South Sudan
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Sout al Nuswan: Young Women and Local Artists Condemn Sexual and Gender-based Violence in South Sudan
Apr 25, 2022Through a mural unveiled at the ADMISS centre facing Juba’s popular Main Street, a group of young women advocates and artistsin South Sudan came together to uniquely express their frustrations with the widespread cases of sexual and... -
Do Not Forget: Aiding and Protecting Civilians in South Sudan
Jan 16, 2022With 4 million people—one third of its population—unable to return to their homes, South Sudan continues to face one of the largest displacement and humanitarian crises on earth. Terrible floods, cycles of violence, and the slow... -
South Sudan: Doctor Recalls Trauma and Triumphs with COVID-19 Patients
Dec 16, 2021Dr Abe Manase Lori is haunted by the memory of a 45-year-old patient who succumbed to COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic in South Sudan. ‘This was a time when we ran out of resources…It... -
South Sudanese Women’s Rights Activist Riya Yuyada Wins Amnesty Award
Oct 14, 2021South Sudanese women’s rights activist Riya William Yuyada has been named one of three winners of the Ginetta Sagan Award by Amnesty International USA, recognises women who ‘protect the dignity, liberties and lives of women and... -
Colourism and Skin Bleaching in South Sudan
Sep 12, 2021Sudan is a diverse country where its population merges its African roots with Arab blood. Unfortunately in Sudan there are many people who have never really felt Sudanese. There has always been a divide between the North and... -
France Donates 59,520 AstraZeneca Vaccines to South Sudan
Sep 1, 2021The French government donated 59,520 doses of COVAX’s AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines arrived in Juba, South Sudan on 31 August 2021 and were received at the airport by senior government officials led by Minister of... -
OCHA: 380,000 People Affected by Flooding in South Sudan
Sep 1, 2021According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) South Sudan, more than 380,000 people have been affected by flooding in areas along the Nile River, Sudd wetlands and the rivers Lol... -
South Sudan Mourns Loss of Edward Lino Wuor Abyei
Apr 16, 2020South Sudanese politician Edward Lino Wuor Abyei has passed away on Wednesday, 15 April 2020 at the age of 74 of an unidentified illness in Bangalore, India. He was one of the original and leading members... -
South Sudanese-Australian Adut Akech Named ‘Model of the Year’ at the 2019 Fashion Awards
Dec 8, 2019South Sudanese-Australian model Adut Akech Bior has officially been named “Model of the Year” by the British Fashion Council (BFC) at its 2019 Fashion Awards, which took place in London at the Royal Albert Hall on... -
South Sudan Sentences Activist Peter Biar Ajak to Two Years in Prison
Jun 13, 2019A 35-year-old Cambridge University PhD student, Peter Biar Ajak, has been sentenced to two years in prison in South Sudan at the Juba High Court on 11 June 2019 for allegedly threatening South Sudan’s national security....