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Japan donates $3.2m to WFP to fight hunger in S. Sudan
Sudans Post
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July 17, 2025
Mary-Ellen McGroarty, WFP Country Director in South Sudan (Left) and Oyama Hiromoto, Japanese Embassy Chargés d’Affaires in South Sudan (Right) during handover of the money in Juba on Wednesday, 16th July 2025 (Photo by Sudans Post) JUBA – The...
Prioritize medical Allowance for MPs, Speaker Nunu tells Finance Ministry
Number One Citizen Daily
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July 17, 2025
By Lodu William Odiya South Sudan Transitional National Legislative Assembly’s Speaker, Rt. Jemma Nunu Kumba has called on the Ministry of Finance and Planning, to prioritize medical allowances for lawmakers. The speaker made the call during the...
South Sudan Must Address Its Suicide Crisis Through Mental Health Reform
The City Review
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July 17, 2025
By Monyjok Monylang Dau In the face of ongoing conflict, economic hardship, and displacement, South Sudan is silently enduring another crisis, the growing number of suicides and untreated mental health disorders. While physical health and...
Senior police officer, family members injured in Juba home attack
Eye Radio
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July 15, 2025
Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 3 hours ago Maj Gen Dr. Stephen Warkozi, Director of Research and Transformation was attacked at his resident in Juba on Sunday night - Courtesy JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – A senior police officer, Major General...
Over 91 Million Africans living with chronic viral hepatitis – WHO
Premium Times
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July 17, 2025
More than 91 million people across Africa are living with chronic viral hepatitis, according to new data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), raising concerns over the low levels of testing, treatment, and prevention across the continent. The...
“Far from freedom”, activist describes South Sudan’s tragedy
Number One Citizen Daily
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July 11, 2025
By Alan Clement As South Sudanese enter the 15th year of self-rule, civil Society activist tasked the country to reflect deeply on the meaning of independence. According to Ter Manyang Gatwech, despite immense sacrifices to achieve independence in...
From Lifeline to Empty Shelves: How USAID Cuts Triggered a Deadly Hunger Crisis in South Sudan
FairPlanet
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For more than 30 years, Action Against Hunger has served communities across South Sudan, and they know when they come to our locations, they'll get treatment. Mothers walk for hours through dangerous terrain, carrying malnourished children who...
UAP South Sudan to cease operations amid legal, financial hurdles
Sudans Post
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July 10, 2025
The prominent Equatoria Tower housing UAP Insurance South Sudan Ltd. [Photo: South Sudan]JUBA – UAP Insurance South Sudan Ltd, a subsidiary of the Old Mutual Group, East Africa, has announced it will run off its operations in South Sudan, with the...
Hardships for Orphans in South Sudan
Borgen Magazine
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July 10, 2025
TAMPA, Florida — Due to years of conflict and instability, South Sudan is facing an orphan crisis that is in urgent need of support. Millions of people have been displaced, leaving orphans in South Sudan uncared for and vulnerable to malnutrition...
Health Minister paints hope, new era in official visit to Juba Teaching Hospital
The City Review
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July 12, 2025
Hon. Cleto challenges staff to take responsibility for ensuring cleanliness in their departments and urged the government to increase budget allocations to the health sector. By Aguok Chok The Minister of Health, Hon. Sarah Cleto Rial, paid a...
Africa’s Addiction to Aid
Pressenza
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July 17, 2025
by Mesay Berhanu Gemechu Is it the beginning of the end of Africa’s overreliance on foreign aid? Trump’s decision to end the flow of aid going to the developing world, notably Africa, which has been channeled through the USAID over the past...
Reviewing the draft Family Bill for South Sudan in Juba: A step towards gender equality
Number One Citizen Daily
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July 10, 2025
By Yiep Joseph At least 50 participants comprising of National policy legislators, representatives from both the National and CES Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, women advocates and CSOs, convened in Juba to review the draft Family...
South Sudan’s Longest Cholera Outbreak Enters Critical Stage
Scoop
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Wednesday, 9 July 2025, 9:29 am Press Release: UN News 8 July 2025 The outbreak – which started in September 2024 and was confirmed a month later – comes amidst a protracted humanitarian crisis exacerbated by rising intercommunal violence, climate...
Opinion| The South Sudan independence dream is only wounded, it is not dead
Radio Tamazuj
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July 10, 2025
Fourteen years ago, the people of South Sudan stood before the world with tears of pride and hope, not as rebels or refugees, but as citizens of a new republic. The flag rose into the sky on July 9, 2011, not merely as a symbol of sovereignty, but...
South Sudan seeks UAE bailout as economy crashes
Zawya
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South Sudan’s President has had two official trips to the United Arab Emirates this year, forced by domestic economic and political problems he wants help to tackle. And Abu Dhabi’s rising influence in the Horn of Africa means South Sudan could...
Beyond Sight; White canes unlock freedom for South Sudan’s visually impaired
Number One Citizen Daily
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July 9, 2025
By Kei Emmanuel Duku For many visually impaired individuals in South Sudan, daily life has long presented a daunting landscape of unseen obstacles, profound dependence, and often, isolation. Navigating bustling, unpaved streets, avoiding open...
FM affirms Egypt’s support for South Sudan’s peaceful transition to stability
Egypt Independent
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July 8, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty affirmed Egypt’s aspiration for South Sudan to successfully complete its transitional phase and advance toward the establishment of a stable and cohesive state at the...
East African countries and open borders: great strides, but still a long way to go
The Conversation
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July 17, 2025
It’s not uncommon to find a Ugandan taxi driver in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, just as one regularly meets Zimbabwean Uber drivers in South Africa. But there is a big difference. A Ugandan working in Rwanda most likely has a secure legal right to be...
WFP begins food airdrops to hunger-stricken families in South Sudan
Xinhua News Agency
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JUBA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said Monday it has begun airdropping emergency food assistance to thousands of families in South Sudan's conflict-hit Upper Nile State. According to a statement issued by the...
UN airdrops food aid in S.Sudan to people hit by conflict
Eye Witness News
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NAIROBI, KENYA - The World Food Programme said Monday it had airdropped food aid to help tens of thousands of people in remote parts of South Sudan where surging conflict has pushed some communities "to the brink of famine". The unstable east...