By BUATRE George
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has called on the international community to increase financial support, promote responsibility-sharing, and invest in peacebuilding efforts to address the growing displacement crisis affecting millions of people across the Horn of Africa and beyond.
The appeal was made by IGAD Executive Secretary, Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, in...
President Yoweri Museveni dashed to South Sudan in early April for a quick meeting with his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Kiir, due to mounting fears of an escalation that could plunge the fragile country back into civil war.
A region on edge leaves Ugandan leader with limited options
The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces launched airstrikes on Nasir, a town in Upper Nile State that...
By Mike Rwothomio
Ugandan security forces have initiated a high-priority counter-crime operation to investigate the targeted assassination of Kamuli Suleiman, a 53-year-old charcoal trader from Bulaga Village, Nakabugo Parish, Wakiso District, in a transnational security incident in South Sudan.
The homicide, executed on April 28, 2025, at approximately 11:00 AM in Pakele, Morobo County, has...
By Mike Rwothomio
Escalating warfare in South Sudan has triggered a new wave of displacement, pushing at least 85 asylum seekers, including women and children, into Uganda’s West Nile region via the Busia Border in Koboko district on March 27, 2025.
The influx follows intensified hostilities as the fragile 2018 peace agreement between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar...
JUBA, (Eye Radio) – The South Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has clarified that a man recently deported from the United States and denied entry at Juba International Airport is not a South Sudanese citizen and had used fraudulent documents.
On April 5, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked all visas for South Sudanese citizens and halted the entry...
JUBA, May 17, 2025 – As South Sudan marks the 42nd anniversary of the founding of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), prominent political figure Mabior Garang de Mabior has issued a heartfelt appeal for national unity and an end to political violence, warning of the dangers posed by identity-based divisions.
In a statement titled “Warm Regards on SPLA Day – We...
By Mike Rwothomio
Uganda’s State Minister for Defence and Veterans Affairs, Hon. Dr. Huda Abason Oleru, has called on communities along the Uganda–South Sudan border to embrace cooperation, dialogue, and mutual solidarity as members of one extended transnational family.
Addressing a high-level bilateral border reconciliation and conflict-resolution meeting at Hotel...
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is now patrolling a displacement that is next to its peacekeeping base day and night as a result of rising tensions throughout the country.
The tens of thousands of people living at the camp are facing fresh threats with clashes between forces aligned with the two main parties to the peace agreement taking place in several locations across the country...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that the US is immediately revoking visas issued to all South Sudanese passport holders due to the African nation refusing to accept its citizens who have been removed from the US.
Rubio, in a statement on Saturday, added that the US will also block any arriving citizens of South Sudan, the world's newest country, at US ports of entry.
He blamed...
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