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Gold rush or gold robbery; The plunder of South Sudan’s wealth
Eye Radio
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June 21, 2025
Gold miners digging inside a pit. (Photo: Courtesy). Amid the dusty hills and plains of South Sudan lies a fortune that has brought more trouble than prosperity – gold. What could be a blessing for communities and the nation has seemingly become a...
Uganda’s export revenues dip on high informal trade
Zawya
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Uganda’s exports to East African Community (EAC) markets have declined by Ush820.5 billion ($228.19 million), blamed on a host of challenges confronting business owners in the past one year. These challenges, including non-tariff barriers, are...
Old Mutual gets nod to complete merger of life business in Kenya
Zawya
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Old Mutual Holdings Plc (formerly UAP Holdings Ltd) has received regulatory approval to proceed with the next phase of merging its life insurance businesses in Kenya. The transaction involves the transfer of the long-term life insurance business...
Immigration Tracker: Updates on TPS, work visas and deportation rules
El Tecolote - California
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July 8, 2025
In the past six months, the Trump administration has unleashed a wave of immigration directives, rolling back key protections for immigrants and narrowing access to due process. With many of these directives now contested in court, the legal...
Opinion| South Sudan belongs to the people, not Kiir’s family
Radio Tamazuj
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June 22, 2025
In a recent open letter published by Radio Tamazuj, Dr. Sunday de John made an emotional appeal to Adut Salva Kiir Mayardit, the daughter of President Salva Kiir, urging her to privately advise her father to rescue the nation from economic...
Gov’t delegation assesses trade barriers at Mombasa Port
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 30, 2025
By Dogga Morris A high-level delegation from South Sudan has concluded a fact-finding mission to Kenya’s Port of Mombasa, a visit that underscores Juba’s commitment to dismantling trade barriers that have inflicted costly delays and financial...
Juba Teaching Hospital in sorrow state-Yakani
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 26, 2025
By Jacob Onuha Nelson & Nakwam Rose Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) has urged leaders to fund Juba Teaching Hospital in order to relive the institution from its current unbearable state. In a press...
South Sudan, CNPC strengthen partnership to increase oil output
Eye Radio
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June 16, 2025
Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 9 minutes ago Oil pipeline in Paloch, Upper Nile State - photo: Courtesy The Ministry of Petroleum is planning to increase oil production in South Sudan by strengthening its cooperation with the China National...
MTN Opens Digital Hub in South Sudan IDP Camp
News Ghana
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June 21, 2025
MTN South Sudan has established a technology center at Juba’s Mangateen camp for displaced persons, providing internet access, computers and solar power to underserved residents. The initiative forms part of the company’s annual #21DaysOfYelloCare...
South Sudan pays UPDF troops $100 every day, claims former MP
Sudans Post
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June 17, 2025
Ugandan soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) patrol through the central African jungle during an operation to hunt notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony. [Photo: Getty Images]JUBA – Members of the Uganda...
South Sudan intercepts two trucks carrying contaminated grains
Sudans Post
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June 17, 2025
The consignments include sorghum and maize infested with live insects. JUBA — The South Sudan government on Monday impounded two trucks from Uganda that had crossed into its territory carrying grains, mostly sorghum and maize, that were not fit...
Surge in conflicts fuels extreme poverty: World Bank report
Hurriyet Daily News
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WASHINGTON Conflicts and related fatalities have more than tripled since the early 2000s, fueling extreme poverty, the World Bank said. Economies in fragile and conflict-affected regions have become "the epicenter of global poverty and food...
EU allocates €11M to support conflict-affected communities in South Sudan
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 21, 2025
By Philip Buda Ladu European Union (EU) has committed a substantial €11 million to UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Unveiled on Friday, the funding aims to foster long-term recovery and stability of...
SUICIDE: Economic hardships, trauma fueling
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 29, 2025
By Kei Emmanuel Duku A desperate death of a man who jumped from an unfinished two-story building in Juba’s Suk Sita neighborhoods on Saturday has cast a harsh spotlight on what a leading civil society figure calls “an alarming rise in suicides”...
IOM seeks 6.5 mln USD to resume life-saving transport in South Sudan
Xinhua News Agency
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JUBA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a United Nations agency, on Friday launched an urgent appeal for 6.5 million U.S. dollars to resume its life-saving transport services for thousands of displaced people...
EU commits €11 million to South Sudan’s recovery from regional conflicts
Sudans Post
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June 20, 2025
A delegation comprising representatives from the EU, UNHCR, and IOM during the signing ceremony for the project: “Strengthening Community Adaptability and Resilience for Displaced and Host Populations in South Sudan” in Juba on Friday. [Photo:...
South Sudan and China deepen technical cooperation in oil sector
The City Review
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June 16, 2025
Chinese oil company CNPC reaffirmed its dedication to South Sudan’s petroleum sector and expressed readiness to deploy both resources and modern technology in alignment with the country’s development goals. By Aguok Chok China has long played a...
The Independent View: Socialism Revisited
The Porterville Recorder - California
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The subject of socialism has been a talking point on this page almost every day. I have given my opinion many times of the dangers of the government spending others peoples money without any consideration for what the giver wanted in return for...
Q&A: ‘If you want to fix South Sudan’s economy, first fix the politics’- Dr. Aban
Radio Tamazuj
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June 20, 2025
Eminent South Sudanese Economist Dr. Kimo Adiebo Aban contends that if the Government of South Sudan wants to fix the economy, it must first and fast deal with the political instability and insecurity debilitating the country. He argues that no...
IOM Sounds Alarm Over Suspension of Life-Saving Transport in South Sudan
IOM - UN Migration
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June 19, 2025
Geneva/Juba, 20 June 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply alarmed by the suspension of its life-saving transport services for thousands of displaced people in South Sudan due to critical funding shortfalls. With...