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Ministry of Health deploys mobile teams to cholera-hit areas
Eye Radio
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June 27, 2025
Author: Staff Writer | Published: 6 hours ago Medics treating cholera patients in the open [Photo Courtesy: WaterStep/John Dau Foundation] The Ministry of Health is deploying rapid response teams to cholera hotspot areas, including Rubkona and...
IOM Sounds Alarm Over Suspension of Life-Saving Transport in South Sudan
IOM - UN Migration
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June 19, 2025
Geneva/Juba, 20 June 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply alarmed by the suspension of its life-saving transport services for thousands of displaced people in South Sudan due to critical funding shortfalls. With...
DR Congo park rangers shoot, arrest South Sudanese hunters
Radio Tamazuj
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June 20, 2025
The local authorities in Western Equatoria State’s Ibba County have confirmed a cross-border incident in which seven South Sudanese hunters were arrested, and two were shot and injured after allegedly crossing into Garamba National Park in the...
UNHCR: Over 165,000 people flee conflict in South Sudan
The City Review
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June 20, 2025
By James Chatim The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says over 165,000 people fled South Sudan amid increasing tensions and conflict in the past three months, seeking safety both within the country and across borders, an...
The forgotten struggle: LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan
Washington Blade - Washington D.C.
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June 20, 2025
As the world prepares to mark World Refugee Day on June 20, discussions will echo across continents about war, displacement, and humanitarian assistance. But there is one story that is often left out — a story of a people who are doubly displaced,...
Harambee Starlets thrash South Sudan to maintain unbeaten CECAFA run
The Standard
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Harambee Starlets duo Diana Wacera (L) celebrates with Violet Nanjala after Kenya's 4-0 win over Uganda at the ongoing Cecafa Senior Women's Challenge Cup in Tanzanaia.[Harambee Starlets,X] Harambee Starlets yesterday stretched their unbeaten run...
Charity savings groups support people forcibly displaced in South Sudan
Church Times
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June 19, 2025
AN ANGLICAN microfinance charity, Five Talents, has published new research on its work to support people forcibly displaced in South Sudan, to coincide with World Refugee Day on Friday. Savings Groups and Displaced People in South Sudan: A fresh...
IGAD engages Kenya on South Sudan crisis
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 19, 2025
By Kei Emmanuel Duku IGAD Special Envoy to South Sudan, Dr. Ambassador Ismail Wais is in Nairobi for talks with Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs on the evolving political situation in South Sudan. Ambassador Wais, acting...
South Sudan: women learn to rebuild lives after sexual violence
Africanews
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June 15, 2025
Thirty-nine-year-old Abuk Buol was among those who suffered from South Sudan’s brutal conflict, enduring horrific sexual violence, and displacement. But as one of the 60 participants at a workshop focused on how to ensure the socio-economic...
Heavy taxes, illegal checkpoints pinch South Sudan farmers, amid food crisis
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 19, 2025
By Kei Emmanuel Duku Across South Sudan, farmers are overburdened with multiple taxes and illegal checkpoints, making agricultural inputs costly for food production in the country. Farmers are appealing to the government to enforce long-standing...
WES Deputy Police Chief Maj. Gen. Aboud Komoyangi dies in Juba
Eye Radio
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June 26, 2025
Author: Alhadi Hawari | Published: 9 hours ago Late Major General Aboud Komoyangi, former the Deputy Police Commissioner of Western Equatoria State - Courtesy JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – The Deputy Police Commissioner of Western Equatoria...
World News in Brief: Global investment plunges, hurricane season in Haiti, rising cholera and hunger in South Sudan
UN News
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June 19, 2025
Their latest data shows that the outlook for international investment this year “is negative”, a sharp course correction from January, when “modest” growth seemed possible. The reasons for this range from trade tensions and tariffs whose main...
The Power of Experience & Qualifications: Why President Kiir...
Modern Ghana
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South Sudan stands at a critical juncture in its journey towards stability and development. Years of conflicts, economics instability, political patronage and power wrangle left the nation struggling to provide basic services, particularly in...
Politics Aside, Lives Matter: A Call for Unity in South Sudan’s Health Sector
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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June 10, 2025
By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon, Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, 10 June 2025 (PW) – These times; branded with cholera outbreaks, conflicts that have endangered health infrastructure, and a fragile healthcare system are the most critical for the ministry of...
Installation by South Sudanese artist in Martin Place marks World Refugee Day
Women's Agenda
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June 19, 2025
A giant recreation of a photographic portrait by acclaimed South Sudanese artist Atong Atem has been unveiled today in Sydney’s Martin Place to mark World Refugee Day. The printed ground decal titled Three Women stretches over seven metres long...
Qatar bank sues South Sudan for award enforcement
ICLG
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Africa’s poorest country could soon find itself on the hook to settle an ICSID arbitral award of mo... Africa’s poorest country could soon find itself on the hook to settle an ICSID arbitral award of more than USD 1 billion, adding to its...
Harambee Starlets eye big win against South Sudan in CECAFA clash
The Standard
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Harambee Starlets duo Diana Wacera (L) celebrates with Violet Nanjala after Kenya's 4-0 win over Uganda at the ongoing Cecafa Senior Women's Challenge Cup in Tanzania. [Harambee Starlets, X] Harambee Starlets will be hunting for more goals when...
Qatar National Bank asks US court to enforce $1 billion against South Sudan
Eye Radio
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June 17, 2025
Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 8 hours ago Flag and logo of Qatar National Bank - courtesy Qatar National Bank (QNB) has petitioned a US federal court in Washington, D.C., to enforce a $1 billion award against South Sudan after the country failed...
Partners celebrate 20 years transformative impact of Global Fund support in S. Sudan
The City Review
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June 18, 2025
By Ajah Jennifer The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Government of South Sudan and the Country Coordinating Mechanism celebrated the achievements of the Global Fund in South Sudan over the past 20 years. The...
Food Is a Human Right: 7.7 Million in South Sudan Face Acute Hunger Crisis
The City Review
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June 18, 2025
Recent report by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) says conflict, floods and economic collapse are issues that could exacerbate the famine By Chuol Chanyong In South Sudan, the simple act of having a meal...