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The government of Unity State has received some water dredging machines from Egypt meant to clean up some tributaries of the Nile River.

The government of Unity State has received some water dredging machines from Egypt meant to clean up some tributaries of the Nile River.

The outgoing Chargé de’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Juba has reiterated his appeal to the country’s authorities to suspend the Commissioners of Koch and Mayendit for allegedly instigating violence in southern Unity State.

Health authorities in Unity State have recorded more than a hundred cholera cases at the Internally Displaced Persons’ Camps of Rubkona County.

The South Sudan Transitional National Legislative Assembly resolved to form parliamentary committees to investigate the rampant insecurity and killings in parts of the country after some members tabled motions on the matter on Monday.

"The first to suffer are the children," says B.C. doctor Reza Eshaghian after three months with Doctors Without Borders in South Sudan.

The World Bank has approved a $70 million International Development Association grant to boost women’s social and economic empowerment in South Sudan.

Arguably since independence, South Sudan remained in conflict/ disastrous situation mainly due to conflicting interests of global power players and hegemonic designs of US and China. Thomas C. Moutain who is historian and independent journalist based in Eritrea in his online article entitled “The CIA’s Dirty War in South Sudan” claimed that the United States is funding a dirty war in South Sudan and that the war in South Sudan is about denying China access to Africa’s oil as it is in the...

UNITY- People returning home after having been refugees or internally displaced is a sign of trust in the South Sudanese peace process, but it is dividend of stability that comes with challenges: more basic services must be delivered, potential land right issues resolved and cordial relations with host communities established to ensure the safety of returnees.

The United Nations has honoured the 117 women and men, including three South African peacekeepers, who sacrificed their lives while serving as Blue Helmets under the UN flag in various peacekeeping missions around the world.