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South Sudan deserves competent legal stewardship, not academic deceit!
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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September 12, 2025
Dear President Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudan deserves competent legal stewardship, not academic deceit! By Dr. Sunday de John Your Excellency, South Sudan is a young nation with a promising future. Its survival and growth rely greatly on its...
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South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar Faces Grave Charges Amid Escalating Tensions
Alexa.ng
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September 12, 2025
In a dramatic escalation of South Sudan’s volatile political landscape, First Vice President Riek Machar has been formally charged with a litany of serious offenses, including murder, treason, and crimes against humanity. The announcement, made by...
Equity Becomes Second Kenyan Bank to Make Push for Ethiopian Market Entry
The Reporter Ethiopia
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September 13, 2025
Kenya-based Equity Group Holdings Limited has officially started discussions with Ethiopian authorities in an effort to enter the Ethiopian financial sector. It joins KCB Group Limited, another Kenyan bank that began talks with Ethiopian officials...
U.S. sanctions Sudanese finance minister, Islamist militia
Sudans Post
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September 13, 2025
Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim (left) and Commander of Baraa Bin Malik Brigade Misbah Abu Zeid Talah. [Photo courtesy]WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on Sudan’s finance minister, Jibril Ibrahim, and the...
South Sudan Football Federation appoints oversight committees
Eye Radio
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September 12, 2025
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 6 hours ago Juba, South Sudan (Eye Radio) — The South Sudan Football Federation (SSFF) has officially appointed the chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of its Standing Committees to strengthen governance and...
Church leaders urge action on crisis in South Sudan
Eye Radio
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September 12, 2025
Authors: Wol Mapal | Michael Daniel | Published: 4 hours ago Leaders of the South Sudan Council of Churches in a group photo during a meeting in Machakos, Kenya, from September 9-13, 2025. (Courtesy of the South Sudan Council of Churches) Juba,...
Opinion| South Sudan deserves competent legal stewardship, not academic deceit!
Radio Tamazuj
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September 12, 2025
Dear President Salva Kiir Mayardit, Your Excellency, South Sudan is a young nation with a promising future. Its survival and growth rely greatly on its ability to adapt to the current trends premised on the strength of its institutions. Among...
South Sudan suspends first vice president amid treason, murder charges
Xinhua News Agency
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JUBA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Thursday night issued a presidential decree suspending First Vice President Riek Machar pending trial on charges of treason, murder and crimes against humanity over deadly...
South Sudan opposition warns of ‘authoritarian rule’ after Machar suspension
Sudans Post
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September 12, 2025
South Sudan member of parliament Reath Muoch speaks during a parliamentary session in Juba on Monday, August 12, 2024. [Photo by Sudans Post]JUBA – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition...
South Sudan’s Kiir suspends Machar, petroleum minister after treason charges
Sudans Post
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September 11, 2025
Riek Machar, Vice President and Chairman of SPLM-IO. [Photo: Reuters]JUBA – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Thursday night suspended First Vice President Riek Machar Teny and Petroleum Minister Puot Kang Chuol, escalating political...
The Vice President of South Sudan has been charged with treason
Business Insider Africa
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September 11, 2025
The accusations are related to his alleged involvement in an ethnic militia attack on federal forces in March. President Salva Kiir dismissed Machar from his position in an order that was aired on state radio hours after the news, and as seen on...
South Sudan reacts to claims of SSP circulating in Darfur
Sudans Post
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September 11, 2025
A person counts South Sudanese pound banknotes in Juba, South Sudan, on Sunday, June 6, 2021. [Photo: Adrienne Surprenant/Bloomberg via Getty Images]JUBA – The Director General of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Philip...
South Sudan to repatriate 27 prisoners held in Ethiopia
Sudans Post
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September 11, 2025
A view of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation facility. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – The South Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that they are working with Ethiopia to repatriate 27 South Sudanese detainees at Muzan...
South Sudan finance ministry launches 10-year development plan
Radio Tamazuj
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September 11, 2025
South Sudan’s Ministry of Finance and Planning on Wednesday launched a 10-year strategic development plan aimed at building a prosperous, innovative society while consolidating peace and security. Finance Minister Athian Diing Athian described the...
Enumerators in South Sudan: Misbehavior That Damages Trust
Number One Citizen Daily
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September 11, 2025
Enumerators are people who go to the field to collect information. They ask questions, write down answers, and later give the reports to organizations, government, or partners who use this information to make plans. In South Sudan, enumerators are...
Ambassador Kedar highlights Israel-South Sudan partnership
Eye Radio
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September 11, 2025
Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 4 hours ago Ambassador Gershon Kedar, the Israeli Ambassador to South Sudan - Credit | Lou Nelson/Eye Radio | June 14, 2022 JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio)– The Israeli Ambassador to South Sudan has highlighted...
Surge in kidnappings for ransom threatens future of humanitarian work in South Sudan
Africanews
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September 11, 2025
A new and worrying trend in South Sudan – the kidnapping of aid workers for ransom. Since the start of the year, more than 30 South Sudanese aid workers have been abducted, humanitarian officials say. That’s more than double the number kidnapped...
UN urges dialogue as South Sudan embarks on 10-Year development plan
Number One Citizen Daily
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September 11, 2025
UN’s Anita Kiki backed South Sudan’s 10-year development vision with dialogue and inclusion at the core | Courtesy photo By Alan Clement The United Nations has called on South Sudan’s government and stakeholders to prioritize dialogue and...
South Sudan launches 10-year development plan
Eye Radio
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September 10, 2025
Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 4 hours ago A group photo of key officials and development partners, including Minister of Finance and Planning Athian Diing Athian, Deputy Finance Minister Yien Gach, and Anita Kiki Gbeho, the UN Deputy Special...
From Neglect to Gangs: The Unspoken Truth of Melbourne’s South Sudanese Crisis
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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September 10, 2025
By Agok Wel, Juba, South Sudan In my last article, I argued that fathers must be fully present in their children’s lives if we want to end the funerals. That is a fact. But presence alone is not the cure. We must face the choices that made our...