KSrelief-funded nutrition support reaches more than 6,000 vulnerable women and children in South Sudan

JUBA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached more than 6,000 vulnerable mothers and children in flood-affected Bentiu, Unity State, with lifesaving nutrition assistance, thanks to generous funding from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia …

South Sudan intercepts 11 trucks of substandard fuel

Trucks are pictured at the Nimule border point during an inspection exercise. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – The South Sudanese authorities have intercepted a consignment of 11 fuel trucks at the Nimule border crossing ferrying substandard fuel and promptly …

Rumors of President Kiir’s Death and the Politics of Succession in South Sudan

By PaanLuel Wël, Juba, South Sudan Monday, 19 May 2025 (PW) — again, Preside Kiir has had to show the nation and the world that he is, indeed, alive. This time, the rebuttal came in the form of a highly publicized meeting with Vice President for Gender and …

Who is Kamil al-Taib Idris? Sudan Army appoints new prime minister after 2 years of civil war

After two years of civil war, the Sudanese army has announced a new prime minister. Army chief and de facto head of state Abdel Fattah al-Burhan named former UN official Kamil al-Taib Idris as the next prime minister. Army chief and de-facto head of state …

Army, paramilitaries clash near Sudan capital

KHARTOUM - Clashes erupted on Tuesday between the Sudanese regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city, the army said, calling the fighting part of a "large-scale" offensive. Explosions rang out in …

Paramilitary shelling hits Sudan's presidential palace: army source

Sudan's presidential palace in central Khartoum was shelled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Thursday, a military source said, the second such attack on the capital in a week. The RSF, at war with the army for two years, used "long- …

The dark reality behind Trump’s embrace of white South Africans

Of all the huddled masses of tired and poor people in the world yearning to breathe free, Donald Trump has rejected the most in need of welcome. Brave Afghans who risked their lives to aid the US against the Taliban and were given refuge in America? Trump …

The Sudan's army has taken full control of the Al-Saliha area, south of Omdurman, Sudanese military sources tell Al ...

South Sudan intercepts 11 trucks of smuggled fuel from Uganda

A truck is seen at the weigh bridge at the Nimule border point JUBA — South Sudan government said on Monday it confiscated 11 commercial trucks carrying substandard and smuggled fuels destined for Juba from Uganda. The consignment was intercepted at the …

Healthcare system in South Sudan faces collapse

The lives of more than 250,000 people in need of medical assistance in South Sudan are at risk due to the continued attacks on medical facilities and providers in the ongoing conflict. Health experts say that as the conflict in the country and in its …