South Sudan and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday launched a campaign aimed at ending rampant child marriages in the east African young country.…
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The Police in South Sudan have denied it shut down operations before midnight over insecurity. Insecurity in the country has risen in recent weeks with social…
The world’s youngest country, South Sudan, has concluded plans to construct four oil refineries, says Nilepet Director-General for Downstream, James Yugusuk. The refineries will be built…
Since the revitalized peace deal to end over six years of conflict was signed in 2018, the South Sudanese Pound (SSP) increasingly depreciate against the U.S. dollar as the country’s economy struggles with hyperinflation.
South Sudan’s Catholic churches may be closed again if the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases increase, a bishop has said. The Archbishop of Juba, Stephen Ameyu Martin,…
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has sacked the country’s finance minister, Salvatore Garang Mabiordit. Mabiordit, who was appointed in 2018, has been replaced with Diing…
Eight people were reportedly killed in Uganda after a fight broke out between South Sudanese refugees and their host community. Ugandan Police said the fighting between…
South Sudan is seeking a $250 million loan from the African Export-Import Bank to implement a long-delayed peace agreement, fight COVID-19 and support food security. The…
South Sudan has announced that it is seeking $250 million from African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) to cushion its economy from disruptions resulting from the…
Late Jok was South Sudan’s minister of East African Affairs in the current unity government.