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Nearly 900,000 hit by floods in South Sudan
A woman displaced by flooding carries a child and belongings along a waterlogged road in Bentui, South Sudan. [Photo: United Nations] JUBA – At least 886,106 people across 26 counties in six states in South Sudan have been affected, with Jonglei...
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The Unwavering Beacon: How the Comboni Missionaries Were a Great Hope in South Sudan’s Struggle
By Joseph Kenyi Samuel In the annals of South Sudan’s long and painful journey to nationhood, a story not just of politics and conflict but also of profound faith and resilience emerges. Throughout decades of armed liberation struggles, amidst the...
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Opinion | Youth voices a must for South Sudan to rise from the ashes
South Sudan’s story is one of resilience and sacrifice, a nation born out of the ashes of war, with dreams of peace, dignity, and prosperity. Yet, more than a decade after independence, one crucial segment of its population is the youth that has...
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Officer assigned to UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan
Hanoi (VNA) – Major Le Vinh Hoang, Brigade 229 under the Engineer Corps, received a decision to undertake United Nations peacekeeping tasks at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 10. According to the State President's decision, Hoang will replace...
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Aid cuts ‘risk pushing 13.7 mln people into extreme hunger’
ROME The U.N.'s World Food Program warned on Wednesday that "staggering" cuts to its funding risked pushing up to 13.7 million people currently receiving food aid into "emergency" levels of hunger, one step before famine. It warned that six key...
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Funding cuts: six critical WFP operations at risk
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New WFP findings show how deep aid cuts threaten to leave millions without lifesaving assistance - and dramatically push up hunger. These six operations are most at risk: Afghanistan People lining up for WFP assistance in earthquake-hit eastern...
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Kenya's opposition giant Raila Odinga dies aged 80
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died in India, Indian police said Wednesday. He was aged 80. Odinga died of a heart attack, according to AP news agency, which cited the Devamatha Hospital in India's Kerala State. French news agency AFP...
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WFP warns that six critical operations are facing significant food aid pipeline breaks by year-end
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Photo: WFP/Benjamin Anguandia. Food assistance via value vouchers in eastern DRC Photo credit New WFP report, ‘A Lifeline at Risk’, finds that 13.7 million WFP food aid recipients could be pushed into emergency levels of hunger as support is cut...
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Nearly half a million displaced in South Sudan in 2025, says UN official
Author: Madrama James | Published: 11 hours ago Families displaced by flooding in Fangak County of Jonglei State cram themselves on heaps of papyrus leaves as the entire area sinks underwater. (-) Over 497,000 people have been displaced across the...
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Here are the Nine African Countries Competing at the 2026 Football World Cup
Cape Verde made history by qualifying for the world cup for the first time in its history, while expected qualifiers like Morocco, Egypt and Ghana secured their spots. Praia, Cape Verde - 13 October 2025; Roberto Lopes, left, and Deroy Duarte of...
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14 soldiers killed as South Sudan’s peace forces clash in Abyei
Map of the Abyei region. [Photo courtesy]JUBA – Fourteen soldiers were killed and at least 14 others wounded after fighting broke out between South Sudan’s unified forces in the disputed Abyei region over a love triangle, a military spokesman said...
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South Sudan peace deal in “man-made” collapse, UN says
A senior United Nations official on Tuesday accused South Sudan’s leaders of creating a “man-made” political crisis that has shattered the 2018 peace agreement, fueled a surge in civilian casualties, and pushed the world’s youngest nation toward a...
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Irish Loreto Sister Receives Honorary Doctorate for Work With Girls in South Sudan Crisis
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St. Patrick’s Pontifical University in Maynooth, Ireland, has conferred an honorary doctorate to Sister Orla Treacy, whose work spanning 19 years in South Sudan has transformed the lives of hundreds of girls in the war-torn east African nation. In...
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Aid cuts risk pushing 13.7 mn people into extreme hunger: WFP
The UN's World Food Programme warned Wednesday that "staggering" cuts to its funding risked pushing up to 13.7 million people currently receiving food aid into "emergency" levels of hunger -- one step before famine. It warned that six key...
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“No alternative”: UN insists peace deal is South Sudan’s only path
Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 4 hours ago Anita Kiki Gbeho, Officer in Charge, SRSG, and Deputy Special Representative in South Sudan - Courtesy File Photo Anita Kiki Gbeho, the Officer in Charge and Deputy Special Representative of the UN...
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SOUTH SUDAN: Sixth Year Of Flooding Deepens One Of World’s Worst Hunger Crises
The sixth year of flooding in South Sudan combined with aid cuts is exacerbating one of the world’s worst hunger crises with newly arrived refugees fleeing conflict in Sudan resorting to foraging for food and eating leaves to survive, Save the...
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Sudan grants South Sudan free zone at Port Sudan – SUNA
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 6 hours ago FILE PHOTO: Port Sudan is Sudan's principal maritime gateway, connecting the nation's trade and oil exports to the Middle East and the wider international market via the Red Sea. Courtesy The zone...
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Sudan, South Sudan agree to revive joint committees on security, politics
Monday Semaya Kumba, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with the Sudanese Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Mutasim Ibrahim, on Monday, 06/10/2025. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – South Sudan and Sudan have agreed to...
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Today in Africa - October 7, 2025: Nigeria Has World’s Lowest Life Expectancy, Madagascar President Calls for National Dialogue Tomorrow, South Sudan Faces Renewed Fighting
NEWS Ayo Edebiri, Chanel’s newest brand ambassador, attends the Chanel Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show at Paris Fashion Week on October 06, 2025, in Paris. by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Every day, OkayAfrica shares a...
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The America First Global Health Strategy shifts the US from global health leadership to using health as another area of strategic competition
Last month the US published the America First Global Health Strategy, marking a health policy shift towards centering US strategic interests. Thurka Sangaramoorthy writes that the strategy’s claim that too much of health foreign assistance is...
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