South Sudan seeks more loans at World Bank, IMF annual indaba

Bank of South Sudan Governor, Addis Ababa Othow, addresses a meeting with telecom representatives in Juba on Thursday, 12/06/2025. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – As the 2025 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

South Sudan wages crackdown on illegal migrants, detains 17 Eritreans

Maj. Gen. Elia Costa Faustino, Director General for Civil Registry, Nationality, Passport, and Immigration. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – South Sudanese immigration authorities said Tuesday they have arrested 17 Eritrean nationals in two separate...

South Sudan on edge of full-scale war, warns CEPO

Members of the SSPDF on a military pickup. JUBA – The Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) has raised serious concerns over South Sudan’s political trajectory, warning that the country could be sliding back to a full-scale war....

South Sudan commemorates world standard day

By Lodu William Odiya South Sudan has joined the rest of the countries in commemorating the world standard day. Speaking during the event, yesterday during the workshop, Gloria Nyoka Joseph, the Executive Director of the South Sudan Bureau...

Sudd Institute: Reforms needed to avoid South Sudan’s ‘fiscal collapse.’

Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 8 hours ago Sudd Institute researcher Bec George Anyak—who served as a former Deputy Minister of Finance—is the author of the policy brief urging immediate reforms to prevent South Sudan's fiscal collapse....

UN Warns: Funding cuts threaten 7.7M hungry South Sudanese

According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) latest report, “A Lifeline at Risk,” South Sudan is one of six critical humanitarian programs worldwide struggling to survive due to severe funding constraints. It stated that the...

Including peace in conservation – conflict sensitivity at The World Conservation Congress and lessons from South Sudan

Blog 15 October 2025 Natalia Chan The world’s top nature conservation experts, leaders, and decision makers have been gathering in Abu Dhabi for the World Conservation Congress, bringing together the membership of the International Union for...

Eritreans arrested over illegal entry in South Sudan

By Lodu William Odiya At least 14 Eritrean Nationals have been arrested over illegal entry in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr El Ghazal while cruising to Sudan. While addressing the media yesterday, Maj. Gen. Elia Costa Faustino, the Director General...

Corruption and Political Crisis Driving South Sudan’s Violence, Watchdog and UN Warn

South Sudan’s leaders are looting public resources “through off-budget schemes, single-source contracts, and the manipulation of public procurement processes,” the investigative group The Sentry said Wednesday. The group warned that systemic...

UN Peacekeeping chief arrives in Juba amid massive global budget cut

Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 7 hours ago UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix (left), head of Peace Operations, arrives in Juba, received by Ambassador Kureng Akuei and UN Deputy Special Representative Anita Kiki Gbeho. (Credit:...

From Afghanistan to South Sudan: shrinking aid, spiking hunger

Cecile and her family are rebuilding their life in eastern DRC. WFP food has helped - but it may soon dry up. Photo: WFP/Benjamin Anguandia After months on the run, Cecile and her family finally returned to a ransacked home and an uncertain future...

South Sudan flood crisis deepens: Nearly 890,000 affected as humanitarian needs soar

Daijiworld Media Network - South Sudan South Sudan, Oct 14: The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is worsening rapidly, with nearly 890,000 people affected by severe flooding, more than doubling the number reported just three weeks ago, according...

UN: Political crisis, graft fueling chaos in South Sudan

Displaced people in Renk County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan./FILE South Sudan’s escalating political crisis is driving renewed armed violence, compounding already dire human rights and humanitarian conditions, while heightening regional...

UN urges decisive action as South Sudan crisis deepens

By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-10-14 21:44 An aerial view from a plane shows the skyline of Juba, South Sudan, June 10, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has urged...

Sudan deports South Sudanese women without their children

A section of returnees arriving in Aweil through Abyei earlier this year. [Photo: Courtesy]RENK – More than 100 South Sudanese women have been deported from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, without their children, prompting a local South Sudanese...

Prosecution of South Sudan’s vice-president raises fears of return to full-scale civil war

South Sudan’s opposition and observers have warned that the prosecution of the country’s suspended vice-president, Riek Machar, risks jeopardising a peace agreement that ended a devastating civil war and plunging the country into full-scale...

Bar Association, Judiciary to hold criminal justice conference

Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 6 hours ago Logo of Bar Association of South Sudan - courtesy The Bar Association has announced plans to conduct a Criminal Justice Conference in partnership with the judiciary to discuss reforms in South...

South Sudan officials report new rebel buildup near Sudan frontier

Northern Bahr el Ghazal State map [File]AWEIL – Residents of Majok-Yithiou town in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State are fearful amid reports that a new rebel group is mobilizing along the border with Sudan, local officials said,...

UN commission calls upon international bodies to address deepening crisis in South Sudan

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan warned on Monday that the nation faces a renewed wave of armed violence, deepening human rights violations, and mass displacement, stating that the country’s political leaders have “deliberately...

South Sudan: Nile Blend