Gunfire Erupts in South Sudan’s Capital

Gunfire Erupts in South Sudan’s Capital

Heavy gunfire broke out in South Sudan's capital, Juba, on Thursday evening after security forces attempted to arrest the former head of the National Security Service. According to Reuters,tThe shooting, which began around 7 p.m. local time, lasted for over an hour before subsiding. A U.N. safety alert instructed staff to shelter in place as the situation unfolded.

November 22, 2024 1

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Aantu 14 ya kwatwa kolwaadhi noku hulitha mo Uganda

Aantu 14,mwa kwatelwa aanona oya hulitha sho ya kwatwa kolwaadhi kokamba yaamboka ya tulululwa monooli ya Uganda. Opolisi ohela oyati iihakanwa aakalimo yomo Palabek Settlement Camp,ndjoka yeedhilila unene aantu ya tulululwa okuza ko Sudan. Nokwali yeli momagalikano metungo lyiipeleki,sho oshiponga sha holoka uusiku wolyomakaya. Okamba oyili koongamba dhoshilongo na South Sudan,noyeedhilila aantu ya thika 80 000. Omupopiliko gopolisi ta popi nonzonkundana yo Africa news okwa lopota kutya aantu yalwe 34 […]

November 4, 2024 3

Africa

South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change?

Abandoned homes in South Sudan. rameesha bilal shah / shutterstock By Liz Stephens, University of Reading and Jacob Levi, Charité – Berlin University of Medicine Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile. More than 700,000 people have been affected. Hundreds of thousands of people there were already forced from their homes by huge floods […]

September 12, 2024 35

Africa

Displaced by violent conflict: the world’s most neglected crises are in Africa – six essential reads

By Kagure Gacheche, The Conversation The Norwegian Refugee Council recently released a report highlighting the 10 most neglected displacement crises in the world in 2023. Nine of the 10 countries are in Africa – the only non-African country on the list is Honduras in central America. Neglect, according to the council, is characterised by a lack of media coverage, inadequate humanitarian funding and insufficient […]

June 10, 2024 8

Africa

Horn of Africa droughts: how a network of groundwater bores could help – study

By Bradley Hiller, University of Cambridge The Horn of Africa recently suffered its worst drought in almost half a century, and its sixth failed rainfall season in a row. Fifty million people were directly affected and 100 million more were indirectly affected. About 20 million people risked acute food insecurity and potential famine, 4.4 million required humanitarian aid, and refugees fleeing drought and floods […]

May 27, 2024 25

Africa

South Africa’s President visits east Africa for diplomatic talks

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will be in East Africa this week where he will meet Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and South Sudan's Salva Kiir. In Entebbe, Ramaphosa and his Ugandan counterpart are expected to discuss regional security and stability, including the situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Africa

UNHCR appeals for $1.4 billion to help South Sudanese refugees

The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR says it needs 1.4 billion dollars this year to meet the needs of over two million South Sudanese refugees living across several countries in East Africa. Leon Solomon reports.

April 2, 2024 42

World

South Sudan opposition protests party registration fee hike

South Sudanese opposition parties protested Monday at an "exorbitant" $50,000 fee to register ahead of the fragile country's first ever elections, branding it a slap in the face for democracy. The world's youngest nation is due to go to the polls by the end of the year under a 2018 peace deal, although the United Nations and others say key obstacles still need to be overcome if they […]

March 25, 2024 25

Africa

Crisis in Abyei: South Sudan must act and stop violence between Dinka groups

By Jan Pospisil, Coventry University Abyei – a territory roughly the size of Jamaica – is being contested by two countries, Sudan and South Sudan. Abyei, which covers just over 10,000km², is under special administrative status following the terms of a 2005 peace agreement between the two countries. The disagreement has led to increasingly violent inter-communal tensions. Although the roots of these stretch back decades, they […]

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