Bona Panek Biar, governor of Warrap on Wednesday said 16 civilians were killed and scores wounded in South Sudan’s northern Warrap region following clashes over cattle. Biar disclosed that the civilians were killed during clashes over cattle that erupted from Sunday until Tuesday between the Jalwau and Luanyjang clans of the Dinka community in Tonj […]

The authorities in South Sudan have suspended the renovation of the Juba national stadium, a project sponsored by the world football governing body, Fifa, after a partial collapse of the facility. Parts of the stadium collapsed on Tuesday afternoon during construction, sparking a public outcry on social media. Ethiopian company, GS Construction, was last year […]

At least 38 people were killed during clashes between soldiers and civilians refusing to be disarmed as part of a peace agreement in South Sudan, officials said Tuesday. Clashes erupted when soldiers of the South Sudan People’s Defense Force tried to disarm civilians in the town of Tonj East in Warrap State as part of […]

South Sudanese women activists are urging President Salva Kiir to revoke the appointments of state governors in order to include women’s representatives in accordance with the provisions of the revitalised peace agreement. Early this week, President Kiir appointed governors for eight of the country’s 10 regional states after sharing them out with his former rival […]

Hundreds of South Sudanese protested Wednesday after a soldier, a cousin of President Salva Kiir, was involved in the killing of five civilians in the capital. A statement from the presidency confirmed that Lual Akook Wol Kiir, a “distant cousin” of the president, had been arrested and was in hospital in critical condition after the […]