Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok Resigns Amid Unrelenting Civil Unrest
Sudan’s Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, has announced his resignation in a televised address to the Sudanese people this evening. His resignation comes just hours after at least three civilians were killed as Sudanese security forces violently suppressed another wave of the Marches of the Millions, that saw hundreds of thousand take to the streets across […]
Jonglei Violence Leaves 32 Dead
An incident report released by South Sudan’s Jonglei State governor has revealed that at least 32 people were killed in November in various attacks in the region. In the report that featured six counties, Governor Denay Chagor said the incidents that left nine people injured were mainly linked to cattle raids and road ambushes. “Several […]
Plane Crash at Juba Airport Kills Five
A plane crash at Juba International Airport on Tuesday morning has left five people dead, the airport country director has confirmed. “The event happened this morning as the plane was taking off at 10.36 am heading to Maban in the Upper Nile State. The cargo plane, which is owned by Optimum Aviation, had been chartered […]
UNHCR Responding to Worst Flooding In Decades In South Sudan
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is supporting the Government of South Sudan in assisting people hit hard by the worst flooding there in decades. Weeks of heavy rain have caused unrelenting floods, affecting more than 700,000 people across the country, UNHCR Representative in the country Arafat Jamal said on Tuesday. The rains have swept away […]
Dalit and Muslim Indian Women Leading Change in South Sudan
Two Indian women, one Muslim and the other Dalit (former untouchables), separated by culture and geography, have found common ground in leading change in conflict-torn South Sudan. Rama Hansraj, a Dalit, grew up in a humble railway colony in Secunderabad. Huma Khan, a Muslim, born and raised in the controversial north Indian city of Faizabad, […]
‘Safe Spaces’ Helping Women and Girls in West Darfur Tackle Trauma of Violence and Displacement
About 1,500 women and girls access five UN Population Fund (UNFPA) temporary safe spaces in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, each month, to tackle the trauma of violence and displacement, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says in its latest Sudan Situation Report. Sawakin, 35, fled armed clashes that erupted […]
Kenya Offers to Support Sudan’s Transition to Democracy
Kenya has offered to help Sudan’s reforms for government institutions as the country emerges from years of conflict and isolation. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo says Nairobi is willing to support Khartoum’s “broad-based reform” needed to move the country from the transition stage to a democracy. Ms Omamo was in Khartoum on […]
UN Reunites 58 Abducted Women, Children With Their Families
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) during Easter reunited 58 abducted women and children with their families. The women and children were kidnapped during last year’s vicious inter-communal fighting in Jonglei State. UNMISS says the exchange of abducted women and children followed a community-led goodwill agreement between the Lou Nuer, Murle and Dinka […]
Fifth Vice President Tests Positive for Covid-19
South Sudan’s Fifth Vice President has contracted the novel coronavirus, her press office has confirmed. In a Facebook post seen by The EastAfrican on Friday, Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior, who is also in charge of the Gender and Youth cluster in the unity government, said she decided to get tested after exhibiting symptoms. […]
UN Security Council Urges South Sudan to Establish Hybrid Court
South Sudan should heed last week’s call from the UN Security Council to establish a hybrid court with the African Union, support the protection of civilians, and cease interfering with the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan’s (UNMISS) monitoring of human rights abuses. That message came last week in a resolution that renewed the mandate […]
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