Some UN peacekeepers were injured during a scuffle at Juba Airport when 15 Ethiopian peacekeepers refused to leave South Sudan on Monday, a UN official said.
“169 members of the Ethiopian contingent were due to rotate out of [the capital] …
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Economic crisis, coronavirus blamed for slow implementation of peace deal
The parties to the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) have attributed the slow implementation of the deal’s provisions to the financial crisis biting the country, a lack of political will, and the global Coronavirus …
Continue readingOver 100,000 children miss out on polio campaign in N.Bahr el Ghazal
A four-day polio vaccination campaign concluded in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State last Friday with officials claiming that more than 100,000 eligible children missed out on the exercise.
On Tuesday last weekend, the state health ministry launched the …
One killed in Darfur robbery attempt
One person was killed and three were wounded in an armed attack on a vehicle carrying nine passengers from El Fasher (North Darfur) to Nyala (South Darfur). The robbery attempt took place in Jebel Marra near Shangil Tobaya last Saturday.…
Continue readingOver 400 health workers stage protests in N. Bahr al Ghazal
More than 400 employees of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr al Ghazal State have laid down their tools in protest against what they call ‘illegal taxation’ on their National Social Insurance Funds (NSIF).
Since Tuesday, …
Violent protests and looting in Darfur
Two police vehicles were burnt and the front of the Bank of Sudan was smashed during the violence.
The governor of South Darfur, Mousa Mahdi, declared the state of emergency and a curfew in the city of Nyala, starting from …
Sudanse army officer killed in new attack by Ethiopian troops
Ethiopian forces from the Amhara region killed a Sudanese military officer in a new attack on a monitoring military unit in the border area on Monday.
The new assault on the Sudanese army is part of the regular attacks carried …
At least 17 dead after clashes in Sudan’s White Nile State
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 …
Continue readingWestern 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 …