South Sudan News

South Sudanese Supermodel and former refugee Alek Wek has been appointed as the UN refugee agency's newest National Goodwill Ambassador, UNHCR reports.

A deadly shelling of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism interim headquarters in Kadugli, Sudan's Southern Kordofan state has killed one United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei peacekeeper from Ethiopia.

A Charles C. McLean Public School teacher who has made the Canadian Forces part of her classroom has been named an "Honorary UN Peacekeeper."

Tens of thousands of people have been cut off from water, food and medical care in South Sudan's Jonglei State, after fleeing violence between rebels and the government in Pibor County.

South Sudan president Salva Kiir has strongly dismissed allegations that his country supports rebels opposed to Khartoum saying the latter was using its oil pipeline to threaten the sovereignty of the new nation.

Ethiopian politicians unanimously ratified a treaty replacing 90-year-old agreements giving Egypt and Sudan control over almost all the water in the Nile.

The Panama canal is being upgraded at a cost of $5.25 billion to ensure it is capable of handling the ever-increasing size of the world's biggest cargo ships.

South Sudanese investigators say a spate of thefts from the office of President Salva Kiir could have been an inside job.

Rapid Response Fund Payment Request No. 06/2013 Funds Sent To: The Lutheran World Federation Amount Sent: USD 60,000 Date: 17th June 2013 Details of Response Emergency: Assistance to new arrivals at the Kakuma refugee camp.

The mayor of Bor town municipality, Nhial Majak Nhial, has pledged to push for a pay raise for teachers, as one way of improving the quality of education in the state.

Following is the text of a joint statement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague.

Presidents Isaias Afwerki and Field Marshal Omar Hassan Al-Beshir today held second-round talks at the State House regarding bilateral relations and regional issues.

Thousands of South Sudanese hiding out in malaria-infested swamps will die unless the government allows humanitarian aid in, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday.

Arua- Until recently, South Sudan was a promising destination for many traders - business was booming and many prospects seemed lucrative.

The local authorities at the town of Buram in South Kordofan state said today that the rebel Sudanese Peoples' Liberation Movement/North is buliding up troops in Fama area three kilometers away from the headquarters of the locality.

On Sunday, the Knesset Committee for Foreign Workers visited the halfway house facility in the Negev meant to house illegal aliens who have infiltrated into the country.

Sudan has scrapped a 30 percent profit tax on telecom operators until 2015-end, replacing it with a 2.5 percent levy on total income, the state news agency said, in a move that should help a sector hurt by the plunging value of the Sudanese pound.

The rapid growth in technology has made the world become smaller. People are keen to connect with one another digitally, but having different native languages poses a difficulty in effective interaction.

South Sudanese school children hold a poster during a march in Juba to mark the Day of the African Child.

RUSSIA QUESTIONING CLAIMS BY THE U.S. THAT THE SYRIAN REGIME USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN THE COUNTRY'S CIVIL WAR * COMMENTS COME AFTER U.S. AMB SUSAN RICE SAYS THE SYRIAN REGIME USED THE NERVE AGENT SARIN ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS * IN RESPONSE, THE OBAMA ADMIN SAID THIS WEEK IT WOULD PROVIDE SYRIAN REBELS WITH LETHAL AID IN THEIR BATTLE WITH GOVT ... (more)