African Union (AU) mediators landed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Wednesday for critical talks aimed at averting a return to civil war. Their arrival comes amid heightened tensions following the house arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar last week—a development that threatens the fragile peace established by the 2018 agreement. President Salva Kiir’s […]

On Friday morning, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres raised alarms about what he described as a “dramatic and dire situation” in South Sudan. The country has seen an increase in violent clashes that are severely affecting civilians. Notably, on Wednesday night, First Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest, further escalating tensions. Guterres […]

The RSF dismissed claims of defeat, framing their withdrawal from Khartoum as a tactical decision. Sudan’s army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announced the “liberation” of Khartoum after expelling the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from the capital. RELATED: Riek Machar Arrested as Tensions Escalate in South Sudan In a televised address from the presidential […]

South Sudan’s main opposition party has reported the arrest of its leader, Riek Machar, amid rising tensions that have prompted the United Nations to call for adherence to the 2018 peace agreement that ended the country’s civil war. The UN had previously warned that South Sudan was on the brink of renewed conflict following clashes […]

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir amid a tense rivalry with his deputy that threatens a return to civil war in the East African nation. Ugandan special forces have been sent to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, “to support the […]

At least 20 people, including two Chinese nationals, were killed in a plane crash in South Sudan on Wednesday, with only one survivor, after the aircraft went down shortly after takeoff from an oilfield in Unity State en route to the capital, Juba, multiple sources confirmed. Related:South Sudan’s Seasonal Flooding Turns into Annual Catastrophe, Displacing […]

South Sudan’s seasonal flooding, once a predictable aspect of life, has transformed into an annual catastrophe that displaces hundreds of thousands and plunges communities deeper into crisis. Families like that of Nyabuot Reat Kuor, a mother forced from her home in Gorwai, are bearing the brunt of this climate disaster. Related:South Sudan: Cholera Outbreak in […]

The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), released on Monday, shows more than 85 percent of returnees fleeing Sudan will be acutely food insecure through the next lean season, starting April 2025. On Monday, United Nations agencies warned of a hunger crisis facing South Sudan, with returnees fleeing the Sudan war expected to have […]

The minister disclosed that the Ministry of Health and WHO have taken steps to manage cases reported, adding that they are ensuring that every contact on the ground is followed. On Monday, South Sudan’s Ministry of Health declared a cholera outbreak in the congested Renk transit camp in the northern Upper Nile State, which is […]

According to the early warnings issued by WFP and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on acute food insecurity outlook from June to October, South Sudan is one of the 18 hunger hotspots globally where food security is deteriorating. On Tuesday, the World Food Program (WFP) said it needs 248 million U.S. […]