Torit mayor launches community-led road rehabilitation project

Author: Madrama James | Published: 11 hours ago Areal view of Torit town, Eastern Equatoria State. | Photo: Courtesy. The Mayor of Torit Municipal Council, Ohito Baptist, has launched a community-driven road rehabilitation project aimed at...

Revenue Authority urges Trade, Aviation, Bureau of Standards, Immigration to adopt E-Government

JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) — The South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA) has called on key government institutions, including the Ministry of Trade, Civil Aviation Authority, and the Directorate of Immigration, to fully adopt e-government systems,...

South Sudan reclaims ICAO voting rights after clearing decade-long arrears

Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 8 hours ago John Woja Eliana, the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority|Photo by Obaj Okuj|08-08-2025 JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – South Sudan has been granted full voting rights by the...

South Sudan’s President Kiir Sacks Army Chief After Three Months, Reinstates Former Commander

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country’s military chief, Dau Aturjong, and reinstated his predecessor, Paul Nang Majok, just three months after removing him, state television announced late Wednesday. The unexpected move...

South Sudan to host ECO-Net HQ; appeal made to President Kiir

Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 11 hours ago Governing Council Members of ECONet in Kampala-Ugandan with representatives of AU, IGAD, AU-ECOSOCO and EAC during selection of South Sufan a Host Country for ECONet Head Office dated 7th October...

From Afghanistan to South Sudan: shrinking aid, spiking hunger

Cecile and her family are rebuilding their life in eastern DRC. WFP food has helped - but it may soon dry up. Photo: WFP/Benjamin Anguandia After months on the run, Cecile and her family finally returned to a ransacked home and an uncertain future...

UN rights body urges AU, UN to act to prevent deepening crisis in South Sudan

Author: Emmanuel J. Akile | Published: 7 hours ago Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, speaking during a press conference in Juba in February 2024. Photo Credit Charles Wote/Eye Radio. The UN Human Rights...

President Kiir reconstitutes high-level committee on Abyei final status

President Salva Kiir - File Photo courtesy of Office of the President President Salva Kiir Mayardit has reconstituted a high-level committee tasked with overseeing dialogue and expediting efforts toward resolving the final status of Abyei. The...

Minister Celto: ‘We are all traumatized’, mental health must be national priority”

Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 5 hours ago Health Minister Sarah Cleto-middle|By Moses Awan Health Minister Sarah Cleto Rial has called for urgent national attention to mental health, warning that decades of conflict, displacement, and hardship...

UN: Political crisis, graft fueling chaos in South Sudan

Displaced people in Renk County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan./FILE South Sudan’s escalating political crisis is driving renewed armed violence, compounding already dire human rights and humanitarian conditions, while heightening regional...

South Sudan president ousts military chief, reinstates predecessor

In a sudden move, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed the current military chief after just three months in the role and reinstated his predecessor, Paul Nang Majok, who was removed in July. The announcement was made via the state...

South Sudan president fires military chief after three months, reinstates predecessor

JUBA (Reuters) -South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has removed the country’s military chief and reinstated his predecessor whom Kiir had sacked three months earlier, state-run television announced. The moves add to relentless turnover within the...

UN urges decisive action as South Sudan crisis deepens

By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-10-14 21:44 An aerial view from a plane shows the skyline of Juba, South Sudan, June 10, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has urged...

Prosecution of South Sudan’s vice-president raises fears of return to full-scale civil war

South Sudan’s opposition and observers have warned that the prosecution of the country’s suspended vice-president, Riek Machar, risks jeopardising a peace agreement that ended a devastating civil war and plunging the country into full-scale...

Sudan deports South Sudanese women without their children

A section of returnees arriving in Aweil through Abyei earlier this year. [Photo: Courtesy]RENK – More than 100 South Sudanese women have been deported from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, without their children, prompting a local South Sudanese...

Vice President Taban dismisses rumors of airport security blockade

Gen. Taban Deng Gai, Vice President and Chairperson for the Infrastructure Cluster. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA — The Office of the Vice President and Chairperson for the Infrastructure Cluster has dismissed as false and misleading reports circulating...

UN commission calls upon international bodies to address deepening crisis in South Sudan

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan warned on Monday that the nation faces a renewed wave of armed violence, deepening human rights violations, and mass displacement, stating that the country’s political leaders have “deliberately...

Around 3,00,000 South Sudanese fled country in 2025, largely due to conflict: U.N.

South Sudan has been beset by political instability and ethnic violence since it gained independence from Sudan in 2011. File. | Photo Credit: AP Around 3,00,000 South Sudanese have fled the country in 2025 alone, largely due to escalating...

Governor Mujung announces leadership changes in Juba City Council

Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 44 minutes ago CES Governor Rabi Mujun Emmanuel| The Governor of Central Equatoria State, Lt. Gen. Rabi Mujung Emmanuel, has issued a series of gubernatorial decrees announcing significant leadership changes within...

Ishaan Tharoor: Sudan’s war takes a horrific turn as the world again opts to look the other way

For 18 months, the residents of El Fashir, once a regional capital of more than a million people, endured a gruelling siege, punctuated by massacres and other atrocities carried out by the RSF’s fighters. No humanitarian aid could get in, and the...