(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) – 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
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – South Sudan’s central bank is holding reserves that have been borrowed by the Ministry of Finance and not returned, a researcher has said, pointing to a key driver of the country’s prolonged liquidity crisis. Dr Ting Mayai, speaking during an Eye Radio podcast discussion on theContinue Reading
(KAMPALA, UGANDA) – Uganda and South Sudan have signed a trade memorandum of understanding, with both sides pledging to ease border delays and costs facing traders along the route between the two countries. The agreement was signed on Wednesday in Kampala at the second Uganda-South Sudan Business Forum and Exhibition.Continue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya has reaffirmed its support for South Sudan’s political transition and preparations for the country’s General Election scheduled for December 22nd. Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, who represented President William Ruto, attended a virtual meeting of the African Union Committee on South Sudan chaired by South African PresidentContinue Reading
(KAPOETA EAST COUNTY, EASTERN EQUATORIA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is providing limited amounts of supplementary livestock feed in Narus, Kapoeta East County, to help maintain livestock body condition and protect productive assets amid prolonged dry conditions and declining pasture availability. Drought is putting growing pressure on livestockContinue Reading
(MOSCOW) – The Russian government is preparing to impose a sharp increase in utility costs on its citizens, with new forecasts indicating that housing and communal service tariffs will rise by 60 percent over the five year period from 2025 to 2029. According to the business paper Vedomosti, the EconomicContinue Reading
(DUK COUNTY) – At least 17 people were killed and five others wounded when gunmen ambushed a humanitarian convoy in Duk County, Jonglei State, on 29 June. The dead include aid workers and civilians travelling with the convoy. Several vehicles were destroyed in the attack. The victims were employed byContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – The United States and South Sudan’s transitional government have signed a three year health cooperation agreement worth more than 166 million US dollars (about 1.16 trillion South Sudanese pounds), aimed at strengthening efforts to combat infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS and emerging health threats. The memorandum ofContinue Reading
(ITURI PROVINCE) – The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 291, as the government expands quarantine measures to stop the virus from spreading further. The outbreak was officially declared on 15 May in Ituri province. Since then, 1,118 confirmed cases of EbolaContinue Reading
