Thurs, Dec 27th, 2018(SSNN) — Santino Deng Lou is an Education Supervisor from Aweil Town West Payam, in South Sudan. He has been working with the Girl Education South Sudan (GESS) project for some time and has seen first hand the critical role that this project has played in improving the status of young women and girls in the community. South Sudan […]
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Opinion, By Lam Padiet(Yien Tot), Perth, Central Metropolitan Region, Western Australia Dec 27th, 2018(Perth) — Most of the horrible civil wars which broke out in the Africans’ continent were caused by the authoritarian leadership style. Too many presidents in Africa have been using the directive leadership style in order to maintain their presidencies in the continent. They had completely distanced […]
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The Vatican City, Dec 24, 2018(SSNN) — President of the Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference has expressed cautious optimism that the country’s latest peace agreement could signal the start of stability in South Sudan. Paul Samasumo – Vatican City Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio and President of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference for Sudan […]
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The world’s youngest nation is home to the largest refugee crisis in Africa. By Morgan Winsor, Dec 15, 2018(Nyamiledia) — The world’s youngest nation on Saturday marked five years of vicious war in an ongoing conflict that is affecting millions of people, many of them children. South Sudan is home to the largest refugee crisis in Africa and the third largest […]
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Rise in state-sanctioned executions condemned by Amnesty International as ‘outdated and inhuman’ By Karen McVeigh Dec 7th, 2018(SSNN) — Children are among those being executed in South Sudan, in an “extremely disturbing” escalation of the state’s use of the death penalty, according to Amnesty International. This year, seven people, including one child, were hanged, the highest number since the county gained […]
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Leaders Conversation on Federalism in South Sudan 3-4 December, 2018. Juba, Republic of South Sudan. By Hon. Oyet Nathaniel Pierino, H.E. Taban Deng Gai,First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan; Amb. Prof. Bisswaro Joram, African Union Respresentative to South Sudan, Amb.Dr. Ismail Wais, IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan, and the Mediator of the R-ARCSS; 4.Hon. Timothy Tot Chol, […]
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Nov 28th, 2018(SSNN) — The reconstituted National Constitution and Amendment Committee (NCAC) has on Wednesday completed its deliberations on the incorporation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) into the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan (TCRSS) 2011 (as amended). The Committee has been sitting in the South […]
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November 28th, 2018(SSNN) — The Central American migrants who have arrived in Mexican towns along the southern border in recent weeks are part of a worldwide movement of people—from Africa to Asia to South America—who are crossing borders to escape violence and poverty in search of shelter and asylum. Amid the developments on the U.S.-Mexico border, we take a look at some of […]
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Trauma caused by years of conflict remain largely untreated with lack of mental care in South Sudan. By Joi Lee & Viktorija Mickute Nov 26, 2018(Nyamilepedia) —- “We define trauma as a wound. It is when something shocking or abnormal happens in your life, and it overwhelms you and you don’t know how to respond,” says Thor Riek, a 32-year-old South Sudanese. […]
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By: Moses John; Philip Wilmot; Nicholas Zaremba, Nov 26, 2018(SSNN) — Since the outbreak of civil war in December 2013, South Sudan has endured one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern times. Still, amid the constant threat of war-related violence and economic hardship, South Sudanese activists are managing to launch and sustain nonviolent movements to address the social, political, […]
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Civil Society Peace and Humanitarian Development Consortium (Civil Society Consortium) 25 November 2018 Dear Amb. Njoroge and Amb. Wais, Nov 26, 2018(SSNN) — Your Excellencies, on behalf of the Civil Society Consortium operating in the Opposition controlled areas and on behalf of our members and colleagues in diaspora, members and colleagues in the internally displaced persons and refugee camps; we […]
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JUBA, South Sudan, Nov 25th, 2018 (SSNN) — After coming face to face with “unpredictable” gun-waving children almost 25 years ago, the former commander of the failed U.N. peacekeeping mission during the Rwandan genocide dedicated his life to eliminating the use of children as weapons of war. In an interview with The Associated Press in civil war-torn South Sudan, Romeo […]
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Nov 23rd, 2018(SSNN) — South Africa will invest 1 billion dollars in South Sudan’s oil sector, including in the construction of a refinery capable of producing 60,000 barrels of oil per day. Jeff Radebe, the South African Minister of Energy and his South Sudanese counterpart Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, said on Friday. South Sudan’s oil industry is dominated by Asian firms […]
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Nov 20, 2018(SSNN) — In support of South Sudan peace implementation, a Kenyan Bus company puts South Sudan’s peace icon, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, as its front banner while ridding on the streets of Nairobi, Kenya. Drilling many passengers from South Sudanese population in Kenya, the bus has gone viral on social media for the last few days with many […]
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BY DAVID ISABIRYE, Nov 18, 2018(SSNN) — South Sudan’s 2-0 home victory over Uganda at the Juba Stadium in the AFCON U-23 qualifiers is one result that will send shocking shivers across the African continent. The Ugandans had carried a slim 1-0 win from the first leg played a week ago in Kampala. Two second half goals from Peter Michael Taku […]
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A hat-trick from Fiston Abdul Razak helped Burundi win 5-2 away to South Sudan on Friday to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Atak Lual gave the hosts the lead early on with Cedric Amissi hitting an equaliser for Burundi. Stoke City’s Saido Berahino made it 2-1 to Burundi on the […]
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WHY WE WROTE THIS Sept 5, 2018(Nyamilepedia) — Think you’re good at dodgeball? See how long you last in boruboru, a traditional playground game. Formal leagues are giving girls who grew up amid the civil war more opportunities to dive, dodge, and throw. Read the full Article: The Christian Science Monitor More about The Boruboru: BORUBORU is a revived traditional […]
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