For years it's been a sad but open secret - environmental controls on #SouthSudan's now decrepit oil infrastructure are all but non-existent. With tragic results. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Severe Birth Defects Plague South Sudan’s Oil Fields
In 2011, Petronas was warned its South Sudan oil wells may be causing congenital disease. Mercedes-Benz, partner in its Formula 1 team, arranged meetings with the company to press for answers. Over a ...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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#SouthSudan's suspended VP Riek Machar is "ready" to face murder and treason trial and will appear in court on Monday, his lawyer says.
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TRT Afrika - South Sudan former vice-president Machar 'ready' for murder and treason trial
Riek Machar would attend the "special court" for the first sitting on Monday following a summons, his lawyer.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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#SouthSudan’s Nasir conflict isn’t isolated, it reflects a deeper collapse of governance & legitimacy. @fletcherschool.bsky.social Geu Madit Koryom unpacks the role of militarized patronage, transactional politics & regional interference in @africanarguments.bsky.social
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Defining the Crisis in South Sudan: The Nasir Conflict and the Wider Crisis | African Arguments
understanding South Sudan's structural political crisis
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September 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Our project w/ #SouthSudan’s Ministry of Health & local health departments, funded by the World Bank via @unicef.org, is expanding health & nutrition service access.
Read more: www.malariaconsortium.org/resources/he...
Explore the previous phase's results: www.malariaconsortium.org/resources/he...
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Explore the previous phase's results: www.malariaconsortium.org/resources/he...
August 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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We’re proud to support the launch of #SouthSudan’s first National Mine Action Gender Equality & Diversity Policy, a key step toward inclusive, effective mine action. In Juba we celebrated another milestone in our long-term partnership🔻 link.gichd.org/SouthSudanGe...
August 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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WFP began airdropping emergency food assistance in #SouthSudan’s Upper Nile State.
These distributions mark WFP’s first access in over four months to thousands of people facing catastrophic hunger in areas only accessible by air.
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These distributions mark WFP’s first access in over four months to thousands of people facing catastrophic hunger in areas only accessible by air.
Read more: ow.ly/GN4850WltuR
July 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Loads of newsy tips in today's @jeuneafrique.com / The Africa Report US-#Africa Week Ahead, from the FY2026 defense bill's goodies for #Tanzania to #SouthSudan's play for Trump's accolades to election-year lobbying by #CotedIvoire & #Malawi ex-Pres Joyce Banda
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US-Africa Week Ahead: Tanzania scores in defence bill; South Sudan courts Trump with deportees; Côte d’Ivoire lobbies up - The Africa Report.com
African countries ramp up their outreach as Washington enters final stretch before summer break
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July 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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🆘Families across most of #SouthSudan’s Upper Nile state face emergency levels of hunger as conflict escalates, with two counties at risk of famine.
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Read the new report: ow.ly/ySsP50W8bMp
June 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:
🔺 #UNSC must renew #SouthSudan’s arms embargo amid rising violence
🔺 Escalation in #Ukraine underscores need for civilian protection and peace efforts
🔺 Mounting war crimes in eastern #DRC amid peace talks
Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...
🔺 #UNSC must renew #SouthSudan’s arms embargo amid rising violence
🔺 Escalation in #Ukraine underscores need for civilian protection and peace efforts
🔺 Mounting war crimes in eastern #DRC amid peace talks
Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...
May 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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#SouthSudan’s First VP #RiekMachar’s arrest threatens to reignite war. Insiders suggests that his arrest owes to President #SalvaKiir Mayardit’s plans to sideline Machar in favour of potential successor Benjamin #BolMel.
Salva sidelines Riek
, Chaos surrounds the fate of South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, whose arrest threatens to reignite war. On 26 March, his Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition…
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April 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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African Arguments has also published the third--and final!--part of my essay on #SouthSudan's current predicament, which looks at what is likely to happen next, and possible responses from the UN and that motley crew, 'the international community.'
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What is Likely to Happen Next in South Sudan? | African Arguments
What is Likely to Happen Next in South Sudan?
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March 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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@AlArabiya_Eng: #SouthSudan’s main opposition party says its leader Riek Machar has been arrested as the #UN called on all parties to uphold the 2018 agreement that ended the country's civil war.
