(MAGWI) – A local court in Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria State, has sentenced five men to prison following a violent assault on a Catholic priest and 24 pupils at Christ the King Nursery and Primary School. The ruling came on Thursday, 24 July 2025, after three weeks of police investigationContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The rape case involving a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted in Gumbo-Sherikat last month is currently under review by the Public Prosecution’s Legal Department and is expected to be referred to court once the evaluation is complete, legal authorities have confirmed. Josphine Adhel, the survivor’s legal representative,Continue Reading
(YAMBIO) – Authorities in Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria State, have confirmed the killing of a 22 year old man by his wife during a domestic altercation on Friday evening. According to local chief John Simon of Rii Bodo in Bazungua Payam, the fatal incident took place around 8:00Continue Reading
(YAMBIO) – A commercial motorcycle rider was seriously injured and robbed on Thursday morning near the Yambio Airstrip in Bazungua Payam, located roughly five kilometres from Yambio Town, the capital of Western Equatoria State. According to State Police Commissioner Major General Phillip Madut Tong, the incident happened around 6:30 a.m.Continue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan’s teak forests are under threat as soldiers and smugglers exploit weak institutions and porous borders to illegally harvest and export the high value wood. Despite an official suspension of logging permits in January 2025 by Environment and Forestry Minister Josephine Napwon, the illegal teak trade continuesContinue Reading
(JUBA) – A former minister from Northern Bahr el Ghazal State narrowly escaped an armed attack on Sunday afternoon in Juba’s Jingli neighbourhood, in a case that has raised further concern over rising urban crime in South Sudan’s capital. James Jok Lual, who previously served as Minister of Labour andContinue Reading
(AKOBO) – Two university students from South Sudan were shot dead in an ambush in Akobo West, Jonglei State, while travelling from Ethiopia to Uror County for their school holidays, local officials confirmed. The incident took place on Sunday in the remote Dwa-Achan desert area on the outskirts of AkoboContinue Reading
(ABYEI) — Two police officers stationed in the Abyei Administrative Area were shot dead during an early morning attack by armed men believed to be from the Sudanese Misseriya tribe, officials confirmed on Tuesday. The incident took place at around 1:00 a.m. at the community police post located inside AmetContinue Reading
(RUMBEK) – A violent confrontation between security forces and armed local youth in Pachong Payam, Rumbek East County, left one civilian dead and five soldiers wounded on Saturday, following a pursuit of stolen cattle. According to William Koji Kerjok, the Acting Minister of Information and Communication in Lakes State, theContinue Reading
(HAITARAWA) – Two young men found themselves on the receiving end of instant justice after they allegedly tried to make off with a small bucket of peanut paste from a market stall. The scene was Haitarawa in Juba. Locals say the two suspects must have skipped their morning tea becauseContinue Reading
