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The medical humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, says its hospital in Old Fangak Town in South Sudan's Jonglei State's Fangak County was bombed by SSPDF planes in the wee hours of Saturday morning. MSF says the bombing resulted in several deaths and injuries. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to the Association Director of Médecins Sans Frontières, Monica Genya

Could South Sudan slip into another civil war? Fighting in the northeast, is endangering an already fragile power-sharing agreement. With a war ongoing in neighbouring Sudan, what would a new conflict in South Sudan mean for the region? In this episode: Nicholas Haysom, UN Special Representative for South Sudan. Alan Boswell, International Crisis Group's Project Director for the Horn of Africa. Philip Aguer Panyang, former governor of South Sudan’s Jonglei State and former military spokesman. Rome Nyagoah Tut Pur, South Sudan researcher at Human Rights Watch. Host: James Bays Connect with us:@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

Africa's longest river flows through 11 countries, helping to sustain more than 200 million people directly or indirectly. However, the very lifeblood of these nations is under threat from increasing human activity upstream that poses a significant risk to the River Nile's fragile ecosystem. Sheila Ponnie reports from Bor, in Jonglei State, South Sudan.

Jonglei State Governor Denay Jock Chagor has suspended two MPs from the State Parliament. The two MPs are from the South Sudan Opposition Alliance party, and the two have since disagreed with the Governor on how the affairs of State are being managed.

Authorities in Duk County of South Sudan's Jonglei State say at least 13 people were killed and several others injured in a fresh attack in the area; Local authorities in Eastern Equatoria State say suspected armed cattle keepers kidnapped eleven men from the Gaji area of Mugali Payam; Some women activists in Sudan's Darfur say hundreds of women displaced by recent inter-communal fighting in Kreneik and Al Geneina towns of West Darfur State are experiencing anxiety and depression and are in need of psychosocial support.

200 people are reported killed and tens of thousands displaced in inter-communal clashes between Arab nomads and local farmers in Kreinik locality of West Darfur State over the weekend; The Norwegian Refugee Council in Sudan is calling on parties involved in renewed violence in Kreinik town of West Darfur to restrain from harming civilians and allow safe and free passage for civilians fleeing the ongoing violence; Authorities in Jonglei State's Nyirol County say at least seven people were killed and four others injured during a cattle raid in the area over the weekend; Some South Sudanese are adding their voices in paying tribute to the late Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and praising the role he played during southern Sudan's struggle for liberation; On World Malaria Day, the health ministry and World Health Organization officials in South Sudan are rolling out the RTSS anti-malaria vaccine in a bid to save millions from the killer disease

South Sudanese activists have welcomed the unification of the country's security agencies' command structure but say the parties must do more to complete the integration of forces into one army and other regular forces; Police in the Jonglei State capital Bor have confirmed the arrest of Yar Ayuen Mabior who had accused the police of arresting and stripping her naked for alleged “indecent” dressing. A police spokesperson says she will be arraigned on defamation charges; The United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Sudan is expressing concern over continued inter-communal clashes in the Darfur region where more than 100 people have been killed, and 15,000 others displaced across the region since late last month.

Displaced civilians in Leer County of Unity State recount horrifying rights abuses in the area following recent clashes between forces loyal to South Sudan's first vice president Riek Machar and a faction of the SPLA-IO loyal to his former chief of staff; Women leaders and lawmakers representing Jonglei State in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly say security operatives in Bor are harassing women and girls under the guise of implementing a decent dress code; As Sudanese mark three years today since former President Omar al Bashir was ousted, some say not much has changed. Others say the economic conditions have worsened and blame the military for undermining a transition to democratic and civilian rule.

The South Sudan government has launched nationwide public consultations for the establishment of the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing; Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in what was formerly known as the Protection of Civilians Site in the Jonglei State capital Bor are urging the government to speed up implementation of the peace agreement so that they can return to their villages; Sudanese lawyers and human rights activists are applauding the International Criminal Court for beginning the trial of one of the individuals accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur

Authorities in Jonglei State say at least nine people were killed, scores of others injured and an unconfirmed number of cattle stolen following attacks by unidentified gunmen in Nyirol and Uror Counties Wednesday evening; South Sudan's TROIKA (U.S., U.K., Norway) has condemned reported attacks by the South Sudan People's Defense Force (SSPDF) on SPLA-IO military bases in parts of Upper Nile State, saying the clashes risk starting greater violence in the country; The Catholic faithful in Lakes and Warrap States are welcoming tomorrow's planned consecration of Christian Calassare as Bishop of Rumbek Diocese, which covers Lakes State and parts of Warrap State.

Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan is in the South Sudanese capital Juba to discuss issues related to the implementation of South Sudan's 2018 peace agreement; Two communities in South Sudan's Jonglei State have signed a peace agreement to end deadly cattle raids in the area; With less than a year left for South Sudanese to conduct general elections, South Sudanese leaders have yet to amend the country's Political Parties Act initially approved in 2012

Lecturers and other support staff at Rumbek University of Science and Technology have laid down their tools to demand the over non-payment of salary arrears days after employees at two other public universities went on strike; Some families in Jonglei State say they are struggling to put food on table after last year's floods destroyed their farms; Media houses in South Sudan say their efforts to provide information to the public across the country are constantly being hampered by a lack of access to information from some government agencies

Authorities in Jonglei State say a dozen people were killed and many others injured during a cattle raid in the state's Duk County on Monday; A member of South Sudan's National Legislative Assembly, Grace Abalang, says women from Eastern Equatoria State do not have reason to celebrate International Women's Day because of recent violence and subsequent displacement of thousands of women; Authorities in Lakes State have detained and are investigating two police officers following an incident in which they opened fire on a private vehicle killing a young woman and injuring two other passengers

The South Sudan minister for East African Affairs, Deng Alor Kuol, has come under criticism for persistent failure to attend sittings at the East African Legislative Assembly; The United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the World Food Program are condemning a recent ambush of an interagency UN convoy carrying food and nutrition assistance in Jonglei State; The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) is expressing concern about the impact of conflict and climate change on human mobility in South Sudan

Officials from Eastern Equatoria State say about 30 people were killed including women and children following an attack on a cattle camp in Eastern Equatoria along Juba – Nimule Highway; Authorities in Jonglei State say they have launched an investigation into an incident in which a grenade explosion killed at least two teenagers and injured four other people in Bor town over the weekend; The head of South Sudan's National Bureau of Statistics says his agency needs at least 24 months to carry out a population census ahead of a national election

Some South Sudanese say two years after the country's unity government was established, there is little to show that leaders are working to restore peace and stability across the country; Authorities in Jonglei State are calling on communities in Ayod, Nyirol, and Uror Counties to cease hostilities following inter-communal clashes which have claimed more than a dozen lives; A team of nine Chinese medical doctors arrived in the Lakes State capital, Rumbek, to offer free treatment to patients; The South Sudan government says it is making progress in implementing financial management reforms to ensure transparency and accountability and improve service delivery as provided for in chapter four of the 2018 peace agreement

Authorities in South Sudan's Lakes State say wild fires burned eight women to death in Rumbek East county Sunday; Police in South Sudan's Jonglei State capital Bor have arrested 5 suspects in connection with last month's shooting in a church where three bishops with the Episcopal Church of South Sudan survived an apparent assassination attempt

As the world commemorated World Radio Day Sunday, many South Sudanese citizens say they rely on the medium to get current information on socio-economic and political affairs in the county; A group of Egyptian medical doctors arrived in Jonglei State capital Bor over the weekend to help treat children and adult patients with various illnesses including tropical and respiratory diseases; Some South Sudanese lawmakers say several laws that are important for the young nation to hold elections and are supposed to be amended in accordance with the 2018 peace agreement have yet to be presented before parliament for deliberations

Top UN human rights officials are warning that South Sudan may return to conflict as parties to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement drag their feet in implementing the deal; The Jonglei State government has resolved to reverse an earlier decision to deduct money from civil servants salaries to pay for security services in the state—a decision that triggered protests and strikes by civil servants; South Sudan and Sudan plan to revive a railway linking the two countries, a move that economists say would boost trade between the two neighbors

