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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...
Qatar bank sues South Sudan for award enforcement
ICLG
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Africa’s poorest country could soon find itself on the hook to settle an ICSID arbitral award of mo... Africa’s poorest country could soon find itself on the hook to settle an ICSID arbitral award of more than USD 1 billion, adding to its...
Uganda Waragi vibe reigns as MC Kash ‘Owakabi’ celebrates 15 years of laughter
Independent (Uganda)
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July 8, 2025
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Password Lounge in Gulu erupted in waves of laughter last Friday night as the region’s tallest comedian, MC Kash “Owakabi,” celebrated 15 years in the industry, proving that laughter can be serious business after...
Installation by South Sudanese artist in Martin Place marks World Refugee Day
Women's Agenda
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June 19, 2025
A giant recreation of a photographic portrait by acclaimed South Sudanese artist Atong Atem has been unveiled today in Sydney’s Martin Place to mark World Refugee Day. The printed ground decal titled Three Women stretches over seven metres long...
“Sabotage in Suits: The Hidden Hands Behind South Sudan’s Cash Crisis”
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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June 18, 2025
By Dr. Sunday de John, Nairobi, Kenya South Sudan is not at war with nature. There is no natural disaster that has ever occurred except flooding in some parts of the country. There have been no earthquakes threatening to destroy cities and no...
Qatar National Bank asks US court to enforce $1 billion against South Sudan
Eye Radio
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June 17, 2025
Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 8 hours ago Flag and logo of Qatar National Bank - courtesy Qatar National Bank (QNB) has petitioned a US federal court in Washington, D.C., to enforce a $1 billion award against South Sudan after the country failed...
Franciscan University of Steubenville adds economic, finance leader to its faculty
Weirton Daily Times - West Virginia
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STEPHEN LEWARNE STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of Steubenville announced the appointment of Stephen Lewarne as visiting professor of economics and finance. Lewarne will begin teaching on campus during the fall semester. Lewarne brings more...
Enough of Cash Hassles: It’s time for South Sudan to embrace digital payments
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 18, 2025
By Isaac Chol Aguer In a country where the value of money shrinks by the day and the economy limps on cash transactions, it no longer makes sense to depend on physical money. People in South Sudan today carry sacks of banknotes just to buy a...
Food Is a Human Right: 7.7 Million in South Sudan Face Acute Hunger Crisis
The City Review
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June 18, 2025
Recent report by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) says conflict, floods and economic collapse are issues that could exacerbate the famine By Chuol Chanyong In South Sudan, the simple act of having a meal...
South Sudan loses 5000kg of gold to UAE through Uganda annually
Sudans Post
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June 13, 2025
A South Sudanese worker holds a speck of gold in Nanakanak in Greater Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria state, South Sudan, on May 8, 2013. [Photo: Getty Images]JUBA – At least 5000 kg (five metric tonnes) of gold produced by artisanal miners in South...
South Sudan Restarts Oil Exports After Pipeline Repairs in Sudan, Easing Economic Strain
Pipeline Technology Journal
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South Sudan has resumed oil exports through the Sudan following the completion of a critical pipeline damaged by an airstrike, renewing hopes of economic easements for the oil-dependent country. Deng Lual Wol, an undersecretary at the South...
Yakani: Delay in 2025/26 budget could deprive S. Sudan access to EAC programs
The City Review
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June 17, 2025
The activist said if S. Sudan had been an active member of the community in fulfilling its financial obligations, it would have achieved numerous benefits, including employing its citizens in community institutions By Chol Chanyong Edmund Yakani,...
Let’s Embrace, Foster “collective spirit of the Synod on Synodality”: Cardinal in South Sudan to Pastoral Agents
ACI Africa
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June 17, 2025
The South Sudanese Catholic Church leader, who has been at the helm of the Juba Archdiocese since his Installation in March 2020 reflected on self-reliance in Juba Archdiocese, the only Metropolitan See of the world’s newest nation that gained...
Qatar National Bank seeks $1B from South Sudan over unpaid loans
Sudans Post
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June 17, 2025
Qatar National Bank Headquarters in Doha, Qatar. [Photo: QNB International Network]JUBA – Qatar National Bank (QNB) has formally petitioned a federal court in Washington, D.C., to enforce a $1 billion arbitration award against South Sudan and its...
South Sudan: UN warns of imminent famine
Africanews
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June 12, 2025
Three United Nations agencies warned Thursday of imminent famine in a conflict-hit region of South Sudan. Residents of 11 of the 13 counties in South Sudan's Upper Nile state are now facing emergency levels of hunger, the World Food Programme, the...
Agriculture will save the ailing economy – Official
Eye Radio
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June 26, 2025
Authors: Lasuba Memo | Michael Daniel | Published: 11 hours ago Children holding groundnuts during harvest -Photo credit: Scovia Faida Charles Duku/World Vision South Sudan The Director General at the National Ministry of Agriculture and Food...