South Sudan Rebels Allied With Machar Take Control of Raja
Rebels with the South Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), allied with rebel leader Riek Machar, on Friday attacked Raja town, the capital of Lol state. SPLM-IO Secretary-General Tingo Peter confirmed his forces now controlled Raja after clashing with government troops. “Since 12 o’clock, we captured Raja, and it is now totally under our […]
Appeal for $4bn as mix of drought and conflict threatens 20 million in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen
The risk of mass starvation in four countries – Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen – is rapidly rising due to drought and conflict, the UN refugee agency has warned. About 20 million people live in hard-hit areas where harvests have failed and malnutrition rates are increasing, particularly among young children, the UNHCR said on […]
Office of the Prime Minister to Relocate 3,000 South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
A total of 3,500 South Sudan refugees have pitched camp at the Uganda-South Sudan border post of Ngomoromo in Lamwo District as the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) finalises plans to relocate them in the three different settlement centres. Last month, the district local government offered land for the establishment of refugee settlement camps […]
UN peacekeeping mission says at least 16 people were killed and 10 wounded in South Sudan’s Wau
At least 16 civilians were killed on Monday in the South Sudanese city of Wau, according to the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in the country (UNMISS), with witnesses reporting that government-aligned militia were targeting residents based on their ethnic group. The violence stemmed from an ambush on Sunday of government troops near Wau, leading to […]
‘Horrible Attack’ in South Sudan Town Sends Thousands Fleeing Across Border – UN Refugee Agency
Host communities and aid agencies in Uganda are struggling to feed and shelter new refugees who have been displaced following a spike in violence in parts of neighbouring South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria province, the United Nations refugee agency said today. According to estimates, some 6,000 newly displaced have arrived in Lamwo district (northern Uganda) since […]
UN insists on 4,000-strong protection force for South Sudan and meets resistance from President Salva Kiir
The government of South Sudan is set for a fresh round of diplomatic standoff with the United Nations after the latter ordered the deployment of a 4,000-strong protection force that has been resisted by Juba for the past six months, since authorisation by the Security Council last August. After visiting Juba and meeting with President […]
South Africa to Appear Before ICC Over Failure to Arrest Sudan’s Al-Bashir
South Africa is set to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) next week Friday to “account for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he attended an African Union summit in the country in June 2015”. Al-Bashir was wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes committed in Sudan’s […]
Six Aid Workers Killed in South Sudan Ambush
Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in famine-hit South Sudan, the United Nations said on Sunday, without specifying what organisation they worked for. The victims were attacked on Saturday as they travelled from the capital, Juba, to the eastern town of Pibor, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian […]
Worst humanitarian crisis hits three African countries as Trump slashes foreign aid
The world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries on the brink of famine, just as President Donald Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts threaten to pull the United States from its historic role as the world’s top emergency donor. If the deep cuts are approved by Congress and the […]
South Sudan Shows Zero Tolerance to Murle Abductors – Ambassador
South Sudan is committed to work in concert with the Ethiopian government in combating the infamous acts of some Murle abductors who frequently killed and kidnapped innocent civilians in Gambela state, the country’s ambassador to Ethiopia stated. In an exclusive interview with The Ethiopian Herald yesterday, Ambassador James Pitia Morgan vowed to fight them until […]
