Botched Vaccination Kills 15 Children in South Sudan
At least 15 children have died in rural South Sudan in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering vaccinations, reports say. South Sudan’s health ministry on Friday blamed the deaths on human error. Health workers vaccinating the children against measles used the same syringe without sterilising it, […]
General Malek Reuben Riak Accused of Making Millions from South Sudan War
A top South Sudan army official has used his position to accumulate millions of dollars through his personal business, while helping to orchestrate a conflict that has resulted in famine, according to a new report by a Washington-based human rights group. Lt. Gen. Malek Reuben Riak, the SPLA’s deputy chief of defense force for operations, […]
Gen Kamanzi Begins Tour of Duty in South Sudan
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in South Sudan and the head of the UN peacekeeping mission, David Shearer, on Monday announced the arrival of Lt Gen Frank Mushyo Kamanzi of Rwanda as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Kamanzi was assigned this task by the United Nations Secretary-General […]
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Announces Truce
The U.N.’s top official in South Sudan says President Salva Kiir has formally launched a long-awaited national dialogue and declared a unilateral cessation of hostilities. “While the National Dialogue could bring a welcome focus on reconciliation, for it to be credible, it will need the genuine participation of opposition constituencies,” David Shearer told the U.N. […]
South Africa Deputy President Ramaphosa ‘Taking Bribes From President Kiir’ – South Sudan Rebels
Rebels in South Sudan have claimed that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is “taking bribes” from President Salva Kiir’s government to block their leader Riek Machar – currently in South Africa – from returning home. Deputy military spokesperson for the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM LO), Colonel Lam Paul Gabriel told News24 this week that Ramaphosa […]
Embrace Unity – Forget Identity – Museveni to South Sudan
President Museveni has urged the people of South Sudan to embrace unity for prosperity and development warning that the misuse of identity can paralyse and endanger their nation. Mr Museveni was speaking in Juba where he travelled at the invitation of President Salva Kiir, to attend the launch of South Sudan’s National dialogue and swearing […]
‘Fighting must stop now’ so millions South Sudanese can be spared from famine, say UN agency chiefs
Despite “appalling conditions” in South Sudan, it is not too late to save more people from dying, the head of the United Nations agriculture agency said today, joining the World Food Programme (WFP) chief in a call to all parties enmeshed in the country’s conflict to end the violence and work together to ensure access […]
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Meets Sacked Army Chief Paul Malong
South Sudanese have welcomed talks between President Kiir and General Paul Awan Malong, the former chief of general staff of the South Sudan army, the SPLA. The two men held a meeting at the presidential palace last week, after which they announced that differences between them have come to an end. There was a standoff […]
UN report exposes human rights violations against civilians in Yei, South Sudan
A United Nations report has documented human rights violations and abuses against civilians that may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, in what used to be a peaceful multi-ethnic town in South Sudan. “The conflict in Yei, in particular, highlights the startling level of impunity in South Sudan, which has fed successive cycles […]
Local Aid Workers On the Front Line of South Sudan’s Civil War
Gunshots suddenly crackled as Stephanie and her colleagues went about a routine seed distribution in a small farming community in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State. The moment she heard the bullets zipping through the air, the young aid worker knew the country’s civil war had caught up with her. “[There were] bullets everywhere. Rampant shooting […]
