implement next steps in a fragile peace deal as a major deadline approaches...
In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as war
By the time he was brought into the remote clinic in northeastern South Sudan, two-year-old Nyachoat was already convulsing from the malaria attacking his brain....
Rebels in southern Sudan announce halt to hostilities until July 31
KHARTOUM, – The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, a rebel group in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, said on Wednesday it was ceasing...
Mia Farrow pursues anti-hunger work in South Sudan visit
JUBA, — Mia Farrow will never forget the day she watched a baby die in her mother’s arms. “It was a little girl staring at...
In South Sudan, midwives bring down deaths despite the odds
JUBA, — Seated in a stifling hallway in South Sudan’s main hospital, the midwife recounted the day she watched a young mother bleed to death...
Parliament probes $41 million South Sudan grain deal
A Parliamentary Select Committee on South Sudan Compensation is probing Uganda’s role in the infamous sorghum (dura) supply saga in which companies that received payments...
South Sudan president, opposition leader to meet at Vatican
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has invited South Sudan’s president and opposition leader for a two-day spiritual retreat meant to foster peace and build confidence...
