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FAO Investment Centre Annual Review: a look back at 2024
Rome - Investing in agrifood systems helps countries achieve better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life. In its latest Annual Review, published today, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s...

CES government begins allocation of 1,800 km² land in Rajaf Payam
Author: Alhadi Hawari | Published: 5 hours ago CES officials during land allotment in Diggala area, Rajaf Payam over the weekend- courtesy The Central Equatoria State government has launched the allotment of land covering 1,800 square kilometres...

AFNIS 2025 To Boost African Investment In Continent’s Natural Resources – FG
The fourth edition of the African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS) will be held from July 15 to 17, 2025, at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, with the theme “Harnessing Local Content for Sustainable Development.” A...

Unity State Minister: Urgent assessment needed for oil pollution
Authors: Lieth Nyak | Alhadi Hawari | Published: 4 hours ago Oil pollution in Unity state - Courtesy BENTIU, Unity State (Eye Radio) – Unity State’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry has voiced grave concerns over pervasive oil pollution,...

AP News Summary at 3:02 p.m. EDT
Death toll in central Texas flash floods rises to 70 as sheriff says 11 campers remain missing KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The death toll from flash floods that raged through central Texas has risen to 70 after searchers found more bodies. Authorities...

Charcoal trader killed in Jebel Ladu, police investigate
Author: Alhadi Hawari | Published: 2 hours ago Police crossing - courtesy/alamy JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – Police in Ladu Payam, Juba County, are investigating the killing of a charcoal trader by an unidentified assailant in the Jebel Ladu...

Atong suspends Trade Undersecretary, Standards Bureau head
Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 2 hours ago Hon Atong Kuol Manyang, Minister of Trade and Industry - Courtesy of OPP JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – The Minister of Trade and Industry, Atong Kuol Manyang, has suspended with immediate effect the...

How Long Will Americans Put Up With Trump’s ICE on Steroids?
While much of the damage that the GOP megabill does will be delayed, turning ICE into a Gestapo-like internal police force is going to happen right away. How much of that are Americans going to put up with? Listen To This Story Since it takes time...

Four die of hunger while fleeing violence in WES
Author: Jackson Gaaniko | Published: 4 hours ago The IDPs were mainly women, children and the elderly|By Jackson Gaaniko At least four internally displaced persons (IDPs) died of hunger while fleeing violence in Tambura County in recent months,...

Tackle conflicts, foster unity; Former VP tells governor Mujung
Author: Baria Johnson | Published: 4 hours ago Gen. Rabi Emmanuel, the newly appointed Governor of Central Equatoria State, speaks during his reception at his office in Juba on June 18, 2025. (Photo: Madrama James) Former Vice President Dr. James...

BRICS summit in Brazil to champion multilateralism amid trade tensions
Leaders of the growing BRICS group of nations are gathering in Brazil for a summit overshadowed by United States President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies, with the bloc aiming to present itself as a defender of multilateralism. The leaders,...

Unity State: ‘Prioritize farming to end aid dependency’
Authors: Lieth Nyak | Alhadi Hawari | Published: 4 hours ago A farmer in Bentiu prepares his land for cultivation on June, 19, 2025 - (Credit: Lieth Nyak/Eye Radio) BENTIU, Unity State (Eye Radio) – The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in...

Dirty Deeds, Judicial Ping Pong, and the BBB
What a week! The 2016 and 2020 plots against Trump are now confirmed; the Supreme Court is finally acting to restore judicial integrity; and the ballooning welfare state finally is punctured. Dirty Deeds Done Down Low The perfidious acts of...

Israel, U.S. war won’t end Iran’s nuclear program
Damage at the Isfahan nuclear technology centre after US airstrikes on Sunday. Maxar Technologies/EPA It will drive it underground, following North Korea’s model, and irreversibly damage the nonproliferation regime COMMENT | ANTHONY BURKE | The...

New Central Equatoria Governor pledges unity, service delivery
Author: Emmanuel J. Akile | Published: 7 hours ago Gen. Rabi Emmanuel, the newly appointed Governor of Central Equatoria State, speaks during his reception at his office in Juba on June 18, 2025. (Photo: Madrama James) The new governor of Central...

AP News: Award-winning international correspondent launches a new journalism platform
NEW YORK (AP) — Jane Ferguson has won awards for unflinching reporting from dangerous lands including Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen. So she was unlikely to be intimidated by seeking financing for a new journalism platform, despite tough times for...

Henry Odwar: Statesman and political adversary who sought forgiveness amid cancer battle
The late Dr. Henry Dilah Odwar speaks about his health during an interview recorded in 2019. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – South Sudan turns 14 years old next month. In the country’s nascent but tumultuous history, few figures embody the complex...

"Africa Is Dying Gradually" — Primate Ayodele Issues 31st Prophetic Warning to African Leaders, Predicts Political Shocks and Looming Crises
"Africa Is Dying Gradually" — Primate Ayodele Issues 31st Prophetic Warning to African Leaders, Predicts Political Shocks and Looming Crises LAGOS, Nigeria — Renowned spiritual leader and founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate...

Afreximbank’s Credit Ratings Downgrade: Two Worlds, One Conversation
Email [email protected] Recently, Fitch Ratings downgraded Afreximbank’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) from ‘BBB’ to ‘BBB-’ with a Negative Outlook. This decision reflects Fitch’s reassessment of Afreximbank’s credit risk profile stemming...

Eastern Equatoria mourns Hon. Dilang
By Nakwam Rose Government of Eastern Equatoria State is mourning the loss of South Sudan’s political figure, Hilary Dilang Odwar, who passed away at a hospital in Canada. Dilang, who was former deputy chairman of the SPLM/A-IO, had been battling...