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March 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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#Sudan’s #MaternalMortalityRatio was 295 deaths per 100,000 live births before the civil war, with #SouthSudan’s being 1,150. Concern Worldwide warns that Sudan’s #healthsystem is near collapse, with 70% of services dysfunctional, and 60% lacking access to care. tinyurl.com/3re77j6h
South Sudan: Delivering baby on the road at 2am just another day for midwife
The Irish Examiner travelled to South Sudan to meet with some of the 1.1m refugees who have fled across the border from civil war in Sudan. Women, children and men all shared stories of pain but also ...
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March 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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@EyeOnAfricaF24: #SouthSudan's opposition says several of its key political figures were arrested on Tuesday.
Seven years after the official end of its civil war, the country is on the brink of yet another civil war, UN warns.
Our correspondent @BizotOlivia has more ⤵️ https://t.co/uBLh0iYQ1v
Seven years after the official end of its civil war, the country is on the brink of yet another civil war, UN warns.
Our correspondent @BizotOlivia has more ⤵️ https://t.co/uBLh0iYQ1v
March 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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What are the possible paths forward to preserve #SouthSudan’s fragile peace?
Check out this compilation of resources by the Africa Program on peace & security dynamics in South Sudan amid escalating tensions ⤵️
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Check out this compilation of resources by the Africa Program on peace & security dynamics in South Sudan amid escalating tensions ⤵️
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Situation Update: Tensions Escalate in South Sudan
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March 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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The chief of #SouthSudan's peace agreement monitoring body:
The peace agreement "is facing the most serious challenges since its signing in September 2018"
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The peace agreement "is facing the most serious challenges since its signing in September 2018"
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H.E AMB. MAJ GEN. (RTD) GEORGE AGGREY OWINOW INTERIM CHAIRPERSON OF RECONSTITUTED JOINT MONITORING AND EVALUATION COMMISSION WITH AU PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL DELIVERED VIRTUALLY 18 MARCH 2025
- Chairperson of the AU Peace and Security Council, - Commissioner for the AU Political Affairs, Peace and Security - Your Excellencies, Distinguished Permanent Representatives - Ladies and Gentlemen ...
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March 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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🔵 @mpfpr.bsky.social held its fourth workshop on “The Role of the Judiciary in #Elections” for all judges & justices of #SouthSudan’s Judiciary in Juba.
With generous financial assistance from the #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺
#SSOT #RuleofLaw #Peacebuilding #MPFPR
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With generous financial assistance from the #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺
#SSOT #RuleofLaw #Peacebuilding #MPFPR
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The Foundation Conducts Fourth Workshop on the “The Role of the Judiciary in Elections” – Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law
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March 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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#Uganda’s military chief says his country has deployed special forces in #SouthSudan’s capital Juba to “secure it” as tensions between President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President Riek Machar stoke fears of a return to civil war.
March 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:
🔺#Israel once again stops life-saving supplies into #Gaza
🔺 #Nicaragua increasingly isolated as UN experts warn of crimes against humanity
🔺Upper Nile State faces rising conflict amid delays in #SouthSudan’s peace process
Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...
🔺#Israel once again stops life-saving supplies into #Gaza
🔺 #Nicaragua increasingly isolated as UN experts warn of crimes against humanity
🔺Upper Nile State faces rising conflict amid delays in #SouthSudan’s peace process
Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...
March 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Over 1 million people have fled the conflict in Sudan to seek refuge in South Sudan—a staggering milestone in a deepening humanitarian crisis.
Most arrive with almost nothing, straining #SouthSudan's already overstretched resources. #SudanConflict
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Most arrive with almost nothing, straining #SouthSudan's already overstretched resources. #SudanConflict
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January 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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@AlArabiya_Eng: Heavy gunfire erupts in #SouthSudan’s capital Juba, a Reuters reporter says.
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November 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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@AlArabiya_Eng: #SouthSudan’s government has decided to postpone a long-delayed national #election until December 2026, the presidency says, underscoring the challenges facing the country’s fragile peace process.
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https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/09/14/south-sudan-postpones-long-delayed-election-by-two-years-presidency
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September 14, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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#SouthSudan's kob migration is a wonder but the antelope are under pressure from hunting in a country awash with weapons and where people endure poverty and disasters; a prime example of why conflict sensitive, participatory conservation is so important www.voanews.com/a/antelope-p...
Antelope poaching on rise in South Sudan
The 6 million animals make up world's largest land mammal migration
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July 12, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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@AlArabiya_Eng: #SouthSudan’s government has launched a new round of peace talks with rebel groups in #Nairobi, with #Kenya mediating after earlier negotiations fell apart in 2022.
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May 9, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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