South Sudan

Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 1 hour ago Tharjiath oilfield in Unity State. (Photo: Courtesy). Youth representatives from Unity State have accused oil companies operating in their areas of unfair practices in awarding scholarships and job opportunities. In a meeting... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
Author: Emmanuel J. Akile | Published: 1 hour ago Zacharia Joseph Garang, Deputy Governor of Western Bahr el Ghazal - courtesy The Deputy Governor of Western Bahr el Ghazal has appealed to the national government to provide agricultural inputs to... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 2 hours ago Minister of Information, Michael Makuei addresses media in Juba. March 28, 2025. [Photo by Eye Radio]. ​The Minister of Information, Communication Technology and Postal Services, Michael Makuei, on Thursday called for... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
Author: Emmanuel J. Akile | Published: 2 hours ago Activist Grace John Kenya - Photo credit: Madrama James A civil society activist has said lasting peace is the foundation for reviving agriculture and ending the worsening food crisis in South... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 3 hours ago The body of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga who had been receiving treatment in India when he died, arrives at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2025.... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
ELDORET, Kenya,  Media Council of Kenya  Nakuru regional coordinator Mecha Joseph and Uasin Gishu Journalists Association Chairman James on Wednesday urged the European Union to support the Eldoret Media Hub, describing it as a key center for strengthening media freedom... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
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President Salva Kiir with Kenyan journalist Zubeidah Kananu in Juba. This photo first appeared online in August 2024. [Photo: Kahawa Tungu]JUBA – A decade-old photograph of President Salva Kiir with Kenyan journalist Zubeidah Kananu has resurfaced online, fueling false claims... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
Source: Sudans Post
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Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 4 hours ago GPAA Chief Administrator talks to teachers under a tree about the need to improve learning in the state|Courtesy The Chief Administrator of Greater Pibor, Gola Boyoi, has urged teachers to focus on... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 5 hours ago Governor Mujung during a meeting with President Kiir|Courtesy Central Equatoria State Governor Rabi Mujung Emmanuel has briefed President Salva Kiir on the general situation in the state, highlighting that the overall security... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
Author: Wol Mapal | Published: 5 hours ago SSPDF Spokesperson Major General Lul Ruai Koang in an interview with to Eye Radio in Bilpam. May 15, 2024. (Photo: Lou Nelson). The heads of key security institutions have agreed to work... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
An aerial view of Warrap State, South Sudan. [Photo: Courtesy]KUAJOK – A Somali trader identified as Ibraham Hamdin in Wunrok Payam in Twic County of South Sudan’s Warrap State has been arrested for allegedly impregnating a 17-year-old schoolgirl and instructing... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Crime scene ribbon. [Photo: Courtesy]AWEIL – Authorities in Aweil West County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, have arrested a security guard employed by Zain Network Company after he allegedly shot and wounded a 19-year-old boy accused of stealing mobile phones... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Presiding Judge in Machar’s trial, Justice James Alala (L), sits alongside fellow judges during a swearing-in ceremony at the State House earlier this year. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – The Special Court handling the high-profile “Nasir Incident” trial involving First Vice President... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-16
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
President Salva Kiir (R) and Kenya’s Former Prime Minister, Late Raila Odinga, in Juba in March 2025. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has paid tribute to Kenyans for the death of Raila Amolo Odinga, eulogising him... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
CAIRO – Sudan’s de facto Sovereign Council Chairman, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, held bilateral talks on Tuesday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Cairo. The high-level meeting focused on strengthening relations between the two... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Members of the SSPDF on a military pickup. JUBA – The Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) has raised serious concerns over South Sudan’s political trajectory, warning that the country could be sliding back to a full-scale war. The alert... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
