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Today in High Prairie: July 9, 2025
South Peace News
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July 8, 2025
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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...
ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa.
The Intercept
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July 8, 2025
When eight men in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement boarded a plane in May, officials told them that they were being sent on a short trip from Texas to another ICE facility in Louisiana. Many hours later, the plane landed in...
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...
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...
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...
DR Congo park rangers shoot, arrest South Sudanese hunters
Radio Tamazuj
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June 20, 2025
The local authorities in Western Equatoria State’s Ibba County have confirmed a cross-border incident in which seven South Sudanese hunters were arrested, and two were shot and injured after allegedly crossing into Garamba National Park in the...
South Sudan suffers cargo losses due to poor trade handling – official
Eye Radio
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June 14, 2025
Author: Madrama James | Published: 60 minutes ago South Sudan customs points - courtesy South Sudan is losing a lot of cargo because people do not understand how international trade works, says Dr. John Deng, the Executive Secretary of the...
The forgotten struggle: LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan
Washington Blade - Washington D.C.
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June 20, 2025
As the world prepares to mark World Refugee Day on June 20, discussions will echo across continents about war, displacement, and humanitarian assistance. But there is one story that is often left out — a story of a people who are doubly displaced,...
South Sudan: women learn to rebuild lives after sexual violence
Africanews
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June 15, 2025
Thirty-nine-year-old Abuk Buol was among those who suffered from South Sudan’s brutal conflict, enduring horrific sexual violence, and displacement. But as one of the 60 participants at a workshop focused on how to ensure the socio-economic...
Charity savings groups support people forcibly displaced in South Sudan
Church Times
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June 19, 2025
AN ANGLICAN microfinance charity, Five Talents, has published new research on its work to support people forcibly displaced in South Sudan, to coincide with World Refugee Day on Friday. Savings Groups and Displaced People in South Sudan: A fresh...
Business community donates food items to Juba military hospital
The City Review
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June 24, 2025
By Binia Elizabeth The National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with members of South Sudan’s private sector, has donated several food items to patients at a military hospital in Juba on Sunday. The institution intends to...
Heavy taxes, illegal checkpoints pinch South Sudan farmers, amid food crisis
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 19, 2025
By Kei Emmanuel Duku Across South Sudan, farmers are overburdened with multiple taxes and illegal checkpoints, making agricultural inputs costly for food production in the country. Farmers are appealing to the government to enforce long-standing...
World News in Brief: Global investment plunges, hurricane season in Haiti, rising cholera and hunger in South Sudan
UN News
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June 19, 2025
Their latest data shows that the outlook for international investment this year “is negative”, a sharp course correction from January, when “modest” growth seemed possible. The reasons for this range from trade tensions and tariffs whose main...
South Sudan’s 2025-26 Budget: Smallest in EAC, threatens dev., Analyst warns
Eye Radio
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June 13, 2025
Author: Madrama James | Published: 16 minutes ago Analyst Baboya James speaking on the Sundown Show on Thursday, June 12, 2025 - Eye Radio JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – South Sudan’s proposed 2025-2026 fiscal year budget is the smallest among...
ELIJAH MANYOK JOK: A VISIONARY LEADER FOR BCYA-JUBA 2025–2027
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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June 28, 2025
By Naih Garang, Kampala, Uganda Saturday, 28 June 2025 (PW) — a time when youth leadership is needed more than ever to navigate the socio-economic challenges of our communities, EMJ brings to the table not just charisma and experience, but a...