(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – Banks in South Sudan are being urged to adopt artificial intelligence to widen access to financial services, while guarding against privacy, security and bias risks as the technology spreads. Stanbic Bank South Sudan said AI is already helping financial institutions deliver faster services, strengthen fraud detection,Continue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – A fuel shortage in Juba has disrupted businesses across the South Sudanese capital, with residents unable to operate vehicles, trucks and motorcycles as supplies run dry at filling stations, while prices climb sharply in both formal and informal markets. The crisis has deepened in October, withContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – The SPLM has directed all its aspirants to return to their constituencies and prepare for primary elections ahead of the country’s general elections. The directive covers those seeking the party’s nomination for the presidency, national parliamentary seats, governorships and state assembly seats. It also covers aspirantsContinue Reading
(JUBA, CENTRAL EQUATORIA STATE) – Work on the Juba-Terekeka-Rumbek Highway is to move forward under new measures agreed at an emergency meeting called after a site inspection found problems with communication between the parties involved. The meeting was convened on 12th October by the Undersecretary of the National Ministry ofContinue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan is pressing ahead with plans to connect all its embassies, states and administrative areas to a central online system for passport and nationality services, as new equipment and thousands of document booklets arrive in the country. The Director General of Civil Registration and Immigration, Maj. Gen.Continue Reading
(JUBA) – Juba Electricity Distribution Company has permanently closed its Gumbo Shirkat office, directed customers to two authorised sales agents for token purchases, and announced both a planned power cut for several neighbourhoods this weekend and an extension of ongoing rationing into July 2026. The Gumbo Shirkat office operated forContinue Reading
(JUBA COUNTY) – Central Equatoria State is largely calm with only a few areas seeing criminal incidents, a special security meeting has reported, while authorities issued new orders to improve safety in suburbs and speed up mining regulations. The State Security Committee, chaired by Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony, convened onContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – The remains of veteran parliamentarian Anthony Kudus Justine have been airlifted to Kajo Keji for burial, with Central Equatoria State Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony and national parliamentary leaders paying tribute to a man who served the people for more than three decades. Governor Adil joined family,Continue Reading
(KYIV) – Heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk has decided to give up all his boxing belts. The Ukrainian boxer confirmed the move on social media on Friday. He holds the WBC, WBA and IBF titles. Usyk said he wants to free the belts so other fighters waiting in line canContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Tax collectors across South Sudan have finished a three day training course aimed at helping them explain tax rules more clearly to the public, part of a wider push to bring more people and businesses into the tax net and boost domestic revenue. The workshop ran from 23Continue Reading
