By MSF Juba (17 August 2023): Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are recording a concerning rise in measles and malnutrition...
By Xinhua KAMPALA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) — Uganda has received the second batch of 16 former fighters of the notorious...
The traditional court in Bentiu internally displaced persons camp (IDPs) has hiked fines for males who impregnate teenage girls from 350,000 to 700,000 South Sudanese Pounds. Manyrop Nhial, a member of the traditional court, said the increment was due to the fluctuating value of the South Sudanese Pounds against the...
The transitional government of national unity ruled out on Tuesday intervention into the ongoing fighting within the Episcopal Church of...
By Xinhua ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — The Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) on Monday ratified a six-month...
By Xinhua NIAMEY, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Niger’s junta vowed Sunday to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and slammed West African leaders for imposing sanctions on the country, reported local media. Bazoum would be prosecuted “for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger,”...
By Xinhua ABUJA, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday said it...
By Xinhua NIAMEY, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Niger’s junta appointed 21 ministers late Wednesday, ahead of a meeting of West...
The long- running dispute that has split the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS) in Jonglei state seems to show no sign of ending, as the leader of a breakaway faction Archbishop Ruben Akurdid Ngong set his reinstatement as condition to resolve the standoff. The ECSS leadership split in August...
The top leadership of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS) on Wednesday urged the national government to intervene and...
By Xinhua ABUJA, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — Nigeria announced on Tuesday sanctions on organizations, groups and individuals identified as supporting...
By Xinhua NIAMEY, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, Niger's former economy minister, has been named as the new "prime minister" by the coup junta, Niger's news agency ANP reported on Monday. The junta's spokesperson made the announcement on television late Monday night. Born in 1965 in Zinder,...