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Heavy rains forecast for South Sudan; flooding risks high
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 18, 2025
By Kei Emmanuel Duku Government has issued a warning to citizens regarding potential heavy rainfall across most parts of the country. The warning issued by Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management through the Directorate for Early...
South Sudan Launches National Nutrition Policy
Action Against Hunger - Washington D.C.
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June 12, 2025
The South Sudanese government has announced a national nutrition policy, a critical step toward addressing malnutrition in the country. The policy highlights progress made in addressing malnutrition, acknowledges existing challenges, and outlines...
Girl ‘gang-raped’ in Juba: police
Radio Tamazuj
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June 26, 2025
South Sudanese police said Thursday they arrested seven suspects in the alleged gang-rape of a girl in the capital, Juba, after a video of the assault circulated online. The disturbing footage appears to show the girl being forced into sexual acts...
Escalating insecurity forces MSF to close Ulang hospital in South Sudan
Doctors Without Borders
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June 17, 2025
People in remote areas of Upper Nile state in South Sudan are suffering from a lack of access to healthcare, since attacks on medical boats and armed looting in medical facilities since the beginning of the year have forced Médecins Sans...
EU denounces ongoing violence, military offensives in South Sudan
Radio Tamazuj
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June 17, 2025
The Deputy Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to South Sudan on Tuesday said they unequivocally condemn the escalation of armed clashes in the country. Lothar Jaschke made the remarks while opening the Annual Gender Equality Forum, which...
Citizens blame doctors for “unnecessary deaths” at Juba Teaching Hospital
The City Review
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June 26, 2025
Patients recount harrowing experiences at the heart of the country’s largest public facility, revealing loss of lives and suffering due to negligence, at a place that should provide homage and comfort By Chuol Chanyong Several patients at Juba...
Visa spat, travel ban add new uncertainty for Minnesota’s Sudanese community
Sahan Journal - Minnesota
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June 17, 2025
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Health official advocates for specialized cancer institute
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 21, 2025
By Kei Emmanuel Duku As South Sudan grapples with increasing cancer burden amidst fragile health system, an expert advocates for establishment of a specialized institute. This call highlights the critical need for dedicated resources and...
Opinion| The manufactured cash crisis bleeding South Sudan
Radio Tamazuj
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June 16, 2025
This fact is clear: South Sudan is not at war with nature. There has been no natural disaster except flooding in some parts of the country. There have been no earthquakes shaking the soil and no locusts descending upon the fields. In spite of...
Chinese military praised for contributions to global health
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- China's military has made significant contributions to global health undertakings, said a senior official of an international organization Thursday at the ongoing sixth Pan-Asia Pacific Regional Congress on Military...
South Sudan churches declare 70 days of strategic prayer, marking 70yrs of conflict
Eye Radio
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June 10, 2025
Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 3 hours ago Thousands attend the ecumenical prayers led by Pope Francis and the two eminent faith leaders on Saturday. (Photo: Lou Nelson/Eye Radio). The South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) has declared 70...
South Sudan Council of Churches declares 70 days of prayer
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 12, 2025
By Jacob Onuha Nelson South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) has declared 70 days of prayers starting10th, June to 18th, August, this year. The Council of Churches in collaboration with intercessors for South Sudan (IFSS), Prayer Network for South...
Children Call For Prioritization Of Education In South Sudan On The Day Of The African Child
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) JUBA, South Sudan, June 16, 2025/APO Group/ -- Schoolchildren are calling on the government to prioritize education to secure their future as they met to commemorate the Day of the African Child in Juba, South...
EAC Finance Ministers unveil 2025/2026 budgets, South Sudan yet to present
Eye Radio
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June 15, 2025
Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 4 hours ago EAC-MAP JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – Finance Ministers across the East African Community (EAC) have begun presenting their national budgets for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, South Sudan yet to...
Việt Nam’s field hospital conducts medical training for UN peacekeepers in South Sudan
Vietnam News Agency
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UNITY — Việt Nam’s Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 (BVDC2.6) has conducted a series of health screenings and emergency medical training for United Nations peacekeeping personnel at the Unity Sector in South Sudan to enhance medical preparedness...
I marched to make poverty history but we are not living up to that promise
The Herald (Scotland)
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July 6, 2025
A total of 35 million more children got access to primary education between 2005-2015, polio was close to being eradicated and millions more were given vital medicines and vaccines to protect them from malaria. However, 20 years on, we have to ask...
International Day of the African Child: South Sudanese children demand education, health
Radio Tamazuj
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June 16, 2025
As South Sudan joined the world in commemorating The International Day of the African Child on Monday, children from various schools under the South Sudan Children’s Parliament have called on the government, to prioritize children’s health,...
South Sudan lawmaker resigns over ‘atrocities,’ urges international intervention
Sudans Post
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June 11, 2025
Dei Tut Weang Khor. Photo courtesy] JUBA – A South Sudanese lawmaker has resigned from both the Transitional Legislative Assembly and the Pan-African Parliament, citing grave human rights abuses, government militarization, and a systematic...
Restoring Rights And Redressing Grievances: The Path To Addressing The Devastating Effects Of War
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN- Sudanow Magazine) By: Hanan Hassan PortSudan, (Sudanow)_ Uncle Azhari hurried toward his home, pushing a dardaga (an iron handcart with three wheels) laden with food and water. These were meals he collected from the General Complex of...
Amuru raises alert levels as cholera kills 3 in South Sudan
Independent (Uganda)
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June 16, 2025
Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities in Amuru district are on high alert following an outbreak of cholera disease in the neighboring Nimule Township in South Sudan that has claimed the lives of three people. , Cholera is an acute...