Juba
latest news & developmentsOutrage over plan to dredge Nile marsh
A plan to drain the Sudd Wetland has caused problems in South Sudan’s government and highlighted geopolitical fault lines with Egypt
Sudan government says it foiled coup attempt linked to Bashir regime
State television broadcast patriotic songs as it announced the coup attempt and urged “the people to confront it”.
South Sudan’s forex shortage highlights broader economic crisis
South Sudan has nearly run out of foreign currency – and this is just the tip of a much bigger economic crisis.
‘The UN didn’t do anything wrong’: Peacekeepers in South Sudan respond to Covid-19 criticism
The international organisation has been on the receiving end of bitter criticism since South Sudan’s first case of Covid-19 was confirmed to be a UN staffer
Mental healthcare must back peace efforts
Examples from Rwanda and Sierra Leone can be incorporated into transitional justice frameworks
Survivors of South Sudan’s Terrain attack demand justice
The survivors of the brutal Terrain attack are demanding just compensation – but say the government is ignoring their claims
New limbs, new life for South Sudan amputees
South Sudan’s five-year-long civil war has left possibly tens of thousands of people without limbs — a toll that may never be accurately established
Ethiopia’s Anuak refugees are wary of returning home
Ethiopia’s new prime minister may have to do more to convince thousands of refugees belonging to the Anuak ethnic group to return to their homelands
South Africa takes sides in South Sudan
A South African citizen was sentenced to death in a courtroom in Juba. But what exactly was William Endley doing in South Sudan to begin with?
China’s success in Africa depends on peace in South Sudan
For a regional connectivity plan to work, there must be stability in east Africa, writes Peter Biar Ajak.
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar ‘under house arrest’ in Pretoria, says source
A well-connected regional political consultant said Machar was being kept ‘basically under house arrest’ near Pretoria with his movements restricted.
Mbeki comments on the South Sudan crisis, urges reconciliation
Former president Thabo Mbeki was the African Union’s chief mediator in the conflict in Sudan that led to the creation of South Sudan in 2011.
Africa 3.0: Cruisers and corruption, Juba style
Where you see a proliferation of Toyota Land Cruisers in a developing nation, you know there’s trouble.
Africa 3.0: Making good food in a tough town
When Osman Abdelmoniem first arrived in Juba in 2005, there was one tarred road and a tent in a camp cost him $350 a night.
Africa 3.0: Tuning into the future
In the International Bank Building overlooking Juba’s remarkably active airport, we meet with a journalist named Clement Lochio Lomornana.