A police spokesperson in South Sudan's Lakes State says a gunman killed five police officers and wounded four other people before he was gunned down in Cueibet County on Wednesday; Authorities in Pigi County of Jonglei State say they have arrested 25 armed young men who are accused to have been terrorizing fishermen in the area; Residents in the South Sudanese capital Juba are expressing mixed views on this week's launch of a Chinese language center in the capital

At least 9 people were injured when hundreds of protesters clashed with the bodyguards of South Sudan's Jonglei State governor in Bor town Wednesday; A Somali-owned fuel depot in Juba exploded last evening burning down the depot and destroying several trucks. No fatalities were reported; Truck drivers from Kenya and Uganda protest South Sudan's recent decision to impose an annual fee of 100 US dollars and a 30 dollar entry and exit fee on all vehicles entering the country

The US government is calling on the government of South Sudan to hold politicians and military officers who are fueling violence in Jonglei State and the Pibor Administrative Area to account; Sudanese authorities have released human rights activist Amira Osman after two weeks of detention in Omdurman prison for women without charges

Authorities in Jonglei State say thousands of civilians displaced by recent inter-communal violence in Bor County are in dire need of food, medicine and shelter; A delegation from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, or IGAD, is in Khartoum to meet with Sudanese leaders in government and society to find ways to resolve the political crisis in the country

Since 2020, the Episcopal Church of South Sudan in Jonglei State has been rocked by the conflict between the spiritual leaders. Recently, this conflict escalated when the three Bishops were allegedly ‘attacked at night, and their rooms were sprayed with bullets' in Bor town by unknown gunmen. None of the Bishop was injured by the bullets, but other injuries were reported. The situation prompted the Primate of the Episcopal Church to seek the intervention of the President of the Republic.

The chief administrator for the Greater Pibor Administrative Area denies armed men from that locality were responsible for attacks in Jonglei State's Bor County that killed 32 people and injured 27 others

Rival members of the Anglican Church in South Sudan's Jonglei State attacked a church compound with automatic weapons over the weekend injuring a bishop and several members of the clergy; Rights activists in Sudan are calling for the release of Amira Osman Hamid, the head of “No to Women Oppression” initiative, who was arrested by Sudanese security over the weekend

Authorities in the Jonglei State's Nyirol County says at least two bodies have been found days after four boys went missing in Uror County; Juba residents are expressing mixed views following the execution of Emmanuel Babu Lokiri, who murdered three children in 2020; South Sudan's chief negotiator in peace talks between the Sudanese transitional government and armed groups has expressed concern over the implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement.

Authorities in Jonglei State say they have managed to convince a large number of Lou Nuer young men against revenge attacks in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area; A community leader from Rejaf village in Central Equatoria State is calling on the president and and police to remove soldiers allegedly involved in illegal land demarcations.

A committee tasked by President Salva Kiir to investigate root causes of the civil servant protests in the Jonglei State capital Bor has ordered the state government to pay the public servants according to the new salary structure; The European Union has donated 10 million Euros to the United Nations World Food Program in Sudan to provide life-saving food assistance to the most vulnerable communities; Two days before Christmas, transportation costs have risen significantly on important routes linking the South Sudan capital Juba to other towns across the country.

South Sudan has claimed control of its lower airspace which remained under Sudan management after independence in 2011; A political analyst warns of damaging consequences if South Sudan does not pay its membership contributions to regain membership with the regional bloc IGAD; South Sudanese react to a proposal by First Vice President Riek Machar to change the country's name from the Republic of South Sudan to the People's Republic of Sudan; Civil Servants in Jonglei State took to the streets Monday and blocked roads with barricades

Authorities in South Sudan confirm an Amnesty International report indicating that war crimes were committed in Tambura County of Western Equatoria State between June and October 2021; Civil servants in Jonglei State have boycotted work today to protest low wages; An official with United Nations High Commission for Refugees says the agency is working with Sudanese authorities to release 500 South Sudanese detainees who were arrested as they tried to illegally migrate to Europe

South Sudan First Vice President and leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement In Opposition, Riek Machar, says it will be impossible for the country to hold elections in 2023 without graduating and deploying a unified army to handle security for the elections #SouthSudan; Authorities in South Sudan's Jonglei State are calling for urgent intervention as people and livestock die in worrying numbers after showing symptoms including diarrhea, vomiting, and general body weakness in Fangak County

