Urgent Action Needed to Address Growing Cholera Outbreak [press release]
MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has set up a 20-bed cholera treatment unit (CTU) at the Renk Civil Hospital in South Sudan, in response to a cholera outbreak declared… Read more »
Alarming Spike in Admissions of Children With Malaria At Aweil State Hospital
MSF
An alarming number of children suffering from severe malaria have been admitted to Aweil state hospital, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs the paediatric and… Read more »
Hunger Crisis Deepens in South Sudan With Returnees Fleeing War and Children Hit Hardest
WFP
Alarming new food security data from South Sudan shows that 57 per cent of the population will be acutely food insecure through the 2025 lean season with returnees fleeing the war… Read more »
Tickets to Bafana's 2025 Afcon Qualifier Against South Sudan On Sale
SAFA
The South African Football Association (SAFA) can confirm that tickets to the highly anticipated encounter - to be played on Tuesday, 19 November 2024 - have gone on sale and they… Read more »
Sudan-South Sudan - UN Extends Abyei Peacekeeping Mandate to 2025
Dabanga
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has approved an extension of the mandate for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 2025. The decision… Read more »
Salva Kiir - South Sudan's President Fought for Independence, but Then Fuelled Division, Violence and Corruption [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Salva Kiir Mayardit has served as South Sudan's president since the country's independence in 2011. South Sudan's secession from Sudan came on the heels of a long and bloody civil… Read more »
Parliament Approves $738.2 Million Loan to South Sudan for Cross-Border Highway
Addis Standard
Ethiopia's House of People's Representatives has approved a $738.2 million loan to South Sudan for the construction of a major cross-border highway aimed at connecting the two… Read more »
UNMISS Calls for Tangible Evidence of Progress Toward Democratic Elections in South Sudan
VOA
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has called for tangible evidence of progress toward democratic elections the country. Read more »
Kenyan Small Firms Export to Juba, Zambia
The Herald
Kenya on Thursday launched seminal exports to more countries under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with the inaugural shipment of 35 containers to South Sudan,… Read more »
Reinforcing UN Sanctions on RSF Commanders for Perpetuating Sudan's Civil War [press release]
State Department
Following the United Nations Security Council's designation of two Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanders on November 8, the Treasury Department is today sanctioning Abdel Rahman… Read more »
Postponing Long-Awaited Elections 'A Regrettable Development'
UN News
The decision to extend the transition period in South Sudan once again and postpone long-awaited elections cannot be "business as usual", the UN Special Representative for the… Read more »
Rwanda to Face South Sudan in 2025 CHAN Qualifiers Second Round
New Times
Rwanda and South Sudan will lock horns in the second and final round of the 2025 CHAN qualifiers which will take place in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania from February 1-28, 2025. Read more »
Hunger and Cholera Crises Escalate in South Sudan, As Needs Surge
UN News
South Sudan is facing a spiralling humanitarian crisis with hunger and cholera cases escalating in several parts of the country. UN agencies on Friday called for more international… Read more »
Sudan Announces Readiness to Transport South Sudan's Oil After Months of Suspension Due to Force Majeure
SNA
Sudan announced its readiness to convey South Sudan's oil from the South Sudanese fields to all parts of the world via ships at Bashayer Port in Portsudan. Read more »
Land Scarcity in Northern Bahr El Ghazal - Implications for Returns [analysis]
African Arguments
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
