unicef COVID-19 has taken a toll on the mental health of children and young people, and impacts could be felt for many years to come, UN children’s agency, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday. Even before the crisis, children and youth were already carrying the burden of mental health conditions and without significant investment in addressing them, […]
By Richard Sultan South Sudan’s President His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit who also doubles as the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) mediator to the Ethiopian Conflict in Tigray has urged Ethiopian’s to reconcile their differences. He made the remarks yesterday while attending the inauguration of His Excellency Dr. Abiy Ahmed into his second term […]
New York The world currently faces unprecedented catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity, according to UN agencies, and around $6.6 billion is needed urgently, to support 41 million in danger of sliding into famine. To ramp up support, the United Nations on Monday convened a high-level event, calling for international action, before it is too late. Close to half a million people are experiencing famine-like conditions (IPC phase 5, under the official classification) in Ethiopia, Madagascar, South […]
By: Ruot George The meeting this week of the representatives of the government delegation and Kitguang faction of the Sudan People Liberation Movement In Opposition (SPLM-IO) raises eyebrows because the initial objective of the faction was to oust Riak Machar, the leader of SPLM-IO but not Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In Government (SPLM-IG) led by […]
By Richard Sultan Wani Ahmed lies helplessly in the verandah of a shop in Juba town, nearly 400metres to the West of the River Nile crossing point to Kondokor Island. He is anxiously watching his sons beg for money and edibles from passerby and other well-wishers. “ I used to be Rich according to my […]
By Ruot George A leading member of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In Opposition (SPLM-IO) who also doubles as the Deputy Speaker of the re-constituted Transitional National Assembly (RTNLA) Rt Hon. Nathaniel Oyet has casted doubts on the possibility of the country conducting elections six months before the end of the transitional period as per […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s main opposition group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement- In Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by First Vice President Riek Machar has expressed frustration over continued delays in concluding critical tasks within the 2018 revitalized peace deal. Puok Both Baluang, SPLM-IO Director for Public Relations and Communication said it is almost two years […]
By Staff Writer More than three quarters of a million South Sudanese have sought refuge in Sudan where unfolding crises could leave them largely vulnerable to untold suffering, an official in South Sudan said. “We need to prepare ourselves for the worst situation instead of waiting,” Gen Salva Mathok, a national member of parliament said. […]
By Okech Francis Protests in Port Sudan in neighboring Sudan has blocked exports of crude oil from neighbouring South Sudan, South Sudan’s information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said. Protestors closed Port Sudan and the airport on Thursday leaving South Sudan stuck with its crude exports, Lueth told reporters in Juba on Friday. “With the closure […]
By Onen Walter Solomon Uganda announced this week it is scrapping visa fees for South Sudanese travellers, leaving many people who commute between the two countries jubilating. Augustin Onyango, a South Sudanese driver, said the decision by the southern neighbour reduces cost for him while visiting his family in Uganda. Uganda’s Minister of East African […]