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There has been a steady buildup of government troops in South Sudan’s restive Equatoria region where insurgents of the rebel National Salvation Front are active.
A new partnership bringing together private enterprise and the UK’s leading non-profit humanitarian organisation for children has been formed to tackle the challenges posed by Covid-19 in Africa.
South Sudan’s ambassador to Ethiopia has categorically dismissed reports suggesting that his country had accepted a request from Egypt to build a military base in Pagak county.
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has carped at claims suggesting he was taken ill with the novel coronavirus, dismissing the rumour as malicious propaganda.
The vice-president of South Sudan Riek Machar has tested positive for coronavirus, APA can confirm from his office on Tuesday.
The UN Security Council must renew and strengthen enforcement of the arms embargo on South Sudan, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, exposing new evidence that multiple security forces are breaching it and concealing weapons amid a volatile security situation.
The East African Community under the Mobile Laboratory Project on Wednesday deployed nine mobile laboratories and Coronavirus test kits to all EAC Partner States in a bid to detect and respond to highly infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and Ebola.
A group of think-tankers from Europe and Africa are drawing global attention to the impact of Coronavirus in Africa which should change global politics.
Sudan defence minister Lt Gen Jamal Al-Din Omar has died of a” heart attack” on Wednesday morning in South sudanese capital Juba where he has been in negotiation team of Sudan aiming at reaching a security arrangement deal and a peace agreement with armed rebel groups.
After many false dawns, South Sudan appears to be heading for normalcy again with Riek Machar taking the oath as deputy to his implacable foe President Salva Kiir.