Authorities in South Sudan's Jonglei State say at least three women were killed and 18 others, including young girls, were abducted in Akobo County on Wednesday; The new mayor of the South Sudan capital Juba, Michael Allajabu, says he is working to address traders' concerns about exorbitant and unclear taxes levied by the Juba City Council and plans to digitize tax collection in the city; A holdout rebel group, the National Salvation Front, has welcomed a gesture by President Salva Kiir to return to peace talks that collapsed some three months ago; South Sudanese legislators at regional bloc the East African Community have welcomed a declaration it will increase the number of job slots for South Sudanese citizens at the secretariat

Authorities in South Sudan's Jonglei State say at least three women were killed and 18 others, including young girls, were abducted in Akobo County on Wednesday; The new mayor of the South Sudan capital Juba, Michael Allajabu, says he is working to address traders' concerns about exorbitant and unclear taxes levied by the Juba City Council and plans to digitize tax collection in the city; A holdout rebel group, the National Salvation Front, has welcomed a gesture by President Salva Kiir to return to peace talks that collapsed some three months ago; South Sudanese legislators at regional bloc the East African Community have welcomed a declaration it will increase the number of job slots for South Sudanese citizens at the secretariat

Authorities in Akobo County of Jonglei State say seven people are missing after unidentified armed men attacked eight people Tuesday who were travelling from Akobo East to Akobo West leaving one person injured and seven others missing; Local leaders in Kajokeji County of Central Equatoria State are expressing concern about an influx of pastoralists and hundreds of cattle that are destroying people's crops in the area; The Anglican Church in South Sudan is calling on regional leaders to intervene to ensure partners in South Sudan's transitional government implement security arrangements set in the 2018 revitalized peace agreement

Some residents of the Sudanese capital Khartoum have described Sunday's agreement which reinstated Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok as a betrayal - while others have welcomed it to end the bloodshed and fill an almost month-long constitutional vacuum; The South Sudan government has welcomed Sunday's agreement that led to Abdallah Hamdok's reinstatement as prime minister, nearly a month after the military dissolved Sudan transitional government; Jonglei State governor Denay Jock Chagor has directed security agents in the town of Bor to find and apprehend all of the suspects behind Friday's killings of seven traders from the Pibor Administrative Area

More than 40,000 residents in South Sudan's Jonglei State capital Bor are now able to get clean water after a water station in the area reopened. The station was closed by flooding two months ago; Civil society and women's rights activists in Sudan are condemning Saturday's attacks on protesters in Khartoum by security forces. At least six people died and more than 29 were injured

Jonglei State authorities say armed assailants killed at least four people, wounded three others, and abducted five children in two separate incidents in Duk County Tuesday evening; South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority CEO Subek David says his office has banned the operations of several Antonov aircraft based on their maintenance records and following a recent plane crash in Juba that killed five people

South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority says it is suspending the operations of Euroair Flight--the company operating the Soviet-era AN ̶ 26 Antonov aircraft that crashed on Tuesday killing five people; South Sudan National Security Service says it has apprehended fourteen individuals in the capital, Juba who were in possession of forged currencies including 93 million US dollars and 400,000 South Sudanese pounds; Authorities in Ayod county in South Sudan's Jonglei State say three children died and other people were injured after a grenade accidentally exploded

South Sudan former deputy minister of interior and member of the SPLM-In-Opposition Mabior Garang vows to work with President Salva Kiir to restore peace in South Sudan; Security officials in the Jonglei State capital Bor say they have rearrested 15 out of the 35 young men who escaped from detention last week. They youths were initially arrested a month ago as part of a crackdown on criminal youth gangs

A cargo plane bound for Maban crashed soon after taking off from Juba International Airport. Five people reportedly died; 200 health workers at Bor State Hospital in Jonglei State have returned to work days after they went on strike to protest delays in paying their incentives and salaries; As efforts increase to try to resolve the conflict between Sudanese military and civilian leaders, civil society activists say Sudan's top military leader must release all civilians detained in the aftermath of last week's coup and agree to immediately hand over power to civilians

