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South Sudan’s forex shortage highlights broader economic crisis

Africa David Mono Danga - 1 Sep 2020

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

Africa David Mono Danga - 27 Apr 2020

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

Africa Maggie Litgen - 13 Sep 2019

Examples from Rwanda and Sierra Leone can be incorporated into transitional justice frameworks

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Survivors of South Sudan’s Terrain attack demand justice

Africa Sam Mednick - 8 May 2019

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

Africa Fran Blandy - 16 Apr 2019

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

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Ethiopia’s Anuak refugees are wary of returning home

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 11 Jul 2018

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

Africa Simon Allison - 2 Mar 2018

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

Africa Peter Biar Ajak - 10 May 2017

For a regional connectivity plan to work, there must be stability in east Africa, writes Peter Biar Ajak.

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South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar ‘under house arrest’ in Pretoria, says source

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Dec 2016

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

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Apr 2016

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

Africa Kevin Bloom - 22 Nov 2012

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

Africa Kevin Bloom - 8 Nov 2012

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

Africa Kevin Bloom - 6 Nov 2012

In the International Bank Building overlooking Juba's remarkably active airport, we meet with a journalist named Clement Lochio Lomornana.

Juba: An old Jo’burg

Africa Kevin Bloom - 5 Nov 2012

Richard Poplak and Kevin Bloom are in South Sudan this week. Their first stop: Juba, a capital coming into its own.

$8bn China loan to fund infrastructure in South Sudan

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Apr 2012

China, the largest purchaser of oil from South Sudan, has agreed to loan the fledgling country $8-billion.

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