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April 20, 2021 A lab specialist securing samples taken from suspected COVID-19 patients in South Sudan earlier South Sudan health officials have stopped administering 60,000 doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine that are past the expiration date but still have a shelf life of at least six months, according to the drugmaker and the World Health Organization (WHO). The doses, which were donated by the mobile telecommunications network, MTN and the African Union (AU), arrived in Juba about three weeks ago. Dr. Richard Lako, the incident manager for COVID-19 operations at the South Sudan Hea...

New Torit Archdiocese Internal Province in Eastern Equatoria State Archbishop Charles Ogeno. [Photo: Radio Tamazuj] The Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS) has nominated a new Archbishop to lead Torit Archdiocese Internal Province in Eastern Equatoria State. This comes after Archbishop Bernard Oringa retired in January in adherence to the church’s constitution which bars an incumbent who has attained 65 years of age from continuing in office.  Taban Joseph Roman, the Councillor of the ECSS Torit Internal Province, who presided over the nomination and election confirmed that the ceremony...

There are delays in transporting goods as drivers protest insecurity on the Juba-Nimule highway.

Movement along Juba-Nimule road resumes with security escort More than 100 commercial trucks entered South Sudan through the Nimule border over the weekend after about a week of protest by drivers demanding safety guarantees to cross into the country.  This follows a joint meeting in Uganda's Elegu border town where Ugandan and South Sudanese government officials agreed to resolve the impasse.  Last week, truckers demanded protection from the government of South Sudan after more than 10 people including foreigners were killed and three trucks were set ablaze by unknown gunmen along the Juba...

On South Sudan highways, truck drivers face the ‘Wild West’ Saturday April 10 2021 Cargo trucks await clearance at the Malaba border. The Kenyan government has warned its drivers about dangerous highways in South Sudan, following a fatal attack. Photo | File | NMG Summary Juba-Nimule Highway connects the capital of South Sudan to the border with Uganda, the main route Kenyan drivers use to ferry transit goods to South Sudan. Advertisement Kenyan truck drivers say thugs mounting illegal roadblocks on South Sudan’s main highway give them nightmares every time they have an assignment in t...