Officials from South Sudan’s Jonglei State and CARE International announced that investigations into the death of a medical doctor who worked for the NGO in Akobo are underway. Dominic Pitia, a medical doctor, was found dead at his duty station […]
Intense fighting has been reported in Ethiopia’s Amhara state, the latest indication that the conflict that began in November’s Tigray region is spreading. Federal forces and Amhara regional troops were engaged in three fronts in the fight against Tigray rebels, […]
The United Kingdom and Kenya have inked a new defence pact aimed at mitigating the danger presented by Somali terrorist organisation al-Shabab. The UK announced an increase in counter-terrorism and military assistance after a meeting of defence ministers in London. […]
President Kiir, according to a security source who requested anonymity, is unhappy with a large number of senior officers and commanders in armed opposition factions, particularly Dr. Machar’s SPLA-IO, and that some of them are civilians who have just been […]
International monitors in South Sudan expressed concern about the ongoing hostilities that are jeopardizing the execution of a resurrected peace agreement. Sporadic confrontations between government troops and other opposition armed groups have been reported in various areas of the nation. […]
The director of the United Nations mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has expressed “grave worry” over the country’s “spread of extrajudicial killings.” Nicholas Haysom, the UN secretary-special general’s envoy and director of UNMISS, said on Monday that 42 executions of […]
South Sudan’s government and opposition are banding together after a party opposed to the monitoring and verification mechanism agreed to a truce. Former Chief of General Staff Gen Paul Malong and former SPLM Secretary-General Pagan Amum have decided to join […]
Rome -Christian Carlassare says he is making excellent progress in his rehabilitation almost three months after being wounded shortly after being appointed as the new Bishop of Rumbek in South Sudan. He wants to return to his diocese “as soon […]
Alfred Angasi Dominic, a journalist who had been detained for more than two weeks, has been freed by the National Security Service. On July 2, 2021, the journalist who works as a news anchor for South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation was […]
The president of Ethiopia’s Amhara region has called on all citizens carrying weapons to deploy against rebels from nearby Tigray. “Beginning tomorrow [Monday], I am calling on all individuals of legal age who are armed in whatever capacity, whether government […]
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