South Sudan, the newest nation in Africa, elected Mr. Kiir as its first leader in 2011. This week, six employees of the state broadcaster were detained. For their release, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is currently calling. According to media rights organisations, six journalists have been detained in South Sudan as a result of … Read more
At least 72 civilians had been killed over a seven-week length in a single county in South Sudan, with some beheaded and others burned alive, as interethnic violence roils the oil-wealthy region, the United Nations stated on Monday. The bloodshed between February 17 and April 7 in Leer county in Unity state reportedly pressured forty,000 … Read more
JUBA – When Tunda Henry’s family fled South Sudan’s brutal civil war five years ago, they vowed to return after the upheaval. But as the young nation’s shaky peace process struggles to make progress, he fears that day may never come. Tuesday will mark two years since President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar … Read more
