It has been three months since famine, which has been caused by a long-standing conflict between the government and rebels groups, was declared in some parts of South Sudan. But areas outside the famine zones are also suffering from severe food shortages. More than a million people...
Nearly 60,000 women are suffering from obstetric fistula in South Sudan out of which only 750 cases were treated, according to a health official. Obstetric fistula is a disease most common among women that accounts for up to 8 percent of deaths worldwide and is caused...
Authorities in Twic Centre County in South Sudan’s Jonglei State said more than 30,000 civilians are facing dire humanitarian conditions due to lack of food and health services. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Monday, Commissioner Dau Akoi Jurkuch said the lack of food is caused by...
May 21, 2017 (KAMPALA) - Thousands of South Sudanese continue to arrive to Uganda every week, bringing the total number of refugees and asylum-seekers to over 900,000. Civilians flee UN protection site in Malakal following attacks by the government army and militias on 17-18...
South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Monday declared a unilateral ceasefire with rebels as part of his bid to end the ongoing civil war in the world’s youngest nation, while ordering the security agencies to create an atmosphere for the national dialogue. Kiir made the announcement...
May 21, 2017 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese government has announced that the national dialogue, will convene on Monday 22 May after a long delay in order to include holdout opposition leaders. Juba has warned the armed and non-opposition groups which have refused to join the...
DOHA Petition to President Salva Kiir According to a recent UN report, the civil war in South Sudan has reached “catastrophic proportions”. This has resulted in tens of thousands people killed, 3.25 million displaced, disrupted farming, cattle and aid looting, blocking of aid, destruction of crops...
The New Zealand government is putting up $1.3 million for a new school in southern Turkey for the children of Syrian refugees, Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced. He says that since the conflict in Syria began six years ago Turkey has taken in more than...
A senior official at Aweil’s ministry of health has expressed worry over the declining level of girl child education in state. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday, Lizabeth Nyanut Angok, who is in charge of mother and child health department in the state, said the problem...
South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Monday night issued several decrees reinstructing the army, renaming the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) to 'South Sudan Defence Force (SSDF).' In a decree read out on the state-owned television (SSBC), Kiir reinstated Maj. Gen. Dau Aturjong Nyuol into active military...