South Sudan

SOUTH Sudan has agreed to admit a man deported from the United States in a bid to ease tensions with Washington, following a sweeping US visa ban targeting all South Sudanese nationals. The move represents a dramatic reversal by Juba after a weekend of escalating diplomatic friction. The row erupted after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio … Read more

IN a sharp escalation of immigration enforcement, the United States has revoked all existing visas for South Sudanese passport holders, citing South Sudan’s refusal to accept repatriated nationals ordered to leave the US. The decision, announced Saturday by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is part of a wider push by President Donald Trump’s administration to … Read more

  THE UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday called for an immediate end to hostilities and urgent dialogue between the country’s leaders to prevent a relapse into civil war, as violence escalates around the capital city. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS, who made the call in a … Read more

  SOUTH Sudan closed all schools Thursday for two weeks due to an extreme heat wave that has caused some students to collapse. This is the second time the country — which faces extreme effects from climate change, including flooding during the rainy season — has closed schools during a heat wave in February and … Read more

South Sudan has directed telecom companies to block social media for three months, citing concerns over graphic content related to the ongoing violence against South Sudanese in neighboring Sudan. As the country’s communications industry regulator, the National Communication Authority (NCA) ordered all internet service providers and telecom operators to block access to all social media … Read more

South Sudan imposed a curfew overnight on Friday after Sudanese businesses and refugees in several urban centres, including the capital, Juba, were subjected to retaliatory attacks linked to the deaths of South Sudanese people in Sudan earlier in the week. At least three South Sudanese men have been killed while security forces attempted to disperse the attackers, … Read more

  THIRTEEN years after emerging as the world’s newest state, South Sudan is still struggling to hold its first elections. The country’s inaugural national vote, which was scheduled for this December, has now been pushed to December 2026, and the period of the Transitional Government extended accordingly. The Presidential Adviser on National Security, Tut Gatluak, … Read more