Violence in South Sudan is rising again: what’s different this time, and how to avoid civil war

A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a return to civil war in the world’s youngest nation. In early March 2025, neighbouring Uganda sent troops to South Sudan on the request …

Half of South Sudan facing catastrophic hunger

There is no sign of the humanitarian crisis improving in South Sudan.  The East African nation is home to over 11 million and half the population are suffering from hunger.  It is sometimes called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis but despite the dire …

UN urges South Sudan parties to choose dialogue over military conflict

South Sudan steps up intelligence efforts to fight financial crimes

Photo|Courtesy South Sudan’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has stepped up efforts to combat financial crimes such as money laundering, corruption, and tax evasion. As the country’s national financial intelligence center, the FIU is working to align …

South Sudan can achieve real peace if elites stop thinking the nation ‘owes them’: Lumumba

Author: Darlington Moses | Published: 52 mins ago Prof. P.L.O Lumumba speaks in an interview with Eye Radio in Nairobi. December 8, 2024. (Photo: Lou Nelson/Eye Radio). Pan African activist Patrick Loch Otieno (P.L.O.) Lumumba has stated that South …

FAO hails South Sudan over effective approach to locust control

Speaking at the event, the representative of the FAO, Meshack Malo, emphasized on the dramatic improvement of South Sudan in the fight against locusts      By Chuol Chanyong South Sudan has emerged as the best in the region in combating and monitoring …

Let’s Foster Interfaith Dialogue, Inculturation: South Sudan’s Cardinal to Clergy, Cautions against “abstract” Preaching

Reflecting on the Gospel Reading of Friday (March 14) of the First Week of Lent in which Jesus calls for righteousness that “exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees” and appeals for the fostering of relationships devoid of anger, insults, and judgment, …

Clashes in S.Sudan displace 50,000 - UN

JUBA — Clashes between rival forces in South Sudan have displaced at least 50,000 people since February, a UN agency said Tuesday, while the most senior UN official in the country warned it was on the "brink of relapse into civil war". Tensions …

Sudan civil war: Paramilitary RSF killed at least 50 in past week

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 50 people in Khartoum over the past week, according to rescuers, as the battle for control of the capital between the RSF and the army intensifies. “Khartoum is experiencing tragic …

South Sudan peace monitors urge swift de-escalation of tensions amid violence

JUBA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan peace monitors on Tuesday called on the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) to prevail on the parties to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement to cease all actions that further undermine trust and …