International
Rwandan forces yesterday (Tuesday) evening fired at a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that it said had violated its airspace. The Congolese government has interpreted and described the shooting as an act of war. A video shared widely on Congolese social media showed a projectile shooting towards an airborne military plane, before […]
South Sudan’s National Security Services have detained another journalist working for state-run media. No charges against him have been made public yet. Journalist Garang John, who is assigned to work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was arrested in the capital Juba on Monday. This comes barely two weeks after the arrest of another six […]
The police in Rumbek Central County in Lakes State of South Sudan are investigating the circumstances that led to a girl committing suicide over the weekend. It allegedly followed a quarrel with her elder sister who accused her of being pregnant. The deceased has been identified as Adeng Makur Mabor. Her elder sister Anyier Makur […]
The Speaker of the Revitalised Transitional National Legislative Assembly Rt. Hon. Jemma Nunu Kumba on Sunday apologised for the government’s failure to live up to the people’s expectation of bringing peace and stability to the country. Ms Nunu spoke on behalf of President Salva Kiir during the ordination of the new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese […]
President Salva Kiir on Friday night fired the head of the government-owned Nile Petroleum Company (Nilpet), which oversees the South Sudan oil industry. In his decree, Mr Kiir did not explain the reason for the sacking of the Managing Director of Nilepet, Dr Chol Deng Abel. In another decree, President Kiir appointed Mr Bernard Amuor […]
Tractor maker John Deere has agreed to give its US customers the right to fix their own equipment. Previously, farmers were only allowed to use authorised parts and service facilities rather than cheaper independent repair options. Deere and Co. is one of the world’s largest makers farming equipment. Consumer groups have for years been calling […]
At least 14 people were killed and 16 others injured in separate attacks in Uror and Duk counties of Jonglei State on Friday. Machot Gatluak Kenyak, the Commissioner of Uror County has said the killings occurred when an armed youth group launched multiple attacks in parts of the county on Friday evening. “On Friday, there […]
The Western Bahr el Ghazal State parliament has summoned two state ministers and the Raja County commissioner to answer questions about alleged illegal gold mining in Raja County’s far west. Those summoned are the state trade minister Akol Majok Rok, local government minister Ibrahim Suru Ibrahim and Commissioner Addison Arcangelo of Raja County. The state […]
At least 13 people were killed and five others wounded in an attack in the Abyei region disputed between South Sudan and Sudan, the UN peacekeeping force said on Tuesday. “A combined armed group of Nuer and Twic Dinka launched an early morning attack on the Rumamer village, 15 kilometres south of Abyei Box, killing […]
Some 3,500 South Sudanese refugees some of who were hosted in camps in Uganda have returned home particularly to Magwi County of Eastern Equatoria State in the past two months, a relief official said. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, the coordinator of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission in Magwi County, Mr Salva Ben Okeny, said the […]