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A prominent activist has urged the Presidency to pay the unified forces well to reduce the crimes rate in the country.

Nearly 30,000 people have been displaced by heavy fighting between armed factions in Tonga and neighboring Panyikang County in Upper Nile State, a United Nations agency said Friday.

A civil society organization urges parties to the revitalized peace agreement to develop a clear plan for redeployment of the necessary unified forces after their graduation.

The Governor of Jonglei State Denay Jock Chagor has suspended two members of the state parliament on Friday, after the legislative body threatened to impeach his finance minister.

A civil society activist said the six jailed Rumbek teachers in Lakes State were released on bail, after spending nearly two months in detention.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir plans to announce a 24 months extension of the transitional period and a roadmap, multiple sources said.

An activist is calling on the government and the armed opposition group loyal to Stephen Buay Rolyang to declare a ceasefire in Unity State.

The executive director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), Edmund Yakani, has called on President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar to publicly declare the fine print of the proposed post-transitional period roadmap.

The government of Lakes State has said the six Rumbek teachers who were recently remanded in prison, will appear in court soon for 'having caused havoc' during their strike last month.

In 2018, when parties to the conflict in South Sudan inked the Revitalized Peace Agreement to end repeated civil wars, hope permeated the air in the world’s youngest country. Today, necessary benchmarks for the peace deal to be fully implemented remain lagging. This has created an urgent need for fresh momentum to be infused into […]