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South Sudan’s Youth in Peril: When Addiction Meets Neglected Mental Health
The City Review
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August 28, 2025
By Monyjok Monylang Dau Across South Sudan, drug abuse is spreading rapidly among young people, from Cities, towns and camps (PoC) to rural villages. Local drugs like Banga, miraa, alcohol and other substances are not simply recreational. For...
Sudan presents report of Wad-Madani killing to Kiir
Sudans Post
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August 28, 2025
Sudan’s ambassador to South Sudan, Amb. Lt-Gen Isam Mohamed Hassan Karrar, JUBA — Sudan’s ambassador to South Sudan, Amb. Lt-Gen Isam Mohamed Hassan Karrar, on Wednesday said the investigation committee has delivered the long-awaited report on the...
South Sudan seizes expired Kenyan tea amid trade tensions
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 27, 2025
SUDAN – South Sudanese authorities have seized 235 bags of expired blend tea in Juba, warning consumers to exercise caution when purchasing food products. The South Sudan National Bureau of Standards (SSNBS) announced that the tea originated from...
No plans to resettle Palestinians in South Sudan, Foreign Affairs Ministry affirms
The City Review
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August 26, 2025
The Ministry says no consultations or discussions of any kind have ever taken place between South Sudan and Israel regarding the relocation or resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza. By Aguok Chok The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International...
Wun-Weng: The Dynasty That Owns the Republic of South Sudan
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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August 26, 2025
By Morris Kuol Yoll, Calgary, Canada Tuesday, 26 August 2025 (PW) – In South Sudan today, a quiet but powerful dynasty has taken root, one that many citizens recognize, but few dare to challenge. It’s not a system built on democracy, merit, or...
South Sudan forced to deny Palestinian resettlement plan, again
GhanaWeb
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August 26, 2025
South Sudan is under pressure regarding allegations about the possible resettlement of refugees from the Gaza Strip in Palestine. It has come out for the second time to reject the idea that it has agreed to take them in. This comes amid ongoing...
UNICEF Raises Alarm Over Child Hunger and Violence in Al-Fasher, Sudan
teleSUR
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(FILE). Civilians who have fled the fighting in Sudan walk toward the refugee transit center in the city of Renk, in the Upper Nile state of South Sudan. Photo. EFE. August 28, 2025 Hour: 1:12 am The city of Al-Fasher, capital of North Darfur...
Russian Geologists Spark Fear in South Sudan’s Mining Hub
Number One Citizen Daily
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August 27, 2025
Namurnyang Artisanal miners in Greater Kapoeta in Eastern Equatorial State/Kei Emmanuel DukuBy Kei Emmanuel Duku Residents of Owiny Ki Bul, a town in Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria State, are expressing concern over the presence of nine Russian...
The Agreement To Deport Third Country Nationals: Uganda, South Sudan, And Rwanda’s Intentions
The Organization for World Peace
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August 27, 2025
On 21 August 2025, Uganda made an agreement with the United States on accepting nationals from third countries’ deported asylum seekers. According to Al Jazeera, “[Kampala’s Foreign] Ministry said that the agreement is based on conditions that...
Sudan - A New Beginning: Rebuilding Through Resilience And Kindness
MENAFN
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August 27, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) With the support of the Government of Japan, UN Women Sudan-in partnership with the Sudanese Coalition for Education for All (SCEFA)-distributed 2,500 dignity kits and 3,275 kitchen utensil sets to displaced...
South Sudan Rejects ‘Unfounded’ Claims of Gaza Resettlement Talks
Number One Citizen Daily
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August 26, 2025
Palestinians carry aid supplies they collected from trucks that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip August 10, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas By Kei Emmanuel Duku The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International...
The Price Gouging by Some Foreign Traders in South Sudan
The City Review
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August 26, 2025
By Ustaz Dengdit Akol Dengdit Allow me to explain the concept of price gouging, a practice that has crippled our economy, yet is often mistaken for a mere economic crisis. You will be shocked to learn that some foreign traders operating in South...
Government denies resettlement of Palestinians in South Sudan, again
Sudans Post
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August 26, 2025
South Sudan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Monday Semaya Kumba, shakes hands with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Sharren Haskel, after signing an MOU in early August. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – The government of South...
Opinion| Pre-national mindset the source of South Sudan’s governance mess
Radio Tamazuj
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August 26, 2025
South Sudan’s crisis cannot be reduced to leadership failures or individual corruption. At its core lies a pre-national mindset—a set of cognitive and political orientations shaped by decades of war, patrimonial authority, and weak...
Juba residents file intent to sue government for neglect
Radio Tamazuj
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August 27, 2025
Residents of South Sudan’s capital threatened to sue the government on Wednesday, accusing it of failing to provide basic services in their neighborhoods for many years. A group of residents from the Hai Referendum, Mia Saba, and Gudele areas of...
South Sudan invites Japanese tycoons to explore investment opportunities
Sudans Post
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August 25, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Monday Semaya K. Kumba JUBA – South Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Monday Semaya K. Kumba, has invited Japanese investors to explore the untapped...
Jonathan Cook – How western media helped turn Israel’s genocide into ‘fake news’
Brave New Europe
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August 27, 2025
Israel’s intent to annihilate Gaza would have been clear much sooner had we listened to Palestinian journalists, rather than the evasions and equivocations of the BBC Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...
Opinion| South Sudan leadership must rise above entitlement to save the freedom dream
Radio Tamazuj
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August 25, 2025
When South Sudan gained independence on July 9, 2011, the world celebrated a nation born from immense sacrifice, resilience, and the collective dream of freedom. For millions of South Sudanese, independence symbolized not only liberation from...
Opinion| Athian Diing Athian is the right man, picked at the right time
Radio Tamazuj
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August 28, 2025
South Sudan is undergoing one of the severest economic crises since the independence declaration, as evidenced by currency depreciation leading to hyperinflation and skyrocketing of prices of basic commodities such as food, medicines, and fuel....
Justice minister tables South Sudan-UAE agreements for parliamentary review
Radio Tamazuj
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August 25, 2025
South Sudan’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Dr. Wek Mamer Kuol, on Monday presented a series of bilateral agreements and a treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the national parliament for review and potential...