South Sudan

News Hour: South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has fired five ministers, according to an official decree, in a move that removed figures known for close ties to ex-rebel leader Riek Machar, reports BSS. Under a peace...

News Hour: South Sudan faces a spiralling humanitarian crisis as the recent surge in fighting prevents aid agencies from providing urgent help to millions of people in need. Violence and insecurity continue in Juba and are...

News Hour: A delicate ceasefire appears to be holding in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, after five days of heavy fighting between forces loyal to the President, Salva Kiir and those loyal to the vice-president,...

News Hour: An estimated 83,100 people remain displaced and in need of humanitarian assistance in Wau, South Sudan, following clashes in late June. While IOM continues lifesaving assistance for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Wau town,...

News Hour: IOM medical staff are responding to an upsurge of suspected cholera cases in Juba and providing emergency medical care to civilians displaced by last week’s fighting in South Sudan’s capital. On 17 July, the...

News Hour: As South Sudan this month marks its fifth anniversary as an independent nation, peace and stability remain elusive. Recent violence threatens the ceasefire agreement signed last year. Peace of mind is infinitely more fleeting....

News Hour: Following four days of bloody clashes between rival forces in South Sudan, which has left close to 300 people dead, at least 42,000 displaced and tens of thousands facing critical food and water shortages,...

News Hour: UNICEF and partners are providing urgent life-saving assistance to thousands of people displaced by last weekend’s heavy fighting in Juba. Four trucks of supplies were dispatched from UNICEF warehouses and taken to a UN...

News Hour: IOM has condemned the violence that broke out in South Sudan’s capital Juba days after the country’s fifth anniversary of independence and welcomed a ceasefire declared yesterday by the warring factions. President Salva Kiir...

News Hour: Oxfam has given a cautious welcome to the ceasefire announced in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, that comes after four days of heavy fighting. Oxfam’s Country Director in South Sudan, Zlatko Gegic, said: “With caution...