Port Sudan schoolchildren march against food price hikes
Khartoum, Crowds of school pupils protested in Sudan’s main port city on Monday over spiralling food prices, witnesses said, as the country’s economy languishes under a...
Category : SOUTH SUDAN
South Sudan: Mediator proposes delay on number of states and boundaries
South Africa’s deputy president has proposed an arbitrated solution of the contentious subject of the number of states and boundaries. Speaking to reporters in Juba...
South Sudan and holdout rebels commit to truce this week
South Sudan’s government and opposition groups who had snubbed an earlier peace deal said they had agreed to a ceasefire from Wednesday, after peace talks...
South Sudan announces tender for oilfields audit
Juba, South Sudan has announced a tender for a comprehensive environmental audit of all the country’s producing oilfields before any new exploration and drilling. The audit...
South Sudan transitional govt formation vulnerable to politics
With only six weeks left for signatories to the September 2018 South Sudan peace agreement to form the transitional government, it is a mixed bag...
South Sudan’s main rebel group condemns fresh attack
South Sudan’s main rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO), has condemned the recent attack by a government-allied militia on its position in...
Food insecure South Sudan banks on oil money for agriculture
South Sudan is banking on oil monies to revive its stalled agriculture and save its population from perennial dependence on food imports and relief supplies....
Donors urge South Sudan to form unity government before deadline
Juba, South Sudan’s main coalition of donors are calling on leaders to urgently implement remaining tasks of the peace deal before the February 22, 2020 deadline...
Salva Kiir pardons key critics Peter Biar, Keribino Wol
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has released two human rights activists who were jailed for criticising the government. The order, dated January 1, 2020, included...
Igad says Riek Machar can now move freely
South Sudan opposition leader Dr Riek Machar is to be released from house arrest soon in order to enhance his participation in efforts with President...
