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Former SPLM-IO Deputy Chairman Henry Odwar passes away at 78
Eye Radio
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June 25, 2025
Author: Baria Johnson | Published: 9 hours ago Dr. Henry Dilah Odwar, former Deputy Chairman of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) and a prominent politician - Courtesy JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – The former...
If we respect our women, we should not remain blind
Ghanaian Times
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July 8, 2025
Since summer 2023, Russia has been using Iranian-made suicide drones to attack Ukraine. However, since then it has significantly modified and upgraded them, making deadlier, adding a better navigation system and speed. The drones that target...
Immigration Tracker: Updates on TPS, work visas and deportation rules
El Tecolote - California
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July 8, 2025
In the past six months, the Trump administration has unleashed a wave of immigration directives, rolling back key protections for immigrants and narrowing access to due process. With many of these directives now contested in court, the legal...
Garbage and Seaweed Pile Up Along Lumley–Aberdeen Beach After Waste Net Breaks
Sierraloaded
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July 8, 2025
A large pile-up of waste has formed along the Lumley and Aberdeen beach area after a net installed to trap plastic and rubbish from the Juba and Kaningo drainage areas broke due to heavy flow. The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and the...
Motorists Demand Police Intervention Over Emerging Crisis
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 8, 2025
The Long Distance Drivers and Conductors Association (LoDDCA) has called on the National Police Service to intervene, following an influx of undocumented drivers flooding the industry. Citing a now-flagged report by the NPS that at least 122...
After long closure, Wonduruba’s troubled Mongiling road reopens
Eye Radio
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June 30, 2025
Author: Baria Johnson | Published: 6 hours ago Courtesy Authorities in Wonduruba Administrative Payam say the Mongiling road, which was closed following the gruesome killing of eleven people in October 2024, has been officially reopened. Stephen...
Pardons board declines to intervene as WA immigrant faces deportation
The Columbian - Washington State
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The state’s Clemency and Pardons Board declined to recommend a pardon for Tuan Thanh Phan, a Vietnamese national who grew up in Tacoma now facing deportation to South Sudan — a country he has no ties to. Phan is one of eight men with criminal...
ICE deports 20-year-old living in Iowa for 7 years, no criminal record
The Ames Tribune - Iowa
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Pascual Pedro, a 20-year-old Guatemalan immigrant living in Iowa, was deported. Pedro had been living in the U.S. under an order of supervision since fleeing Guatemala in 2018. Community members rallied behind Pedro, describing him as a...
NilePet, Russia’s Rosneft near deal on oil pipeline and refineries
Eye Radio
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June 24, 2025
Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 5 minutes ago Photo|Courtesy South Sudan National Oil and Gas Corporation, NilePet, has announced that it is close to striking a deal with a Moscow-based Rossneft to install pipelines and oil refineries for the...
SSOA mourns late Lopole
Number One Citizen Daily
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July 4, 2025
By Nakwam Rose South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) mourn their fellow esteemed colleague and leader, Lt. Gen. Amee Ngare Lopole. The late Amee Ngare Lopole was a former General Chief of Staff of South Sudan opposition alliance and assistant...
KeNHA Issues Update on Dualling of Nairobi-Nakuru Highway
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 8, 2025
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced the receipt of a third privately initiated proposal for the upgrade of the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. KeNHA, in a notice published on Tuesday, July 8, revealed that it received a proposal...
Food crisis forces Tambura County Prison inmates to casual labor
Radio Tamazuj
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July 8, 2025
Tambura County Prison is facing a dire humanitarian crisis, with over 80 inmates reportedly going without food for 11 consecutive days due to a government failure to pay a long-standing debt to the penitentiary’s food supplier. Colonel Gaetano...
Ferguson denies pardon for Tuan Phan
Northwest Asian Weekly - Washington State
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July 3, 2025
Gov. Bob Ferguson has denied a pardon for Tuan Thanh Phan, a Vietnamese refugee and longtime Washington resident, just as the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for deportations to South Sudan—a war-torn country where Phan has never lived and...
ATM's proposal to rename South Africa as Azania: What does it mean and how do South Africans feel about it?
IOL
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The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has announced its intention to table a proposal before Parliament and the Constitutional Review Committee to rename South Africa as the Republic of Azania. According to the party, the move is a part of a...
Civil society urges artists to avoid songs with hate speech
Number One Citizen Daily
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July 8, 2025
By Lodu William Odiya Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA) has called on artists to exercise responsibility, cautioning them to refrain from promoting hate speech. Speaking to No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on Monday, Executive Director of CPA, Ter...
School lightning tragedy in Uganda sparks global campaign
Independent (Uganda)
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July 7, 2025
Students of Palabek Secondary School in Lamwo District stand outside a classroom block which was recently fitted with a lightning protection system. Lightning bolts are quite common in this part of northern Uganda. INDEPENDENT/RONALD MUSOKE....
Ailing president Salva Kiir prepares volatile succession
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 3, 2025
With South Sudan's President Salva Kiir undergoing medical tests abroad after years of rumours about his health, analysts say a long-gestating plan has been set in motion to secure his succession. Kiir returned from at least 10 days in the United...
Slog AM: More Than 80 Dead in Texas Floods, Bibi Is Back in DC, and the Governor Chooses Not to Pardon a Washington Deportee
The Stranger - Washington State
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July 7, 2025
Good morning! Did you manage to get through the 4th of July without blowing anything (or anyone) up? Good for you. (The 47 people that were treated at Harborview for fireworks-related injuries weren’t so lucky.) Now that we’re officially in...
International Notes: Doncic, Maledon, Musa, Gabriel, K. Antetokounmpo, Okafor
Hoops Rumors
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July 7, 2025
Lakers star Luka Doncic highlights Slovenia’s preliminary EuroBasket roster, which was released this morning, according to Johnny Askounis of EuroHoops. Vlatko Cancar, who recently left Denver to sign with Olimpia Milano, and former NBA guard...
Mother Country How I Love You. Tabs, Mon., July 7, 2025
Wonkette - Michigan
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July 7, 2025
Tabs gif by your friend Martini Glambassador! Good morning! Marcie has the week off. Am I going to have to write posts? HOW WILL WE LIVE???? Absolutely horrendous news on July 4, as flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country swept a still unknown...