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The government has received nearly 200 million US dollars from international financiers, as floods response and mitigation assistance to the affected populations across the country.

Activists said the dredging plan would result in environmental and economic catastrophe, drying up the country's White Nile river and the Sudd wetlands, which farmers and local wildlife rely on.

South Sudan’s president ordered the suspension Saturday of all dredging-related activities in the country until evidence-based studies are carried out on their on impact surrounding communities and the ecosystems they

President Kiir says evidence-based studies on the impact of the activities on the environment, communities and ecology of the Sudd region must be done.

Political challenges and the worsening effects of climate change have contributed to a cycle of displacement, hunger, and violence in South Sudan.

Authorities in South Sudan's Unity State confirmed that they received 50 trucks loaded with food items from Sudan to support the flood-affected population there.

The Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin is holding prayers at the John Garang Mausoleum Thursday morning.

The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Wednesday visited Unity State and the floods displaced people in Bentiu Protection of Civilian Site.

The World Health Organization has warned, the cholera outbreak in Unity State could spill over to other hot spot areas across the country.

The road to implementing the peace agreement in South Sudan has remained an elusive one. This delay continues in a manner that portends a grave danger to sustainable peace and justice in the region, and for the people of South Sudan who continue to endure this long wait, they have remained plunged on a long and arduous journey to justice.