South Sudan: UN warns of 'social engineering' amid looming threat of genocide
Link to web article here.Link to web video here.PHOTO: IDPs line up in the early morning for general food distribution at the UN Protection of Civilians Site, Malakal, South Sudan, 16 December...
View ArticleSudan: Qatar's Sheikha Moza Visits Out-of-School Children in Sudan
Link to web article here.Khartoum — The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and a Qatari foundation support the education of tens of thousands of children who are out of school in Sudan.Her...
View ArticleEthiopia: South Sudan gunmen kill 28, kidnap 43
Link to web article and video here.An incident seen as another demonstration of how Sudan’s civil war threatens the region.A regional government spokesman, Chol Chany, said the raids on Sunday and...
View ArticleSouth Sudan needs Marshall-style plan
Link to web article here.A South Sudanese child at the Bidibidi refugee camp in Imvepi, Uganda. ‘Girls’ education is the single most powerful spur to reducing malnutrition’, writes John Benington....
View ArticleMogae says no military solution to South Sudan conflict
Link to web article here.Photo: Festus Mogae, chairman of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC)/Radio TamazujFestus Mogae, chairman of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission...
View ArticleOver 80,000 South Sudan refugees arrive in East Darfur: Official
Link to web article here.Photo: South Sudanese refugees from Northern Bahr Ghazal in East Darfur/UNThe deputy governor of Sudan’s East Darfur State, Mohamed Al Hassan Al Beirag, said the number of...
View ArticleLucky escape for South Sudan plane crash survivors
Link to web article and video here.File: Pascal Ladu of the South Sudan Red Cross said that after the plane operated by local carrier South Supreme Airlines hit the truck it burst into flames and...
View Article1st units of South Sudan protection force arrive soon: UN
Link to web article here.The UN in South Sudan (File, AP).Juba - The first units of a long-delayed regional protection force for South Sudan will be deploy within a few weeks, the UN peacekeeping chief...
View ArticleA Passenger Plane Crash-Landed and Burned in South Sudan but All 49 People...
Link to web article and videos here.Link to web image here.(JUBA, South Sudan) — A passenger plane crash-landed and burned in Wau, northwestern South Sudan on Monday, but all 49 passengers and crew...
View ArticleForest Whitaker: It's not too late to save South Sudan
Link to web article and video here.Editor's Note: Forest Whitaker is an artist and social activist. He is the founder and CEO of Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative and a UNESCO special envoy...
View ArticleNorway: South Sudan crisis is man-made, government must act
Link to web article here.A child collects water from a water point in Juba, South Sudan, on March 21, 2017. (Photo by AFP)Norway's foreign minister says South Sudan's leaders have inflicted a massive...
View ArticleSudan vows to pay off “every single penny” of China’s debt
Link to web article here.March 21, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government has pledged to settle the entire Chinese debt saying Beijing’s investments continued to flow into the country despite the...
View ArticleWorld Bank: Sudan could become rich when US sanctions are lifted
Link to web article here.The World Bank Country Director for Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan, Carolyn Turk, said on Monday that Sudan could become a “rich country” after the US sanctions have been...
View ArticleSudan seeks to ‘force Egyptians out’ of disputed area
Link to web article here.Halayeb and Shalateen region has long been a sore spot in Egypt-Sudan relationsFile photoKHARTOUMSudan has formed a panel to look into “diplomatic” means of forcing Egyptians...
View ArticleSouth Sudan rebels kidnap Pakistani engineer
Link to web article here.March 21, 2017 (PAGAK) - Another foreign oil worker have been captured by South Sudanese rebels in northern Upper Nile state, nearly a month after earlier warnings and threats...
View ArticleThe Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan seal oil deal
Link to web article here.South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea on Monday unveiled an oil and gas partnership. The deal was announced in Juba following the visit of the Equatorial Guinea oil minister,...
View ArticleMotor boat attack leaves 8 dead, 9 wounded in Jonglei state
March 21, 2017 (BOR) – Eight people have been confirmed dead after a boat attack on Sunday which left nine others wounded.A boat crosses from Bor to Mingkaman on 10 November 2014 (ST)The boat left...
View ArticleSudan: 'Cancer Among Biggest Challenges for Sudan' - Health Minister
Link to web article here.Khartoum — The Sudanese Health Minister said that the rate of cancer in the country is rising. At least 13,000 cases are registered in hospitals every year.Minister Bahar Idris...
View ArticleSouth Sudan buys weapons during famine: UN report
Link to web article here.Women and children wait to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan, February...
View ArticleNene Manasseh, who fled violence in South Sudan, talks about founding...
Link to web article here.Nene Manasseh knows what it feels like to not quite belong anywhere.She grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya after her family had to escape the violence in their homeland of...
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