(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – South Sudan’s military engineering division has held talks with the Ministry of Roads and Bridges on strengthening military participation in national infrastructure development, focusing on road construction, maintenance and flood-affected areas. The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces Engineering Division made the proposal during a courtesy visitContinue Reading
(MAIWUT, SOUTH SUDAN) – An estimated 2,000 travellers use six mobility routes connecting Maiwut County in Upper Nile State to Ethiopia’s Gambela Region and other parts of South Sudan every day, according to a new population mobility mapping report by the International Organization for Migration. The exercise, conducted from 29thContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – South Sudan was hosting 663,951 refugees and asylum seekers as of 30th September 2026, according to newly released data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The figure comprises 659,622 refugees and 4,329 asylum seekers, the UNHCR map published on 8th October shows . UpperContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has provided cash assistance to more than 3,300 families who returned from Sudan to Aweil North County in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. The assistance was delivered in collaboration with the South Sudan Red Cross. It covered returnees inContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – South Sudan’s newly appointed Health Undersecretary, Dr Chol Makur Aciek, has prioritised the delivery of essential medicines and the welfare of health workers, including salaries unpaid for months, as he takes office. Dr Makur made the commitment in remarks carried in a statement published by theContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – The Central Equatoria State Ministry of Roads, Bridges and Physical Infrastructure has announced the death of Eng. Modesto Tombe Wani Laku, former Deputy Director of Public Utilities. Eng. Modesto passed away on 19th October 2026. The ministry expressed its condolences to the bereaved family, relatives, colleaguesContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – The South Sudan Institute of Revenue Administration has launched a five-day training-of-trainers programme focused on taxation in the oil, gas, extractive industries and hospitality sectors, aimed at strengthening the technical capacity of South Sudan Revenue Authority staff. The training, running from 19th to 23rd October, bringsContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – The South Sudan Institute of Revenue Administration has launched a training-of-trainers programme on taxation in the oil, gas, extractive industries and hospitality sectors to strengthen the technical capacity of South Sudan Revenue Authority staff. The five-day training, running from 19th to 23rd October, brings together 50Continue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – South Sudan’s Caretaker Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Labanya Margaret Mathya, has called for joint efforts to implement a trade agreement signed with Djibouti in 2025, focusing on the development of river ports along the White Nile and dry ports including one in Yei. TheContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – The Chairperson of the South Sudan National Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Losidik Ladu Lukak, has appointed Kur Ajing Ater as Third Vice Chairperson in a leadership reshuffle. A statement issued by the chamber last Friday said Lukak relieved Alfred Makur Nguech of his dutiesContinue Reading
