The death toll from the clashes in the White Nile state has risen. The clashes that erupted on Sunday between local residents and South Sudanese militiamen in the border area of El Mogeines have now left 17 dead and more …
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Western Equatoria governor donates ambulance to Lui hospital
Alfred Futuyo Karaba, the governor of South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State, on Monday donated an ambulance to Lui Hospital in Mundri.
Speaking at a public rally in Lui Payam of Mundri East County, Alfred Futuyo said the ambulance is to …
Doctors at Malakal hospital decry poor working conditions
Doctors at the Malakal Teaching Hospital in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State have complained of poor working conditions since 2013.
Dr. Ayuel Isaac Abiel, the hospital’s medical director, told Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday that the main referral facility in the …
Abyei’s Amiet common market reopens after deadly clashes
Local authorities in the disputed region of Abyei say they reopened the Amiet common market, situated in Amenth-aguok County, on Sunday after it was closed last week when Dinka Ngok and Misseriya tribesmen clashed in the market centre.
The fighting …
Kiir directs security apparatus to end armed conflicts, road ambushes
South Sudan’s National Security Committee held a meeting in Juba yesterday, Tuesday, and discussed the rampant road ambushes, attacks, and inter-communal fighting in different parts of the country.
Speaking to the press after the meeting, the presidential adviser for national …
4 killed, 6 wounded in Cueibet revenge attacks
At least four people have been killed and six others wounded in inter-communal revenge attacks between youths of the Waat and Panyar sections of Pagor and Duony Payams in Cueibet County of Lakes State.
The multiple incidents of counter revenge …
10 death row inmates moved from Renk to Malakal
Prison authorities at Renk Prison in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State said that they transferred 10 death row prisoners to Malakal Central Prison earlier last week.
A senior prison officer who preferred anonymity told Radio Tamazuj on Monday that the …
South Sudan applies for COVID-19 vaccines
The Ministry of Health has said it has officially applied for Coronavirus vaccines to protect the most vulnerable citizens of South Sudan from the pandemic.
Speaking during a press briefing yesterday, Dr. John Rumunu, the director-general of preventive health services …
Continue readingFive injured in attack on North Darfur village
Five people were injured and at least six others went missing in an attack on a village in El Kuma, North Darfur, on Sunday. In West Darfur, pastoralists complain about the insecurity in the region.
The Darfur Displaced and Refugees …
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