CAPTION: An Ebola victim’ body in Kivu Province, DR Congo being carried for burial recently. (File photo). By AgenciesThe Ebola crisis across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda is likely to spread to South Sudan, with experts warning that cases of the fastest-ever recorded outbreak could reach the war-ravaged nation within weeks.Modelling by […]
CAPTION: An armed solder in South Sudan By AgencyUBA – More than 50 survivors of conflict-related sexual violence gathered in the capital Juba on Wednesday to demand accountability, two years after filing South Sudan’s first war crimes complaint, as pressure mounts on authorities to prosecute alleged abuses committed during the civil war.The survivors, alongside religious leaders, […]
BB Energy initiated legal proceedings in London’s courts last year, alleging that South Sudan failed to deliver oil cargoes purchased under the prepayment arrangementsBy AgenciesUNITED KINGDOM – London’s High Court has upheld an injunction preventing South Sudan from entering into new oil prepayment agreements until it settles outstanding obligations to commodities trader BB Energy, according […]
By Agencies DAR ES SALAAM – The final of the 2026 CECAFA U17 Women’s Championship is confirmed following the successful completion of the semifinal games on Sunday.Hosts Tanzania and neighbours Uganda will face off in the final on Tuesday after the two convincingly won their respective semifinal games.To reach the final, Tanzania overcame South Sudan with […]
At least seven African nations have agreed to accept deportees who are not their own citizens as part of arrangements with the US JUBA – A Vietnamese national deported to South Sudan by Donald Trump’s administration under its controversial third-country deportation programme was repatriated to Vietnam on Friday after spending more than […]
CAPTION: Members of the Bongo community in Tonj South County of Warrap State in a meeting recently. (File photo). By Agencies WARRAP – The opposition South Sudan Salvation Movement (SSSM) has accused unidentified individuals of seizing land belonging to the Bongo community in Tonj South County of Warrap State for alleged gold mining, […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Museveni, centre seated, pose for a photograph with officers at the Senior Staff College-Kimaka, Jinja Tuesday June 16th, 2026. (PPU photo). By Stephen Wandera Ouma JINJA – President Yoweri Kaguta has delivered a lecture of opportunity to army officers from various African countries where he emphasized the need for political integration. […]
A photo depicting an Israeli flag. By Agencies TEL AVIVI – Israel has imposed a travel ban on nationals from five African countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following reports of an outbreak and spread of the Ebola virus. In a notice dated June 10, […]
By AgenciesThe United States has announced an additional $20 million to strengthen Ebola preparedness as part of wider regional efforts to contain the outbreak in East and Central Africa.The funding, announced by the U.S. Department of State in coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), brings total direct U.S. Ebola response […]
By AgenciesWASHINGTON, DC – The United States government is conditioning lifesaving health assistance on broad access to surveillance data and extractive rights to pathogen samples and data for pharmaceutical development, Human Rights Watch said Monday, June 8th, 2026. Human Rights Watch issued an assessment of seven bilateral health agreements signed in late 2025 with Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, […]