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement ̶ North is calling on Sudan's military leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan to release its deputy chairman Yasir Arman, who served as political advisor to deposed prime minister Abdalla Hamdok, and other political prisoners; A South Sudan delegation led by President Salva Kiir's security advisor Tut Galuak is in Khartoum to meet with Sudan's military leaders and deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on the political crisis following last week's military takeover; Authorities in Bor County of South Sudan's Jonglei State say they're searching for suspects who attacked a cattle market in Anyidi Payam on Saturday killing two people and injuring another

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement ̶ North is calling on Sudan's military leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan to release its deputy chairman Yasir Arman, who served as political advisor to deposed prime minister Abdalla Hamdok, and other political prisoners; A South Sudan delegation led by President Salva Kiir's security advisor Tut Galuak is in Khartoum to meet with Sudan's military leaders and deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on the political crisis following last week's military takeover; Authorities in Bor County of South Sudan's Jonglei State say they're searching for suspects who attacked a cattle market in Anyidi Payam on Saturday killing two people and injuring another

Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was released from detention and is under tight surveillance at home, according to multiple sources; Malik Agar, a member of the Sudan Revolutionary Front, an umbrella of armed opposition groups that joined Sudan transitional government after signing the Juba Peace Agreement, says his party the SPLM ̶ North does not agree with the "an unauthorized transfer of power"; Security officials in South Sudan's Jonglei State capital Bor say at least 15 suspected members of youth gangs who were being detained at a military barracks have escaped

Some families of people arrested early this month in the Jonglei State capital Bor during a crackdown on youth gangs are calling on the authorities to either release or try them; South Sudanese lawmakers at the East African Legislative Assembly are welcoming the regional parliament's decision to suspend job recruitment at the East African Community Secretariat after the Assembly voted to refer the matter to East African Community Council of Ministers; Partners in South Sudan's unity government have ordered their forces to return to training camps ahead of a tentatively planned November graduation. Many of the troops had deserted their cantonment sites because of a lack of food and medicines, among other hardships

SPLM-IO officials in Warrap State have threatened to pull out of the state government following allegations that Governor Aleu Ayieny Aleu has issued threats against them; Authorities in the Jonglei State capital Bor have launched the construction of a 24 kilometer permanent dyke along the Nile to protect the town against devastating floods which have plagued the area for years; An expert on Sudan says US former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died Monday from Covid complications, will be remembered in Sudan, South Sudan, and other African countries for peace making and for sounding the alarm to and acting against war abuses

South Sudan's higher education minister, Gabriel Changson Chang, is expressing concern about a rise in the number of students applying for university admission using fake certificates; The Central Equatoria State government this week evicted several former officials who continued to illegally occupy government houses in Juba after losing their jobs; Authorities in Jonglei State's Uror County have issued an order banning the sale and consumption of alcohol amid a rise in violent behavior and fatalities among intoxicated young people

A US-based rights group has named South Sudanese activist Riya Williams Yuyada the winner of the 2021 Amnesty International USA Ginetta Sagan award for championing women's rights in South Sudan; Some residents in the Jonglei State capital Bor are accusing security forces of abusing civilians' rights, including those wearing dreadlocks, miniskirts, and tight dresses, under the guise of cracking down on criminal gangs; Residents and health officials in Duk Padiet County of South Sudan's Jonglei State say snakebites have become rampant following months of flooding in area

The Central Bank of South Sudan has ordered commercial banks to block and freeze the bank accounts of civil society activists associated with the Peoples Coalition for Civil Action, a group that called for countrywide protests against the government in August; Pope Francis has sent a donation of more than 70,000 US dollars to help flood victims in South Sudan's Upper Nile State, Authorities in the Jonglei State capital Bor have launched a crackdown on members of gangs commonly known by the 'n' word amidst rising gang violence in parts of the town

Jonglei State authorities say they are pursuing a group of armed men who shot dead former Country Commissioner Simon Gatwech Gadang in his home over the weekend; As South Sudan joins the rest of the world to mark International Teachers' Day, also known as World Teachers' Day, some teachers in the country say they lost their source of income during the Covid-19 related lockdowns; The chairperson designate of the Information Committee in South Sudan's Revitalized National Legislative Assembly is cautioning media houses against reporting on cash transactions by lawmakers without authorization from the speaker of parliament