By Okech Francis An ambush on worshipers returning from a religious ceremony in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria has left three...
Photo shows Workneh Gebeyehu, IGAD Executive Secretary at IGAD office in Juba, photo credit:Jok Solomon By Simon Deng The visiting...
By Simon Deng Rival factions of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-in opposition (SPLM/A-IO) have agreed on Thursday to cease hostilities following deadly clashes last week that left 34 soldiers dead on both sides near the Sudan border. Puok Both Buluang, Director of Information and Public Relations for SPLM/A-IO faction under...
By David Malaak The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei has come under fire from communities for rogue behaviours...
By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon The South Sudanese Minister of Mining, Henry Dilah Odwar, has resigned his position. Odwar, who is...
By Staff Writer Foreign nationals from neighboring Uganda and Eritrea have been given three months to legalize their stay in South Sudan. Lt. Gen. Atem Marol Biar, the Director General for Civil Registry, National, Passport and Immigration announced the plan on Tuesday in Juba after a group of Ugandans protested...
By Ruot George The governor of South Sudan’s Unity State has suspended the State Minister of Health indefinitely. Governor Joseph...
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s opposition party, the People’s Liberal Party has dismissed its leader Peter Mayen Majongdit accusing him...
By Onen Walter Solomon Recent clashes within South Sudan’s main opposition group could tantamount to rebellion against the transitional government, an analyst warned. Two opposition generals, Johnson Olony and Simon Gatwech Dual, declared last week they had deposed Riek Machar from the chairmanship of the SPLM/IO and Dual would take...
By Simon Deng and Juba Echo Staff Experts have said the recent split within the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-in opposition...
By Onen Walter Solomon A group of victims and survivors of grave atrocities committed in South Sudan during the conflict...
By Staff Writer The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday hailed the recent swearing into office of 504 members of the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly (RTNLA) and 84 members of the Council of States as a positive step forward in the peace process. “It is very pleasing...