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Ethiopia and South Sudan strike link roads deal

Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Friday signed several bilateral agreements among them the construction of two major link...

Opinion: Stop the violence, fix the famine

South Sudan, Africa's newest country, has remained in the throes of ethnic fighting and extreme economic crisis over the past three years and recently declared...

Pope appeals for urgent food aid to help famine-stricken South Sudan

Pope Francis called on Wednesday for urgent humanitarian aid for the starving people of South Sudan, saying millions risked being "condemned to death" by a famine in parts of the war-ravaged country.

South Sudan’s Kiir promises safe aid access amid famine

The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, on Tuesday promised to get access to major NGOs that will provide food assistance to the hunger-stricken civilians.

Famine declared in South Sudan’s Unity State

A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The...

South Sudan Labour minister resigns

South Sudanese Labour and Public Service minister Lieutenant-General Gabriel Duop Lam has resigned. Lt-Gen Lam cited inconsistency in President Salva Kiir's leadership as the reason...

South Sudan peace deal has been disregarded

The implementation schedule of the South Sudan August 2015 Peace Agreement will have to be revised to achieve its objectives. Festus Mogae, former president of...

South Sudan’s Kiir to order the shooting of soldiers who rape women

South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir on Monday stated that soldiers who rape women must be shot. During a visit to the town of Yei he...

Uganda rules out military intervention in South Sudan

Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem. Photo Credit: Reuters   Imposing an external "trusteeship" government on South Sudan to try to end a...

Fresh clashes near South Sudan’s oil hub of Malakal

Fresh clashes broke out around South Sudan's second-largest city of Malakal on Tuesday, a rebel spokesman and a government official said, the latest turn...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

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DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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