FILE: President Salva Kiir with Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga (R) in Nairobi, Kenya on August 27, 2024. | Credit | Office of the President JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) — President Salva Kiir has expressed profound sorrow following the... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 25 minutes ago EES Governor Gen. Louis Lobong Lojore. (Photo: EES Governor's Press). The Governor of Eastern Equatoria State says the security situation has returned to normal following last month’s armed attack on the National... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) latest report, “A Lifeline at Risk,” South Sudan is one of six critical humanitarian programs worldwide struggling to survive due to severe funding constraints. It stated that the situation is critical... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 38 minutes ago Logo of Bar Association of South Sudan - courtesy The Bar Association has announced plans to conduct a Criminal Justice Conference in partnership with the judiciary to discuss reforms in South Sudan’s... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 46 minutes ago Governor Rabi Mujung Emmanuel chairs cabinet meeting 14th Oct. 2025 - Photo credit: Office of the Governor - Central Equatoria State The Central Equatoria State Council of Ministers has reviewed a five-year... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Author: Wol Mapal | Published: 56 minutes ago Civil society activist Lorna Merekaje speaks on Eye Radio's Dawn Show. Nov. 14, 2024. (Photo: Awan Moses/Eye Radio). A leading civil society activist has called for the social and economic empowerment of... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Maj. Gen. Elia Costa Faustino, Director General for Civil Registry, Nationality, Passport, and Immigration. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – South Sudanese immigration authorities said Tuesday they have arrested 17 Eritrean nationals in two separate incidents, part of what they describe as a... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 2 hours ago UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix (left), head of Peace Operations, arrives in Juba, received by Ambassador Kureng Akuei and UN Deputy Special Representative Anita Kiki Gbeho. (Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs) JUBA,... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 3 hours ago Sudd Institute researcher Bec George Anyak—who served as a former Deputy Minister of Finance—is the author of the policy brief urging immediate reforms to prevent South Sudan's fiscal collapse. (Credit: Courtesy)... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Representational image of handcuffs. [Photo: Courtesy]AWEIL – Police in Aweil Town, the capital of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, are detaining three suspects accused of injuring two people in separate fights that broke out on Tuesday in Nyalath Payam, Aweil... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Nhial Deng Nhial, former foreign and presidential affairs minister. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – Veteran South Sudanese politician Nhial Deng Nhial has announced he is freezing his membership in the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) and launching a new political organization,... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. | FILE/OPCS Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80 while undergoing treatment in Kochi, India. Kenyan media announced that the veteran opposition leader reportedly suffered a cardiac failure during... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Rwanda plans $16 billion in solar investments to achieve universal electricity access by 2030, despite financing and policy barriers. [Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images] KIGALI, Rwanda (Eye Radio) — Rwanda is aggressively increasing its focus on solar energy as... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Author: James Atem Kuir | Published: 6 hours ago Nhial Deng Nhial quits SPLM and announces launch of new party - courtesy photo Nhial Deng Nhial, a senior SPLM leader and former close ally of President Salva Kiir, has quit... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-15
Louis Lobong, Eastern Equatoria State Governor. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – President Salva Kiir on Tuesday received a security update from Eastern Equatoria State Governor Louis Lobong following last month’s deadly raid on a National Security Service (NSS) base in Kapoeta South... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Colonel Mohamed Nagi Obeid. [Photo courtesy]KHARTOUM — A veteran commander with a career spanning both sides of Sudan’s long-running conflicts, Colonel Mohamed Nagi Obeid, is central to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) dominance of a strategic corridor linking the... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Drones. [Photo via BBC]KADUGLI — Several senior Sudanese army officers were killed on Saturday and Monday when drones operated by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck the town of Abugubaiha, security sources and residents said, widening the 18-month-old war... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Maj. Gen. Chaplain Khamis Edward, SSPDF Director of Child Protection. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – A senior South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) officer has defended the army’s human rights record, insisting that the military operates within both national and international legal... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
𝐉𝐔𝐁𝐀, 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 —President Salva Kiir Mayardit was briefed on Tuesday by Governor Louis Lobong Lojore on the situation in Eastern Equatoria State as part of a wider security briefing. ‎ ‎Governor Lobong, in his report to the meeting,... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
By admin@juba
WAU, — At about 3 a.m. today, an SSPDF attack helicopter reportedly bombed areas of Jur River in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal State, in an apparent attempt to strike SPLA-IO bases. However, all the bombs landed in civilian-populated areas.... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
