(JUBA) – The new Commissioner General of the South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA), Rizig Dominic Samuel, has urged importers to declare all goods entering South Sudan through official border points and to pay customs duties in full. In a circular issued on Friday, 25 September 2026, Samuel said importers mustContinue 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) – A safer and more inclusive digital space is taking shape in South Sudan as government, telecom companies, civil society and international partners push forward with new online safety laws and efforts to spread internet access across the country. Leaders from the four sectors met at the South SudanContinue Reading
(ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to activate their Border Trade Protocol, a move that will bring formal regulated commerce to the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and replace widespread illegal cross border trade along the eastern frontier. The agreement was reached during high level talks in AddisContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Personal income tax collection in the capital has become a heavy burden on businesses, the Governor of Central Equatoria State has told the national Justice Minister. Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony met with the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Wek Mamer Kuol, in Juba on Tuesday to seekContinue Reading
(JUBA) – A three day workshop on land management has concluded in Juba with stakeholders agreeing on action plans to address land disputes, tenure insecurity and limited access to land services for displaced and conflict affected communities across South Sudan. The International Organization for Migration, supported by the European UnionContinue Reading
(BERKELEY COUNTY, South Carolina) – A proposed United States law would ban all immigration from Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan, three African nations facing severe conflict and instability. Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace of South Carolina announced the legislation, arguing it is needed to stop security threats entering America from whatContinue Reading
(WASHINGTON DC) – The United States Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to end temporary legal protections for South Sudanese migrants, a ruling that could expose thousands to possible deportation. The decision gives the president broad power to cancel Temporary Protected Status, a programme that hasContinue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan’s Court of Appeal has halted a government fuel supply agreement with Kenya, suspending an exclusive import deal that had granted Pacific Petroleum Company Limited sole rights to bring petroleum products into the country. The injunction follows a public interest petition filed by Advocates Without Borders, whichContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – A parliamentary committee in Kenya has been told that the management of the Kenya Sugar Board granted import licences for industrial sugar without the legal power to do so. The licences allowed firms to bring a consignment of sugar into the country that is now suspected toContinue Reading
