South Sudan Rejects 'Malicious' Report On Kiir Family Businesses

South Sudan on Thursday rejected claims by a US-based watchdog that President Salva Kiir's family had built up a vast corporate empire in one of the world's poorest countries. The Sentry group said it had mapped 126 Kiir family companies that span …

Western Equatorian school vacated by armed forces and child soldiers released after United Nations Mission in South ...

South Sudan: Conflict and flooding fuels food crisis with 30% more children to face malnutrition

Nursing and midwifery college a beacon of hope for South Sudan

Defying all odds, the Catholic Health Training Institute in Wau, South Sudan, remains a small beacon of hope in a nation struggling to recover from both old and new wars. CHTI offers male and female students a three-year college diploma in nursing and …

South Sudan monitors say violence continues to destabilize country despite ceasefire

Major General Yitayal Gelaw Bitew, head of the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM), speaks during a meeting in Juba on Thursday, July 18, 2024. [Photo courtesy]JUBA – South Sudan’s ceasefire monitors …

Violence plagues South Sudan security landscape, warn ceasefire monitors

Ceasefire monitors in South Sudan have raised alarms over violence that continues to threaten South Sudan’s security, impacting both civilians and state security forces. The Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism …

South Sudan women challenged to step up, break the glass ceiling

By Emmanuel Mandella The call for more active involvement of women in leadership has taken center stage during a groundbreaking three-day inter-generational dialogue on women’s leadership and political participation, held in Juba. The workshop, spearheaded …

Charity Warns 30 Pc More Children In South Sudan Will Face Malnutrition By Mid-2025

(MENAFN- IANS) Juba, Nov 22 (IANS) The number of children facing acute malnutrition in South Sudan is likely to increase by nearly 30 per cent by mid-2025 due to repeated climate shocks and conflict, international charity Save the Children has warned. The …

(Hello Africa) Skin disease patients in South Sudan find cure from Chinese medical team

© Provided by Xinhua Chinese dermatologist Zheng Jianfeng operates on a South Sudanese patient at the Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba, South Sudan, on Nov. 8, 2024. (Photo by Denis Elamu/Xinhua) Patients with fungal skin infections in South Sudan are …

Famine-hit Sudan camp gets first aid convoy in months

A famine-stricken camp housing about 500,000 displaced people in Sudan has received its first convoy of aid in months. The United Nations' trucks arrived in Zamzam - which houses masses forced to flee during Sudan's 18-month civil war - on Friday. …