May 17
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Independence "Incomplete" Without Abyei, Says South Sudan Forum
Sudan Tribune
Attendees at a high-level conference in South Sudan have issued a statement, asserting the new nation's independence from Sudan "remains incomplete" until Abyei is transferred back... Read more »
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Remembering May 16th As a Historic Day for South Sudan [opinion]
The New Sudan Vision
It is important to remember May 16 as a "historic day" that brought significant change in the South Sudanese socio-economic and political recognition through elimination of... Read more »
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The New Sudan Vision
IMAGINE having to watch your small children flee on barefoot to the wilderness or some distant country where they would spend decades on their own--a faraway land where either you... Read more »
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Oil - Is It a Curse or a Blessing in South Sudan?
SSNA
In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high standard of living.... Read more »
May 16
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Minister Emphasises Structured Coordination in Civil Services [press release]
GoSS
The acting national Minister for Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development, Hon Kwong Danhier Gatluak, has underscored the need for the different levels of the civil... Read more »
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Ten Students Awarded Educational Scholarship By Petronas [press release]
GoSS
The petroleum operating company in South Sudan, PETRONAS, has awarded scholarship to ten South Sudanese students to study in the Petronas University, the Universiti Teknologi... Read more »
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Foreign Ministry Summons Western Diplomats to Inform About South Sudan Support to Rebels
SNA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tuesday summoned the British and American Charge d'Affaires and the Ambassador of Norway who were informed, separately, by the ministry's... Read more »
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Boma That Fell - the 'Al-Qaida' of SSDA Rebellion
SSNA
The South Sudanese town of Boma in Pibor County had fallen to South Sudan Democratic Army, SSDA, a gubernatorial rebellion led by David Yau. The same month, May 2013, South... Read more »
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S. Sudan Should Adopt Stronger Stance On Border Issues With Sudan
SSNA
With the murder of Chief Kuol Deng Kuol as the latest in the series of Sudan's continued aggression against S. Sudan, it is time that Juba draws curtain on soft stances, and... Read more »
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South Sudan Needs Visionary Leaders Not Some Habitual Constitution Violators!
SSNA
The wonderful readers may agree with me that the problems of the nascent state of South Sudan is not confined to issues to do with the constitution, be that the current... Read more »
May 15
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UN Voices Deep Concern At Deteriorating Situation in Pibor Town
UN News
The United Nations today voiced deep concern about the deteriorating situation in and around Pibor town in South Sudan's Jonglei state, including recent violence, looting and... Read more »
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President Kiir Meets SSLM/A Leaders [press release]
GoSS
The President of the Republic H.E Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit today welcomed into his office at the State House in Juba the leader of South Sudan Liberation Movement and Army... Read more »
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Republican Order On National Reconciliation Committee [press release]
GoSS
Please, click here to download the Republican Order No.05/2013 for the formation of the National Committee for Healing, Peace and Reconciliation issued by President Salva Kiir... Read more »
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President Kiir's Statement During the Opening of Parliament [press release]
GoSS
Please click here to read the Statement of H.E President General Salva Kiir Mayardit during the opening of the first session of the South Sudan National Legislature today on 23rd... Read more »
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"South Sudan Is Not a Dumping Site for Sub Standard Goods", Commerce Minister Cautions [press release]
GoSS
South Sudan's minister for Commerce, Industry and Investment Hon. Garang Akuong has cautioned some sections of investors against what he termed as "turning South Sudan into a... Read more »
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"South Sudan Is Not a Dumping Site for Sub Standard Goods", Commerce Minister Cautions [press release]
GoSS
South Sudan's minister for Commerce, Industry and Investment Hon. Garang Akuong has cautioned some sections of investors against what he termed as "turning South Sudan into a... Read more »
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Federalism Base On Regionalism Vs Federalism Base On Partisanism [opinion]
SSNA
Lately, I have been monitoring the political development in South Sudan and I am in awe of how fast the situation is deteriorating and how fast the SPLM lost and will continue to... Read more »
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South Sudan's Transitional Constitution and the Issue of Decentralization [opinion]
SSNA
The newly independent state of South Sudan is faced with enormous challenges of nation-building particularly the need to set up a democratic political system. Read more »
May 14
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South Sudan's President to Visit Sudan Oil Exportation Launch
Focac
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit will visit Sudan on Wednesday to launch the exportation of his country's oil from Port-Sudan, Khartoum's Almeghar Al-Siasi daily... Read more »
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South Sudan Diplomat "Injured" in Dubai Fracas
Sudan Tribune
South Sudan's Foreign Affairs ministry is investigating circumstances under which one of its senior diplomats, en-route to Pakistan from Juba, sustained "multiple fractures" in... Read more »
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South Sudan Army - 'Khartoum Behind Killing of Ngok Dinka Chief in Abyei'
Radio Dabanga
Spokesman for the South Sudanese army has accused Khartoum of complicity in the assassination of Kuol Deng Kuol, paramount chief of the Ngok Dinka, by Misseriya gunmen in the... Read more »
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Girls Forced to Marry Face Physical Health Problems - Report [press release]
HRW
Akech loved to study and dreamed of becoming a nurse. But when she was 14, the uncle who was raising her told her she was too old for school and forced her to marry a man she... Read more »
May 13
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South Sudan Denies Offering Support to Rebels
Radio Dabanga
Colonel Philip Aguer, official spokesman of the South Sudanese army, denied allegations that his country is providing any kind of support to rebel movements fighting the Sudanese... Read more »
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SSNA
PRESS RELEASE: SSHURSA Condemns Detention of journalists, Urges the Deputy Minister of Interior to stop intimidating the media and resign, calls for fair investigations of... Read more »
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South Sudan Establishes Commission for Refugee Affairs
Sudan Tribune
The Republic of South Sudan has established a Commission for Refugee Affairs (CRA) as hundreds of thousands of refugees have entered the new republic from the neighbouring... Read more »
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