Latest articles on South Sudan

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.

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The foreign aid game is changing: these are the opportunities for Africa

Africa Dan Banik & Nikolai Hegertun - 23 Aug 2020

A more explicit emphasis on the national interest may encourage donor countries to play ‘the long game’ in Africa

Nine years later, South Sudan is still a nation in waiting

Africa Nyagoah Tut Pur - 9 Jul 2020

July 9 marks nine years since South Sudan became independent. But the promise of that independence has yet to be realised

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Much of South Sudan’s cabinet has Covid-19. What happened?

Africa David Mono Danga - 3 Jun 2020

And only two of the country’s five vice-presidents have not had the virus

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Lifting the arms embargo on South Sudan would be a disgrace

Africa Thozamile Botha - 22 May 2020

Later this month, the UN Security Council will vote on whether to lift the arms embargo on South Sudan. Doing so would be a terrible mistake

Crisis, what crisis? How not to handle a pandemic

Africa Aanu Adeoye, Simon Allison, Amindeh Blaise Atabong & Abdul S Brima - 27 Apr 2020

So far, most countries on the African continent are dealing with Covid-19, but not all leaders are taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously

‘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

‘Any trigger can lead to suicide’

Africa Amanda Sperber - 23 Apr 2020

For South Sudanese refugees, fleeing war and sexual violence is only the beginning of their struggles, writes Amanda Sperber from northern Uganda. This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting

South Africa can reclaim its role as a diplomatic powerhouse in Africa

Africa Piers Pigou - 1 Apr 2020

Pretoria can make a real difference in helping to solve conflicts and other issues in Burundi, the DRC, South Sudan and Zimbabwe

A new continental free trade agreement is here: But what about the regional economic communities?

Analysis Vusi Gumede - 8 Mar 2020

The agreement could go beyond economics towards the political unification of Africa

South Sudan’s guns silent – for now

Africa Deprose Muchena - 6 Mar 2020

They’ll roar again unless there’s justice for atrocities and the armed forces are reformed

To really silence the guns, the AU’s resolve must be stronger

Africa Solomon Dersso - 5 Feb 2020

Conflict in Africa — and the world — is on the rise. The continent needs to take concrete measures to stop the escalating violence

Not the Nobel Prize: Giving war criminals the attention they deserve

Africa Simon Allison - 17 Jan 2020

A new ‘award’, Spoilers of Peace, is designed to name and shame those people preventing peace in South Sudan

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The digital breadcrumbs behind the M&G’s censorship attack

Article Jacques Coetzee 1 - 4 Oct 2019

From the US to Cameroon, from SA to South Sudan to Spain. Tracking down the people trying to take our site down took us all over the internet

‘JZ’s pilot’ joins South Sudan’s ‘gestapo’

Africa Sabelo Skiti & Simon Allison - 19 Sep 2019

South Africa’s Vukani Aviation formed a joint venture with the notorious secret police in South Sudan

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

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SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

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SA’s level best: Welcome to the new normal

Lester Kiewit - 17 Sep 2020

It’s a lifestyle that South Africans will have to maintain as the country navigates an almost post-lockdown situation in which the coronavirus remains very alive and active

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

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Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

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special reports - 16 Sep 2020

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'