South Sudan's government on Friday announced a new oil discovery in Adar area of Upper Nile region.

Speaking to reporters after the cabinet meeting in Juba, Information Minister Michael Makuei said the minister of petroleum informed the Council of Ministers about the new petroleum discovery.

Makuei, who is also the government spokesman, said the layer of crude oil"...

President Salva Kiir has abandoned his earlier decision to close down foreign missions in some European countries, the government spokesperson has said.

Two months ago, the ministry of foreign affairs said plans were underway to close South Sudan’s embassies in France, Norway, Ghana, Kuwait, and Italy, blaming the economic crisis for it.

The spokesperson of the ministry"...

Sudan’s National Emergency Committee has called upon the Sudanese public to participate in hygiene and sanitation with the participation of the armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, especially considering the floods that have inundated parts of the country.

The public have been urged to bury the carcass waste of sheep traditionally slaughtered sacrificially during Eid El Adha, and to the waste for their houses.

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The Media Council of Kenya has awarded investigative journalist, John Allan Namu for exposing corruption in South Sudan. The announcement was made during the 8th Annual Journalism Excellence Awards – AJEA 2019 in Nairobi on Friday. The award was presented to the journalist by Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya and the African Union High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa. The media awards ceremony is an annual event organized by the Media Council of Kenya to recognize and uphold excellence and professionalism in the media industry in Kenya. The former KTN investigative journalist, John Allan Namu won the AJEA 2019 – Journalist of the Year award as well as the governance reporting award in the Television category. The investigative story – titled ‘The Profiteers’ exposed the lavish lifestyle of politicians and how they looted......

Representatives of the international community continue to express their support for peaceful transition in Sudan following the signing of on Sunday.

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The chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki, underlined on Monday, that the AU welcomed the signing by the Sudanese parties of the Constitutional Document following the approval of the"...

South Sudanese authorities are detaining six airport officials without trial since November 2018, Human Rights Watch said today.

Human Rights Watch stated in a report extended to Radio Tamazuj that the National Security Service (NSS) arrested the six individuals at various times in November on fraud allegations.

The international rights group said the six officials remain"...

The head of the traffic police department is turning the people against the government by ordering an illegal crackdown on tinted vehicles, the spokesperson of the national assembly has said. On Friday last week, the traffic police returned to the road again – harassing motorists in Juba over tinted windows despite the revocation of the ban by the cabinet recently. The traffic cops, with the help of armed security personnel, resumed the crackdown on cars with tinted windows. They say they are acting on an order by the director of traffic Police – General Kon John Akot. They charge 5,000 Pounds – which they say gives the owner the right to drive around for 6 months. One of the motorists whose vehicle was impounded this week said she was forced to pay 7,000 pounds. On 14 June, the minister of information announced that motorists using vehicles with factory tints are exempted......

The AU Special Envoy on Youth has urged the government to create conducive business environment for investors to open up employment opportunities for young people. A 2018 job assessment conducted by the UNESCO shows that majority of youth in the country are jobless. The report states that the youth – who are under the age of 29 – make up 70 percent of the country’s population. In addition, a UN agency’s Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children survey indicates that 95 percent of the secondary school level students are also young people According to Aya Chebbi, having a conducive environment will create trust and it is a guarantee for investors to invest in the country. “First, you don’t have an online access. If you don’t have access to e-commerce opportunities and single market opportunities. How is that benefiting South Sudanese?” The......