August 01

• Kiir Appoints New Cabinet

  SSNA

  South Sudanese president, Salva kiir Mayardiit, who has been talking about an inclusive government in his next administration after he sacked his entire cabinet on Jul 23, has... Read more »

• Medical Needs Urgent for 100,000 People As Violence Continues in Jonglei [press release]

  MSF

  An estimated 100,000 people still have dangerously inadequate access to emergency medical care, almost three weeks after the latest mass movement into the bush to escape violence... Read more »

• UN Ready to Work With New Cabinet to Advance Peace, Development Efforts

  UN News

  The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said today it stands ready to work with the new Cabinet to tackle the host of challenges facing the world's youngest nation. Read more »

• New, Leaner Cabinet Announced for South Sudan

  Deutsche Welle

  A week after South Sudan's President Salva Kiir sacked his cabinet, a new team has been announced. The main motive for the shakeup is believed to be a power struggle between Kiir... Read more »

• Khartoum and Juba Agree to Stop Immediately Support to Rebel Groups

  Sudan Tribune

  Sudan and South Sudan security committee agreed to stop all forms of support to rebel groups and established a joint team to investigate claims and complaints from both sides. Read more »

• Govt Releases Ugandan Journalists After Five Days in Detention [press release]

  IFEX

  The South Sudan government has released two Ugandan journalists, Justin Dralaze and Hilary Ayesiga, after five days' incarceration. They were arrested on 27 July 2013. They were... Read more »

• Salva Kiir Appoints New Cabinet

  ERTA

  South Sudan President Salva Kiir issued a decree on Wednesday naming 18 cabinet ministers and 10 deputy ministers, eight days after he had sacked Vice-Preisdent Machar and... Read more »

• South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Appoints a New Cabinet

  Ethiopia Government

  South Sudan President Salva Kiir issued a decree on Wednesday (July 31) naming 18 cabinet ministers and 10 deputy ministers, eight days after he had sacked Vice-Preisdent Machar... Read more »

• Sudan and South Sudan Agree to Stop Support to Each Other's Rebel Groups

  Ethiopia Government

  The Joint Security Committee of Sudan and South Sudan held its second meeting in Juba on Tuesday and Wednesday this week (July 30-31). A joint communiqué issued this morning... Read more »

• South Sudan Health Officials Advise Women On Breast Feeding

  Sudan Tribune

  Health officials in South Sudan's Unity state have launched a campaign to encourage women to adopt better breast feeding habits for the benefit of their children. Read more »

• Rain Threatens to Make Roads Impassable, Says Unocha

  Sudan Tribune

  Heavy rain is threatening to make most roads across South Sudan impassable, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said. Read more »

• USAID Announces Assistance for Communities Displaced By Conflict in Jonglei State [press release]

  USAID

  The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has pledged an additional $5 million to transport urgent, life-saving assistance to... Read more »

• Analysis of the Current Appointment of the National Ministers in South Sudan [opinion]

  SSNA

  According to my own reasoning and the way I am analyzing the current political arena of the Republic of South Sudan and more so, the appointment of the National Ministers excluding... Read more »

• Response to South Sudan Law Students' Press Release Request for a Bar Course Institute in South Sudan [press release]

  SSNA

  Our Law students studying in Uganda issued a press release seeking government and South Sudan Law Society to intervene and provide them an alternative for the mandatory Bar Course... Read more »

• Ethiopia Vows Continued Support to Sudan, S. Sudan

  ERTA

  Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Ethiopia would strengthen support to Sudan and South Sudan with a view to help them end crisis permanently. Read more »

• Dr Benjamin Meets President Kenyatta, Delivers President Kiir's Message [press release]

  GoSS

  The special envoy of President of the Republic, Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin yesterday met Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi and delivered President Kiir's message to him. Read more »

July 31

• South Sudan Welcomes Appointment of Jonglei Governor As New Defense Minister

  Sudan Tribune

  South Sudanese from different walks of life took to the streets on Wednesday evening to celebrate the appointment of Jonglei governor Kuol Manyang Juuk; a former rebel commander. Read more »

• ANHRI Denounces the Arrest of Three Journalists and Demands Releasing Them [press release]

  HRInfo

  The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), denounces arresting of three journalists including 2 from Uganda and one from South of Sudan, while they were in Juba "the... Read more »

• Ugandan Journalists Still in Detention

  New Vision

  The two Ugandan journalists arrested over the weekend by South Sudan's national security officials are still in detention, an official has said. Read more »

• An Open Letter to the President of the Republic of South Sudan [press release]

  SSNA

  TO GEN. SALVA KIIR MAYARDIT Read more »

• RSS Appeals for Support to Foster Regional Peace [press release]

  GoSS

  The special envoy of the President of the Republic, Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin has pleaded with the heads of the states of the Great Lakes region to focus on South Sudan in order... Read more »

• South Sudan's Kiir Names New Cabinet, Leaves Out VP Post

  Sudan Tribune

  South Sudan president Salva Kiir on Wednesday issued a decree appointing 19 cabinet ministers and 10 deputies, a week after he dissolved the entire government. Read more »

• Thousands Hiding, Hungry in Bush in Pibor

  VOA

  Continued violence has forced more than 100,000 people from a minority tribe into the bush in South Sudan's Pibor County. This follows another round of ethnic violence in Jonglei... Read more »

• Dr. Tedros Discusses Sudan and South Sudan With the EU Special Representative for Sudan

  Ethiopia Government

  Foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom held talks on Wednesday (July 31) with the European Union's Special Representative for Sudan, Mrs. Rosalind Marsden. Discussions covered recent... Read more »

• New Ecumenical Councils Formed Following South Sudan Independence [press release]

  ACNS

  The leaders of the churches in Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to form two new ecumenical bodies following South Sudan's independence from Sudan in 2011. Read more »