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Col. Lam Paul Gabriel, Spokesperson of SPLA-IO. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – The Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO) has accused the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) of launching an aerial bombardment in parts of Jur River County in South Sudan’s Western... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Director General of Immigration, Major General Elia Kosta, stated the group was apprehended in two separate incidents in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, near the border with Sudan. According to Maj. Gen. Kosta, the first group of 14 Eritreans (13... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
A 1976 family photograph showing Dr. Siema Jack (bottom right, as a baby) with her mother and siblings in Khartoum. The image of her brother, Ziad Al-Jack (circled, center), was later cropped and falsely circulated online as a childhood photo... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
Editor and Radio presenter at El Fasher Radio in North Darfur, Journalist Al-Nour Suleiman El FASHER – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has strongly condemned the killing of Al-Nour Suleiman, an editor and radio presenter at El-Fasher Radio in... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
A section of returnees arriving in Aweil through Abyei earlier this year. [Photo: Courtesy]RENK – More than 100 South Sudanese women have been deported from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, without their children, prompting a local South Sudanese official to impound the... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
YAMBIO – The residents of Tambura County in Western Equatoria State have expressed outrage following the killing of three civilians in an ambush carried out by suspected SPLA-IO forces along the Tambura–Rii-Yubu road. According to eyewitnesses and local community leaders,... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
A section of returnees arriving in Aweil through Abyei earlier this year. [Photo: Courtesy]MAJOK-YITH-THIOU — Authorities in the border town of Majok-Yith-Thiou in Aweil East County of South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Gahzal State say at least 300 spontaneous returnees... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-14
Source: Sudans Post
By Sudans Post
ADDIS ABABA/GENEVA – South Sudan’s escalating political crisis is driving renewed armed violence, compounding already dire human rights and humanitarian conditions, while heightening regional instability, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan warned today. Despite one decade of efforts by... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-13
By admin@juba
JUBA — The South Sudan People’s Defense Forces ordered members of the Red Belt Movement to join the army and turn over personal and support weapons, a statement seen by Thejubamirror News Desk said. The order, issued by South Sudan... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-12
By admin@juba
By Dr. Sunday de John I don’t give a damn. Let me state this clearly: many leaders have been appointed, and President Salva Kiir Mayardit has publicly acknowledged that he is searching for a solution; specifically, a solution to the... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-11
By admin@juba
By  Hon  Mogga Charles  Guya South Sudan, a nation born out of struggle and immense sacrifice, continues to face challenges that threaten the foundation of its future: its youth. Across towns, villages, and cities, the pain of losing young people... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-11
By admin@juba
By an undercover correspondent in Juba in collaboration with Bol Mel associates In the glare of public eye, Bol Mel always put on a façade of an innocent, hardworking and loyal young man who has won the trust of President... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-11
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‎The $250 million construction project under the man in question at the VIP Protection Unit of J1 in South Sudan has left many speechless. It was meant to secure the highest office in the land. Instead, it became a monument... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-10
By admin@juba
‎South Sudan’s economy didn’t collapse on its own. It was pushed, drained, and mishandled at the hands of those who were supposed to protect it. Among the key figures who must be held responsible are former First Undersecretaries of the... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-09
By admin@juba
Juba, October 9, 2025 — President Salva Kiir Mayardit has called on the newly appointed Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Dr. Paul Nang Majok, to champion reforms and professionalism within the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF). Speaking during the... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-09
By admin@juba
JUBA, The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) has denounced what it calls politically and tribally motivated “court proceedings” in Juba against First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon and other party leaders, according to a statement seen by... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-07
By admin@juba
By Dr. Sunday de John Last week, precisely, October 4th, 2025, marks a moment that carried great spiritual and national significance. Hon. Adut Salva Kiir Mayardit, the Senior Presidential Envoy for Special Programmes, visited the Stone International Church and Generation... Read more
Published on: 2025-10-06
By admin@juba