The trial of suspects accused of killing civilians during last year’s Sherikat incident was adjourned on Wednesday after the suspects failed to show up.
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Primary eight candidates in Akobo area which lies in an SPLM-IO-held territory say they are angry and upset for missing the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) that began across the country on Monday.
Akobo area, which is located in Jonglei State, is a remote and hard-to-reach area in the north-east of South Sudan, close to the border with Ethiopia.
Last week, the National Minister of General Education, Awut Deng Achuil announced that candidates in the SPLM-IO-controlled areas will miss out on the examinations due to security concerns in some parts of Upper Nile and Jonglei States.
The statement was condemned by the SPLM- IO Director for Information and Public Relations, Puok Both Baluong, saying the decision made by the minister was unfortunate.
Extend the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
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AI Index Number: AFR 65/3638/2021
5 February 2021
Excellencies,
We, the undersigned non-governmental organisations, write to urge your delegation to support the extension in full of the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (“Commission” or “CHRSS”) at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council’s (“HRC” or “Council”) 46th session (22 February-23 March 2021).
As the only mechanism currently collecting and preserving evidence of violations of international humanitarian and human rights law with a view to accountability and addressing human rights and transitional justice issues in South Sudan from a holistic perspective, the CHRSS remains vital. Two and a half years after the signature of the Revitalised Peace Agreement for Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS), the country faces major governance, security, humanitarian, and human rights is
Beyond the bang-bang: Reporting from the front lines of peace. This article is part of our peacebuilding coverage, reporting on how atrocities can be prevented, how societies can be made more resilient, and how peace can be sustainably built.
JUBA/PIBOR/YEI, South Sudan
On the streets of South Sudan’s capital city, billboards honour the country’s politicians for ending five years of conflict that cost almost 400,000 lives and displaced millions. “Peacemakers” and “Children of God” declares one poster, quoting the Bible alongside a photo of the president.
But nearly a year after President Salva Kiir formed a unity government with opposition leader Riek Machar – now the vice-president – key parts of the agreement have not been implemented amid entrenched distrust between the two men, funding shortages, and renewed fighting that cost thousands of lives in 2020.