(JUBA) – Key financial and business leaders have agreed to work together to speed up the adoption of digital payments in South Sudan, saying it will reduce costs and make trade more efficient. The Bank of South Sudan hosted a meeting on 26 September 2025 with the National Chamber ofContinue Reading
(HONG KONG) – Authorities in Hong Kong have officially renewed United Nations sanctions against South Sudan, enforcing travel bans, financial restrictions and arms controls with immediate effect. The new rules were published in the government gazette on Thursday under the United Nations Sanctions (South Sudan) Regulation 2019 (Amendment) Regulation 2025.Continue Reading
(HEGLIG / UNITY STATE BORDER) – Escalating militia attacks on Sudan’s main oil corridor have raised fears of a potential shutdown of infrastructure that South Sudan relies on for almost all of its export earnings. The Heglig oil complex, located close to the South Sudan border, has come under sustainedContinue Reading
(JUBA CITY) – South Sudan has reduced electricity tariffs in the capital Juba after President Salva Kiir ordered the Juba Electricity Distribution Company to lower prices for homes, businesses and government offices. The new tariffs were announced following a review of the 100 megawatt power purchase agreement that supplies mostContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The Bank of South Sudan (BoSS), together with senior government officials, paid tribute on Thursday, September 26, 2025, to the late former Governor of the Central Bank, Othow Rago Ajak, who passed away in Egypt on September 17. The funeral ceremony brought together BoSS leadership and public officialsContinue Reading
(MAGWI COUNTY) – Female farmers in Pajok Payam in Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria State are urging women to join farming groups or form cooperatives to improve agricultural productivity, secure food and generate income. Speaking to Voice of Freedom on Thursday, September 25, 2025, Mrs. Amoo Josephine Lokila, Chairperson ofContinue Reading
(BOR COUNTY) – Bor County Commissioner, Samuel Ateny Pech Ariik, has launched an internal road renovation project aimed at improving access and easing movement within Bor town. The initiative unveiled on Friday seeks to rehabilitate major internal road networks that have been in poor condition for years. Commissioner Ateny saidContinue Reading
(YAMBIO, WESTERN EQUATORIA) – Western Equatoria State has taken a decisive step towards reforming its tax and revenue management systems by creating its first ever oversight board for the Revenue Authority. The move announced on Thursday by Governor James Al Taib is aimed at increasing transparency, ensuring accountability and improvingContinue Reading
(LAINYA COUNTY) – The Ministry of Mining has launched a crackdown on illegal mining activities in Lainya County, Central Equatoria, following an official inspection led by Hon Dr Matiok Santino Akuei on Wednesday. Senior ministry officials, together with law enforcement officers, confirmed the presence of both artisanal and large-scale unlicensedContinue Reading
(JUBA COUNTY) – South Sudan’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Hon Atong Kuol Manyang, has placed fisheries at the centre of her ministry’s plans to boost youth enterprise, during a meeting with the Twic East Youth Association in Juba on Friday. The youth delegation from Warrap State was led byContinue Reading
