By Staff Writer The burden of malaria is increasing in South Sudan as attention is focused on the global pandemic, COVID-19. South Sudan is a country with some of the poorest health services where diseases which are easy to treat in other parts of the world are life threatening. Malaria is deadly and remains one […]
By Staff Writer The South Sudan Child Rights Society Coalition is appealing to the government to ratify African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Children. The Charter is a regional Child Rights instrument peculiar to Africa that encompasses provisions on the rights and welfare of the child given African values and context It […]
By Tapeng Michael Hungry people living in displaced settlements in South Sudan are worried as the date to stop distribution of food to them looms. The United Nations World Food Program, the main food aid provider in the African nation said it would stop distribution for three months beginning October citing lack of enough donor […]
By Ruot George The political elites in South Sudan are increasingly shunning local media and preferring to use foreign outlets to disseminate information, the chairperson of the national editors’ forum in South Sudan, Koang Pal Chang said. While speaking at a panel discussion in Juba on the International Day for Universal Access to Information, Koang […]
By Staff Writer Women represent just 26 percent of those who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine in South Sudan, staying away from the exercise over a myth that the shots cause sterility. For 27-year-old Mary Thon, the vaccines are out of plan until she witnesses those who have taken the jab “giving birth in the […]
By Richard Sultan David Dario who drives a Subaru in South Sudan’s capital has fallen prey to these young people often times. At peak traffic hours, streets are suddenly filled with young milling among the vehicles jammed up. They are most active in the evening hours when drivers are going home to rest after the […]
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 […]
Press Release The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched a call for applications for the first African Youth Adaptation Solutions (YouthADAPT) Challenge. The call for applications invites young entrepreneurs, innovators from micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and other youth-led enterprises in Africa to implement solutions for building […]
By Richard Sultan A year and a half after COVID-19 was first diagnosed in South Sudan, testing kits for the deadly virus has not yet reached some parts of the country. Pibor Administrative Area, which lies 256 kilometres from the capital Juba in the Jonglei region has a population of over 200,000 people. According to […]
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. […]