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South Sudan South Sudan is a landlocked country in east-central Africa with Juba as its capital city. There are plans to move the capital to Ramciel in the future. The country borders Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and Sudan to the north. South Sudan gained independence on […]
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Government Should Hold All Responsible Officials to Account, Establish Hybrid Court On August 8, 2022, videos and photographs circulated on social media that appeared to show South Sudan government forces executing captured fighters from an armed opposition group in Mayom county. Despite public outrage over the reported killings, no one has been held to account […]
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Becomes 112th State Party to International Treaty South Sudan acceded to the international Convention on Cluster Munitions on August 3, 2023, the 112th country to do so, Human Rights Watch said today. “By banning cluster bombs, South Sudan is taking an important step to strengthen international peace and security,” said Mary Wareham, arms acting director at Human Rights Watch […]
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Parliament Should Strengthen Oversight, Further Limit Broad, Unqualified Powers South Sudan’s parliament should revise the pending National Security Service Amendment Bill to bring an end to the agency’s arbitrary arrests and other abusive practices, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The organizations published a joint letter to parliament detailing the bill’s problematic provisions as well as several […]
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South Sudan is experiencing one of the most severe crises in the world today, causing fragility, instability, and economic stagnation. While a peace agreement was reached in 2018, sporadic intercommunal violence and climate-induced disasters continue to spur displacement. More than 2.2 million people are internally displaced. Another 2.3 million have fled to neighboring countries as […]
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The war in Sudan has forced people across the borders of neighbouring countries, most of which are already under pressure from other humanitarian crises. ForAfrika was one of the first United Nations distribution partners to provide non-food items, such as tarpaulins and dignity packs, to refugees fleeing from Sudan into South Sudan. Hundreds of thousands […]
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ForAfrika is gearing up to provide humanitarian assistance to thousands of people fleeing to South Sudan, where it has its largest office, from the conflict that erupted in Sudan almost two weeks ago. We join the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in its concern that a large, unplanned number of new returns will […]
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Inter-communal clashes in South Sudan left 60 dead and many more injured and displaced. ForAfrika’s clinic staff stepped up to the task and took on emergency cases The devastating effects of inter-communal conflict in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area in South Sudan are still being felt a month later. Families, already suffering from many years […]
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South Sudan Oil & Power 2022 has officially started with a series of keynote addresses led by Hon. Dr. Riek Machar, First Vice-President of South Sudan emphasizing the country’s position as the gateway to East African energy. Hon. Dr Riek Machar, First Vice-President of South Sudan, has officially opened the first day of the South Sudan […]
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The Ezra Power plant celebrates its second anniversary on 21 November. The power plant, located in Kondokoro Mangalla County, produces the bulk energy supplied to the Juba Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (JEDCO), the licensed electricity distributor in Juba. It took the Ezra Construction & Development Group (ECDG), a subsidiary of the Ezra Group, just over […]
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