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South Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Thursday there was no government directive requiring foreign nationals to leave the country, adding that commercial activities are governed by national laws and any restrictions must be handled by the relevant

South Sudan has repatriated a Lao national who was deported from the United States in July 2025, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

South Sudanese politician Kornelio Kon Ngu has withdrawn his bid for the presidency, weeks after declaring his intention to challenge President Salva Kiir Mayardit in the Dec. 22 election.

The German development agency GIZ has provided garage tools and maintenance equipment to the Yei Crop Training Centre to help restore tractor services for farmers in Yei River County, local officials and the agency said on Thursday.

The Fallata and Masalit communities in Sudan’s South Darfur have reached a peace agreement aimed at preventing further violence following recent deadly clashes in Gireida Locality, community leaders and members of the mediation committee said on Wednesday.

Former Central Equatoria State Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony said on Thursday he had accepted the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement’s (SPLM) nomination to contest for governor in elections scheduled for December.

Education authorities in Bor County in Jonglei State have banned farewell celebrations and the exchange of gifts in public and private schools, saying the practices place a financial burden on parents and distract students from their studies.

South Sudan is approaching 22 December 2026 with a question that extends far beyond whether ballot boxes will arrive at polling centers.

South Sudan has raised its alert level for Ebola following confirmation of the first case in neighbouring Kenya, health authorities said on Wednesday, although no cases have been confirmed in South Sudan.

At least four women were killed and several civilians wounded on Wednesday in drone strikes that hit residential areas and civilian sites in Damazin, the capital of Sudan’s Blue Nile state, local rights groups and civil society activists said.

The humanitarian situation in Malha Locality in Sudan’s North Darfur state is deteriorating, with local emergency responders complaining about rising malnutrition and sharp increases in the prices of basic commodities amid disruptions to supply routes.

A CT scanner in El Daein, the capital of Sudan’s East Darfur state, has resumed operations after being out of service for more than two months, the state’s health insurance administration said on Wednesday.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit in Pretoria on Wednesday afternoon and urged him to uphold and fully implement the 2018 peace agreement as South Sudan prepares for elections scheduled for December.

South Sudan’s ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) plans to send delegations to the states next week to distribute nomination forms to members seeking to contest positions through the party ahead of the country’s planned general elections.

Former South Sudan First Vice President Riek Machar on Wednesday accused the prosecution and other officials of turning his ongoing trial into a political process intended to settle political differences.

The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) said on Tuesday that 13 fighters from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) were killed and another wounded and captured during two days of fighting in Wunkur, Upper Nile State.

Communities in Fangak County in Jonglei State are struggling to access healthcare after years of flooding, displacement and conflict, according to a report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Juba County’s decision to reserve small-scale retail businesses for South Sudanese nationals has touched a raw nerve in a country where unemployment is high, household incomes are under pressure and economic opportunities remain painfully limited.

Jonglei State Caretaker Governor Moses Majok Gatluak has appointed seven ministers and a political affairs coordinator to his cabinet, according to gubernatorial decrees seen by Radio Tamazuj.

Juba County caretaker commissioner Kalisto Ladu has denied reports that he ordered foreign nationals to leave the county, saying his recent remarks were aimed at restricting foreigners from small-scale retail businesses rather than forcing them out of the…

Two Sudanese journalists and rights groups on Tuesday condemned social media posts calling for the killing of journalist Rasha Awad and urged authorities to investigate the threats and ensure her safety.

Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola infection after a Kenyan man who had spent seven years in the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi, Health Minister Aden Duale said on Tuesday.

Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday ruled out negotiations with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), saying the military would continue its campaign to regain territory held by the paramilitary group.

A 20-year-old secondary school student survived a house fire in Yei Town, Central Equatoria State, after armed men allegedly tied him to his bed and set the building ablaze, police and relatives said.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit left Kenya on Tuesday for South Africa after a two-day visit during which he held talks with Kenyan President William Ruto, official sources told Radio Tamazuj.

A faction of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) led by former Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi Akol will begin election-related activities next week as it prepares to contest the December 2026 elections, a senior alliance official said on Monday.

Authorities and traders in Sudan’s Darfur region are looking to West African markets as alternative destinations for agricultural, forest and livestock products following disruptions to trade with areas controlled by the army.

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A 17-year-old boda boda rider was shot and wounded before two passengers robbed him of his motorcycle in Aweil, the capital of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, police said.

Local authorities on Gondokoro Island, Juba County, have raised concern over increasing drug use among young people and urged the government to establish a police post to help curb the problem.

Grassroots consultations are underway in Jonglei State as community leaders from Twic East and Duk counties seek to ease tensions following renewed violence between the two communities.

When fighting reached Walgak in Jonglei’s Greater Akobo area in February 2026, 75-year-old Nyanit Jany stayed behind to care for several young children whose mothers had gone fishing.

More than 40 security personnel and journalists in Lakes State have completed a two-day training aimed at improving relations between the security sector and the media and strengthening access to information ahead of elections scheduled for December.

South Sudan’s church leaders have called for an immediate cessation of hostilities across the country, warning that rising armed violence, youth mobilisation and inter-communal fighting are killing and displacing civilians and disrupting humanitarian oper…

A reconciliation conference between the Fallata and Masalit communities began in Nyala, the capital of Sudan’s South Darfur state, on Sunday, following an outbreak of armed violence in Gireida that killed 16 people and injured 23 others.

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A senior commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Algoney Dagalo, attended a peace conference in The Hague in late 2024 using a fake name and took part in a panel discussion, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported on Monday.

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Kenyan President William Ruto urged South Sudan’s political leaders to pursue dialogue and consensus on Monday as Nairobi pledged to support preparations for elections scheduled for December.

Armed youth in South Sudan’s Jonglei state assaulted and threatened two humanitarian workers at gunpoint and forced the unloading of food aid from a river convoy, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.

A faction of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) has defended the registration of seven of its constituent political parties, saying their leaders had relinquished military command and met legal requirements to operate as civilian organisations.

More than 10 civilians were killed and at least 17 others wounded when a drone struck a vehicle carrying passengers in Sudan’s West Darfur state, the head of the state’s civil administration said.

Police in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State are investigating a break-in at the state revenue authority’s office in Yambio after more than 1 million South Sudanese pounds was found missing from a cash safe.

South Sudan’s government has reinstated Joseph Africano Bartel as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, months after his suspension, which disrupted access to international climate finance and delayed environmental legislation.

The number of people newly displaced to Tawila camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state has risen to 6,191 following poor rainfall, crop failures and worsening food shortages in their areas of origin, representatives of displaced people said.

Jonglei State caretaker governor Moses Majok Gatluak has appointed six caretaker county commissioners, a day after naming new administrators for Twic East and Duk counties, as the state grapples with continuing intercommunal violence.

Western Equatoria State Caretaker Governor Badagbu Daniel Rimbasa has appointed 10 caretaker county commissioners to run the administration of the state’s counties, according to a gubernatorial decree on Sunday.

Three people accused of forging President Salva Kiir’s signature have been released after more than four months in detention by South Sudan’s National Security Service (NSS), relatives said.

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The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan agreed to establish a regular mechanism for coordinating on regional security and reaffirmed their support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of their countries, according to a joint declaration…