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Kiir appoints deputy governors for six states South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wednesday night appointed deputy governors for six states, after wider consultations with parties.  He, however, did not appoint deputy governors for three states – Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap and Central Equatoria states. Today afternoon, Presidential Adviser for National Security Affair Tut Gatluak, an ally of President Kiir, said the Other Political Parties (OPP) – a party to the peace deal – did not agree on allocations of positions of three deputy governors. He further said governmen...

South Sudan: Transition and Recovery Quarter 3 Report 2020 Format Livelihood Support In Abyei Administrative Area (AAA), the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Transition and Recovery Unit (TRU), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, supported a farming group consisting of 25 beneficiaries (10 women and 15 men) with the ploughing of eight acres and distribution of farm inputs. IOM also provided assorted saloon start-up kits to the Abyei Boys Unisex Saloon group. Another ten beneficiaries were trained on basic beekeeping for honey production. Four village savings a...

File photo: Presidential Affairs Minister Nhial Deng Nhial Nhial Deng Nhial, the minister for presidential affairs, earlier this afternoon, in a press release, said that consultations are underway regarding the reconstitution of the Transitional Legislative Assembly and the formation of state governments and urged the public for patience.  “In light of stories trending on social media and reported by some media houses across the country regarding the delay in the reconstitution of the Transitional Legislative Assembly and the formation of State Governments, the Ministry of Presidential Aff...

‘Likely famine’ blamed on massive flooding, violence Dec 12, 2020 JUBA, South Sudan — One county in South Sudan is likely in famine and tens of thousands of people in five other counties are on the brink of starvation, according to a new report by international food security experts. Nowhere in the world has been in famine since one was declared nearly four years ago in South Sudan’s Unity state as civil war raged. Now western Pibor county is feared to have reached that crisis level, the result of massive flooding and deadly violence that has prevented access to aid. The new re...

New report says part of South Sudan is in 'likely famine' by Sam Mednick And Maura Ajak, The Associated Press Posted Dec 11, 2020 3:27 am EDT Last Updated Dec 11, 2020 at 3:42 am EDT JUBA, South Sudan — One county in South Sudan is likely in famine and tens of thousands of people in five other counties are on the brink of starvation, according to a new report by international food security experts. Nowhere in the world has been in famine since one was declared nearly four years ago in South Sudan’s Unity state as civil war raged. Now western Pibor county is feared to have reached that cri...