By Okech Francis Political upheavals in Sudan do not spell well for South Sudan which relies on the northern neighbour for exploiting its crude oil, Edmund Yakani, the Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress Organisation, said. Sudan is experiencing a coup led by the chairman of the sovereign council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, deposing the […]
By Lisa Lyn (Unicef). Photo Essay All locations along the Sobat Corridor from Malakal town, Upper Nile State, to the Ethiopian border are flooding. Internally displaced people (IDPs) are at a record high of 1.6 million at the moment, fleeing their homes to live in abandoned buildings and/or sleeping on the ground out in the […]
By Juba Echo &Agencies The United Nations Security Council has scheduled an emergency closed-door meeting on the coup in Sudan for today afternoon. The consultations were requested by the United States, United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Norway and Estonia, says UN envoy to Sudan Volkher Perthes during a video link briefing to reporters in New York […]
By Richard Sultan The new Managing Director of South Sudan’s Nile Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Chol Deng Thon Abel has plans to focus on increasing crude production in the country. Abel who was fired from the position in September 2020 was reappointed on Friday by President Salva Kiir. South Sudan is currently production 156,000 barrels of […]
By Denis Ejulu Tired of the violence pitting communities against one another in their country, a group of South Sudanese youth are resorting to telling stories through short films aimed at ending the culture of violence. Deng Dhieu Garang alias Deng Kabuja, a 26- year -old former child refugee together with four of his colleagues […]
By Ruot George A military coup has been confirmed in Sudan’s Khartoum this afternoon. The military announced a takeover of the government amid fears Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s regime could be a forgone conclusion. There is full military presence in the streets of Khartoum, the military headquarters remained heavily guarded following the declaration of a […]
The East African The staff recruitment process at the East African Community, which stalled after Uganda, Burundi and South Sudan flagged it as flawed, has exposed the mistrust and competition among partner states. Last week, a motion moved at East African Legislative Assembly by Ugandan MP Denis Namara calling for the suspension of the EAC […]
By Richard Sultan The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in South Sudan has reported an increase in the number of incidents in regards to humanitarian access. In its third quarter of 2021 report seen today by the Juba Echo, 174 humanitarian access incidents were reported, 56 per cent of which were […]
By Okech Francis South Sudan President Salva Kiir has reappointed Dr Chol Deng Thon Abel as managing director of Nile Petroleum Corporation, one year after he was fired. Abel was appointed in a decree read on State television, South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation on Friday evening. He was sacked in September 2020 and replaced by Bol […]
By Richard Sultan Violence pitting communities against one another is increasing in South Sudan leaving the United Nations Mission in the country very concerned, the head and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Guang Cong said. Speaking at an event to mark the United Nations Day 2021, Cong warned that some of the violence have […]