(WASHINGTON, DC) – South Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Monday Semaya K. Kumba, has concluded an official visit to Washington, DC, where he held a series of high level meetings aimed at strengthening international partnerships and securing economic support for South Sudan. The visit, which tookContinue Reading
(WASHINGTON/JUBA) – United States Border Czar Tom Homan has admitted that the U.S. government does not know what happens to migrants once they are deported to South Sudan. His comments have sparked renewed concern over the lack of transparency and accountability in the Trump administration’s immigration policy, particularly regarding deportationsContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Rob Granieri, co-founder of the US based trading firm Jane Street, has been named in a controversial $7 million arms financing case tied to an alleged coup plot in South Sudan. The development comes following growing international scrutiny of Granieri, who is also facing regulatory action in IndiaContinue Reading
(WASHINGTON) – A legal dispute in the United States has drawn attention to South Sudan after eight foreign nationals faced deportation there under an immigration policy introduced during the Trump administration. On Friday, a Massachusetts judge refused to halt the deportations, even as a federal judge in Washington, D.C brieflyContinue Reading
(WASHINGTON/JUBA) – The United States Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of continuing the deportation of several immigrants to South Sudan, a country still struggling with the aftershocks of conflict and instability. The court’s decision overturned an earlier ruling by a federal judge that had delayed the flight carryingContinue Reading
(Juba) – The American Supreme Court has now allowed President Donald Trump to deport people — not just to their home countries, but to pretty much any nation that will pick up the phone. Even South Sudan is now on that list, right next to Libya. On 23 June, theContinue Reading
(Washington) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s influence over the American judiciary and his ongoing confrontational approach to international trade are once again in focus. According to Professor Peter Ling of the University of Nottingham, Trump’s unusually high number of judicial appointments during his time in office is a key reasonContinue Reading
(Juba) – The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to resume deporting certain migrants to countries they did not originate from, including South Sudan and Libya, under an emergency order issued on 23 June. The ruling which passed with a 6-3 vote reverses earlier lower court decisions thatContinue Reading
(Juba) – A prominent South Sudanese political activist and former World Bank economist is at the centre of a complex and high stakes legal case in the United States, involving allegations of a planned coup in South Sudan funded through deception and in violation of international arms laws. Peter BiarContinue Reading
