(JUBA) – The Ministry of Trade and Industry has issued a public warning to the business community and the wider public over forged documents that falsely claim the cancellation of import licences and introduce unauthorised vehicle insurance payment requirements. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Ministry said the fakeContinue Reading
(JUBA) – A new free technical skills training programme has opened in Juba, offering young people and other interested applicants an opportunity to gain practical skills aimed at improving employment prospects and supporting South Sudan’s growing informal and small business sectors. The Juba Multi Service Training Centre has announced freeContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The Government of South Sudan has stepped up efforts to enforce full compliance with the national digital revenue collection system as part of wider reforms aimed at improving public finance management and domestic revenue mobilisation. The Ministry of Finance and Planning, working closely with the South Sudan RevenueContinue Reading
(CHERNIHIV, UKRAINE) – The Ukrainian government has launched a large scale evacuation along its northern border with Russia to protect civilian lives against a growing military threat. This move signals that Kyiv is now treating a previously stable sector as a potential new axis for a Russian offensive in 2026.Continue Reading
(KUPIANSK, KHARKIV) – The Kremlin’s strategic objectives for the new year, including the capture of major Ukrainian urban centres and a renewed push into northern territories, have been characterised as a pipe dream by military analysts following the collapse of Russian efforts in Kupiansk. Foreign policy analyst Jimmy Rushton suggestsContinue Reading
(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) – Russia has begun 2026 facing sustained disruption to its civil aviation network, as Ukrainian drone attacks targeting the Moscow region have forced repeated airport closures and widespread flight cancellations during the peak New Year and Orthodox Christmas travel period. According to multiple media reports, Ukrainian drones haveContinue Reading
(TEHRAN, IRAN) – Protests and unrest have continued in Iran this week amid reports that the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has a contingency plan to travel to Moscow if opposition to his rule intensifies. The protests, which began at the end of December 2025, have spread to manyContinue Reading
YELETS, LIPETSK OBLAST, RUSSIA) – As 2026 begins, Russia continues to claim that Ukraine’s defeat is inevitable, but a recent Ukrainian long range drone strike has again challenged that narrative. A fire broke out at the Energia defence manufacturing plant in the city of Yelets, a facility that plays anContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Major General Chip Chapman has suggested that neither Ukraine nor the Russian Federation are nearing a point of collapse despite the continuing conflict. The former British Army commander dismissed recent rhetoric from the Russian dictator who claimed that his forces are operating at pace. General Chapman describedContinue Reading
(SHEBEKINO, BELGOROD) – Residents in Russian regions bordering Ukraine have expressed significant anxiety following the appointment of Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov as the new Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. The move, which places the former military intelligence chief at the center of Ukrainian political administration, hasContinue Reading
