(WAU) – A community wide effort to promote peace and togetherness brought thousands to Wau Stadium, where the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) launched the local leg of its “Peace Begins with Me” campaign during the city’s third annual Peace Marathon. The event which saw over 700 runnersContinue Reading
(MALAKAL) – The Governor of Jonglei State, Dr Riek Gai Kok, has ordered the establishment of a new coordination office in Malakal, the capital of Upper Nile State, to serve the state’s remote northern counties which face severe difficulties accessing services from the state capital, Bor. The order, issued onContinue Reading
(TAMBURA) – Seventeen people have died and thousands have been displaced after clashes between government forces and an armed group in Tambura County, Western Equatoria State, over the weekend. The violence marks a renewed escalation in a region where ethnic tensions and insecurity continue to threaten civilian lives and disruptContinue Reading
(BENTIU) – A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense has visited South Sudan to carry out an official evaluation of the performance of Vietnam’s Level 2 Field Hospital Rotation 6, which is currently operating under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The assessment focused on technicalContinue Reading
(KUAJOK) – A baby’s birth at Kuajok prison in Warrap State has come to symbolise a quiet but meaningful transformation taking place behind prison walls, as a vocational training programme backed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) continues to reshape lives. On a recent visit to theContinue Reading
(YEI) – A combined task force has launched a large scale operation to arrest stray animals in and around Yei Town Payam, responding to rising tensions between farmers and livestock owners due to widespread crop destruction. The initiative which began on official orders from Yei County Commissioner Emmanuel Taban SemeContinue Reading
(BOR) – The Governor of Jonglei State, Dr Riek Ghai Kok, has held high level talks with the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Mr Carl Skau, to explore deeper collaboration in addressing food insecurity and building long term community resilience in flood prone areas of SouthContinue Reading
(ABYEI) – Health authorities in the Abyei Special Administrative Area (ASAA) have confirmed the delivery of 190,000 cholera vaccine doses from South Sudan’s national Ministry of Health in Juba, as part of a wider response to a recent outbreak in the region. The vaccine consignment, which arrived over the weekend,Continue Reading
(TORIT) – Authorities in Eastern Equatoria State have confirmed the disappearance of State Minister of Peacebuilding, Marko Lokidor Lochapio, along with a government vehicle, raising alarm within the opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) and state government structures. Lokidor, a senior SPLM-IO figure in the state, was last seenContinue 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
