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Sudan paramilitaries announce a parallel government, deepening the country’s crisis
Los Angeles Times
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July 28, 2025
CAIRO — A notorious paramilitary group and its allies in Sudan have formed a parallel government in areas under the group’s control, which are mainly in the western region of Darfur where allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity are...
South Sudan peace monitors urge Kiir to resolve case of Machar
Sudans Post
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July 17, 2025
Major General (rtd.) George Aggrey Owinow, Interim Chairperson of RJMEC. URN Photo JUBA — The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC), the body overseeing the South Sudan peace deal, on Thursday called on the transitional...
South Sudan’s main opposition party rejects president’s call for dialogue to avoid civil war
Associated Press
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July 17, 2025
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan ’s main opposition party on Thursday dismissed a presidential call for dialogue to avoid the country slipping back into a civil war due to stalled peace talks. Pal Mai Deng, a spokesperson for the opposition...
South Sudan Must Address Its Suicide Crisis Through Mental Health Reform
The City Review
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July 17, 2025
By Monyjok Monylang Dau In the face of ongoing conflict, economic hardship, and displacement, South Sudan is silently enduring another crisis, the growing number of suicides and untreated mental health disorders. While physical health and...
As South Sudan struggles through economic crisis, some artisans offer cheap footwear made from rubber tires
The Globe and Mail
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July 19, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:A Sudanese man cuts a heavy duty machine tire into rubber pieces. The creative work of artisans in South Sudan is fueled by the ongoing economic crisis.Abd Raouf/The Associated Press From Rwanda to Kenya, fashioning...
Analysts: South Sudan’s peace hinges on political prisoners release
Eye Radio
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July 18, 2025
Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 8 hours ago Advocate Godfrey Victor Bullen and Social Policy Analyst James Boboya Two prominent voices in South Sudan’s civic space are urging President Salva Kiir to demonstrate genuine reconciliation by releasing...
South Sudan parliament suspends activities over lack of funds
Sudans Post
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July 17, 2025
peaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, Dr. Jemma Nunu Jumba JUBA – The Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, Dr. Jemma Nunu Jumba, said on Wednesday that the assembly was compelled to suspend some of its...
Bishops of South Sudan make emotional call for peace
Aleteia
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July 19, 2025
A letter from the bishops addressed to the South Sudanese people and government calls for an end to violence and a "new dawn" for the country. The Catholic bishops of South Sudan called for an end to the ongoing violence and destruction in the...
Open letter to Minister of General Education and Instruction, Republic of South Sudan – Juba
Number One Citizen Daily
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July 19, 2025
By Bek Dhuorjang Chol Subject: Review of the Mandatory Haircut Policy for Schoolgirls in South Sudan. Dear Hon. Dr. Kuyok Abuol Kuyok I write with profound concern regarding the 2007 policy mandating compulsory haircuts for schoolgirls in South...
KeNHA Sends Notice Over Construction of Highway Connecting Kenya & South Sudan
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 19, 2025
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced plans to commence formal compensation hearings for land acquired for the expansion of the Kenya–South Sudan road link, specifically the Kitale–Morpus road. The Authority, through the...
Five reasons why the UAE is fixated on Sudan
Black Agenda Report
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Sudanese refugees in Chad. Over 10 million people have been forcibly displaced in over a year of war in Sudan. Photo: Wikimedia commons. This article was first published at Al-Akhbar English. Last month, the Sudanese army accused Libya’s Khalifa...
MF Renews Support to Strengthen South Sudan’s Revenue Mobilization
The City Review
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July 19, 2025
This renewed pledge was made during a high-level meeting in Juba on Wednesday between senior IMF officials and the Ministry of Finance and Planning. By Binia Elizabeth The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reaffirmed its commitment to helping...
Sudan paramilitaries announce parallel government, deepening country's crisis
ABC News - New York
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July 27, 2025
CAIRO -- A notorious paramilitary group and its allies in Sudan said they formed a parallel government in areas under the group’s control, which are located mainly in the western region of Darfur where allegations of war crimes and crimes against...
Secret filming expose 'madams' involved for Kenya child-sex trade
GhanaWeb
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August 4, 2025
One BBC Africa Eye investigation don expose how women, wey dey known as "madams", don chook children as young as 13 into prostitution for Kenya. For di transit town of Maai Mahiu, for Kenya Rift Valley, trucks and lorries dey waka di streets day...
Sudan's paramilitaries announces a parallel government, deepening the country's crisis
KTAL News - Texas, Louisiana
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July 27, 2025
CAIRO (AP) — A notorious paramilitary group and its allies in Sudan said they formed a parallel government in areas under the group’s control, which are located mainly in the western region of Darfur where allegations of war crimes and crimes...
Who’s blocking salaries, finance ministry or central bank? MP asks as salary crisis deepen
Eye Radio
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July 28, 2025
Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 18 hours ago Man counts a bundle of 50 SSP notes. [Photo: ELRHA] A lawmaker has demanded that the Minister of Finance and Planning and the Governor of the Bank of South Sudan be summoned to explain why government...
As the going gets tough in South Sudan, some artisans offer cheap footwear made from rubber tires
myMotherLode - California
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July 19, 2025
WAU, South Sudan (AP) — From Rwanda to Kenya, fashioning footwear from discarded tires has long been a mark of local ingenuity. In South Sudan, however, the creative work of such artisans is now fueled by an economic crisis that has left the...
The Crises in Sudan and South Sudan Are Africa’s Problems, Ours to Solve
The City Review
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July 19, 2025
By Yaba Odongo Odoyo There is an old African proverb that says, “When the hut next to yours is burning, do not waste time asking how it caught fire—fetch water and help put it out.” This timeless wisdom reminds us that African solidarity is not...
US Deportees: Eswatini now a ‘Third Country’ destination after South Sudan
Eye Radio
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July 18, 2025
The United States sent five immigrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland...
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – millions vulnerable in Sudan
Dabanga Radio
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July 29, 2025
The ongoing war and humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan lays millions of innocent civilians vulnerable to exploitation by human traffickers. On the World Day Against Trafficking In Persons, observed on July 30, under the theme “Human trafficking is...