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Making a splash in South Sudan: Local students saving lives in remote African villages
East Idaho News
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February 6, 2025
Sugar-Salem Science Teacher Sharee Barton’s junior high students share Thon Yak’s story about growing up in South Sudan to help construct five wells to provide clean water access to 120,000 people.| Courtesy Sharee Barton SUGAR CITY — Pure water...
Opinion| What significance does President Museveni’s visit to Juba hold for Equatoria?
Radio Tamazuj
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April 27, 2025
Introduction This paper analyses Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s recent visit to Juba, where he met with South Sudanese leaders to discuss critical political developments, particularly the proposed reunification of the Sudan People’s...
Opinion | How Eng. Napoleon Adok transformed the ICT sector in South Sudan
Radio Tamazuj
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February 5, 2025
About four years ago, many South Sudanese did not know the important and critical role that the information, communication, and technology (ICT) sector plays in the economic growth and development of a country. This all changed when Eng. Napoleon...
South Sudanese elected as head of East African Business Council
Eye Radio
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December 17, 2024
Author: Alhadi Hawari | Published: 5 hours ago New EABC chairperson John Lual Akot. (Photo: Courtesy). South Sudanese trade official John Lual Akol has been elected as Chairperson of the East African Business Council (EABC) during the group’s 23rd...
Insecurity, main cause of hunger in South Sudan
Number One Citizen Daily
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February 3, 2025
By William Madouk Chargé d’affaires of the Germany Embassy in South Sudan, attributes the biting hunger situation across the country to persistent insecurity. “But coming to the context of South Sudan again, and again, lessons learned, why are...
Can resumption of oil production save South Sudan’s economy?
Deutsche Welle
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January 30, 2025
South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, has resumed oil production after nearly a year-long shutdown which was caused by the ongoing conflict in neighboring Sudan. The announcement of the restart, which began on January 8, 2025, has been met...
Cambodia sends 355 peacekeepers to South Sudan, Central African Republic, Lebanon
Xinhua News Agency
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PHNOM PENH, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Wednesday dispatched new batches of 355 peacekeepers, including 86 women, to join United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations in South Sudan, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Lebanon, officials...
Financial Inclusion: South Sudan moves to launch country’s first instant payment system
Premium Times
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February 4, 2025
The Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) is set to launch the country’s first National Instant Payment System (NIPS) in collaboration with the AfricaNenda Foundation. This announcement was contained in a joint statement issued by the Bank of South Sudan and...
South Sudan’s Wau diocese charges rebel militia with torturing 17 of its clergy
Anglican Ink - Florida
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December 26, 2024
The Episcopal Church of South Sudan’s (ECSS) Diocese of Wau has demanded justice for 17 members of its clergy allegedly tortured by soldiers of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO), Radio Tamazuj reports. Led by Vice...
Lack of research centers cripples South Sudan’s fight against pests
Number One Citizen Daily
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January 30, 2025
By Kei Emmanuel Duku In South Sudan, absence of agricultural research centers has significantly hindered efforts to combat pest and disease infestations. With 80% of the rural population relying on agriculture, the country encounters numerous...
Germany tells South Sudan to overhaul food system
Radio Tamazuj
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February 3, 2025
Germany has challenged South Sudan to urgently overhaul its food system to combat hunger and malnutrition. The Head of Cooperation at the German Embassy in South Sudan, Bjorn Niere, made the call during a panel discussion on the South Sudan’s Food...
Conflicting media reports on storm in South Sudan parliament
Media Observer
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February 3, 2025
All is not well at the seat of South Sudan’s legislative power in Juba City. There are conflicting media reports that a storm of administrative nature is brewing at the Transitional National Legislative Assembly. The stories are largely touching...
20 killed in South Sudan oilfield plane crash
Aviation24.be
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January 29, 2025
A Beechcraft 1900D aircraft (registration 5XD-RHB) carrying oil workers crashed on takeoff from Unity oilfield airstrip in South Sudan on 29 January 2025, killing 20 of the 21 people on board, including the two pilots. The flight was operated by...
Plane crash leaves 20 dead in South Sudan
Garowe Online
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Plane crash leaves 20 dead in South Sudan JUBA, South Sudan - At least 20 people were killed on Wednesday in South Sudan after their small aircraft crashed, officials said, noting that the accident happened in the northern part of the country...
Beechcraft 1900D carrying oil workers crashes in South Sudan leaving twenty fatalities
Aviation24.be
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January 29, 2025
Twenty people, including foreigners, died in South Sudan on Wednesday when a small aircraft carrying oil workers from the Unity oilfields of Rubkona County in Unity State to Juba Airport crashed on 29 January 2025 at 10:30 AM local time, State...
South Sudan, Sudan oil stakeholders convene to discuss seamless oil resumption
The City Review
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December 23, 2024
Among the major hurdles addressed was the lifting of the force majeure, a critical step that would enable all partners to approve the integrated resumption plan and budget. By Emmanuel Mandella A two-day meeting held in Juba brought together key...
Do You Know About Uganda's Sudan Virus Disease Outbreak
Precision Vaccinations
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(Vax-Before-Travel)The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that it will host an overview of the current outbreak of the Sudan Ebola virus disease in the Republic of Uganda, Africa. On February 6, 2025, from 12:00 to 13:00 CET, Dr....
Lack of sensitization limiting farmers’ access to agricultural credit
Independent (Uganda)
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April 27, 2025
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of information is hindering the utilisation of financial incentives for farmers. Henry Opolot, the Commissioner for Agricultural Extension and Skills Management at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal...
A look at UAE-S. Sudan ties as Kiir jets out for working visit
The City Review
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February 3, 2025
The visit builds on the previous engagements between President Kiir and UAE investors, with an aim to outline the next steps for advancing these partnerships and projects, the office of the president said By James Chatim President Salva Kiir...
Violence, Abductions Still Rampant in South Sudan
Africa Defense Forum
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January 28, 2025
ADF STAFF Communal violence has surged in South Sudan’s Warrap State and Central Equatoria State, and it continues to be the primary driver of conflict throughout the country, according to the United Nations peacekeeping mission there known as...