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South Sudan is gearing up for its first election – 3 things it must get right

The people of South Sudan have not exercised the right to choose their leaders since the referendum that secured independence from Sudan in 2011. Instead, they have suffered through cycles of violent conflict that have prevented the democratic transfer of power.

The Conversation

Uganda’s Mary Cholhok: ‘Netball transformed my life into something amazing’

The 6ft 7in goal shooter on how she fled South Sudan as a refugee, avoided being ‘married off’ and made her name at World Cup

The Guardian - UK

Uganda restoring colonial-era rail after China fails to fund another line

The line was built during British colonial rule and hasn’t been in use for nearly four decades.

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Israeli NGOs Save Lives Of South Sudanese Children With Urgent Heart Surgeries

Save a Child's Heart and IsraAID successfully treat four children in critical condition, transport one for emergency operation

Zenger

Egypt and Sudan's international partners try to stop the civil war

Leaders from Sudan’s seven neighboring countries agreed on Thursday in Cairo to a new Egyptian-led initiative seeking to resolve the deepening conflict in the African country.

Radio France Internationale

‘There is always risk’: The Zimbabwean de-miner in South Sudan

Job Tawengwa has lived on the road for about 25 years in his job defusing unexploded ordnances.

Al Jazeera

South Sudan president says he will be a candidate in long-delayed elections set for 2024

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan says his country’s long-delayed elections will take place in 2024 and that he will be on the ballot

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Sudan conflict shows how peace could unravel in South Sudan if world doesn't watch, UN envoy says

The U_N_ envoy for South Sudan is warning the Security Council not to take its eyes off the world’s newest nation, saying the conflict in neighboring Sudan shows “how quickly hard-won peace gains can unravel.”

The Independent UK

Forced to flee or too poor to leave: how climate change affects refugees

On this year’s World Refugee Day, a record number of people are displaced – some 110 million, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. People continue to be forced from their homes by conflict, persecution and insecurity, and increasingly by disasters related to climate change.

Radio France Internationale

South Sudan’s sluggish peace deal and unsteady road to elections

In 18 months South Sudan is supposed to head to the polls for presidential elections, the culmination of a peace agreement signed nearly five years ago to pull the nation out of fighting that killed some 400,000 people

The Independent UK

War in Sudan puts South Sudan in danger too: the world’s youngest nation needs a stable neighbour

Twelve years after independence, South Sudan remains extremely poor and underdeveloped. A peace deal brokered in 2018 has failed to end conflict. And the government has failed to engage the people in state reconstruction, leaving the country without genuine and effective institutions of self-government.

The Conversation

Free secondary education in African countries is on the rise - but is it the best policy? What the evidence says

When President Salva Kiir announced the abolition of secondary school fees in South Sudan in February 2023, he was following several fellow African leaders.

The Conversation

South Sudan struggles to clear mines after decades of war as people start returning home

Many South Sudanese are returning to areas riddled with mines left from decades of conflict as they trickle back into the country after a peace deal was signed in 2018 to end a five-year civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people and displaced millions

The Independent UK

Ceasefire ends in Sudan with fresh fighting and no route for aid

With a humanitarian ceasefire set to expire on Monday evening, fighting had already resumed in Sudan. International agencies are still struggling to deliver aid despite the week-long truce.

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Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict

Tens of thousands of exhausted people are heading home to the world’s newest country, South Sudan, from a civil war in neighboring Sudan

France 24

South Sudan's capital Juba clings to hope of peace

Back in 2018, the signing of a peace deal between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his longtime rival Riek Machar created hope and optimism. The people of South Sudan, an independent nation since 2011, were emerging from a brutal civil war. However, five years later, this peace agreement is…

The Independent UK

UN warns against losing sight of South Sudan peace process amid Sudan crisis

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has warned the country’s leaders not to lose sight of the pending implementation of the peace deal that could “make or break” the country” amid the ongoing crisis in neighboring Sudan

The Independent UK

The devastating impact of drought on mothers and children in Somalia

Exclusive: Powerful series illustrates devastating impact of crisis ahead of World Hunger Day

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Oxfam campaigners urge G7 leaders to act on East Africa famine

The charity says conflict and high food prices have intensified the emergency in the region.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak condemned for 'woeful inaction' on tackling hunger in East Africa

Oxfam has called on the UK Government to urgently increase funding to tackle hunger in East Africa...

Al Jazeera

Clouds gather over South Sudan as battles rage next door

Fighting between Sudan’s army and RSF could upend South Sudan’s shaky peace due to oil exports and demographic concerns.

The National (Scotland)

Church of Scotland calls on UK Government to restore South Sudan aid budget

THE Church of Scotland has called on the UK Government to restore the aid budget for South Sudan...

The Independent UK

South Sudanese flee Sudan's conflict yet return to crisis

More than 40,000 people have crossed into South Sudan since neighboring Sudan erupted into conflict nearly one month ago

Reuters

Factbox-How big is the aid crisis caused by the Sudan fighting?

Aid workers say fighting between rival military factions in Sudan is pushing poorly-funded humanitarian programmes in the region to a breaking point.

Reuters

Unhappy return: Sudan crisis forces South Sudanese refugees back to troubled home

The last place Lina Mijok wanted to go as she fled fighting in Sudan was back to her own country, South Sudan, which she had left as civil war erupted in 2013.

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