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Mixed reactions as Diamond wows Juba, seeks S.Sudan wife

Our ReporterDecember 27, 2020December 27, 2020

Mixed reactions as Diamond wows Juba, seeks S.Sudan wife Tanzania Bongo flava star Diamond Platnmuz spent Christmas in the South Sudan capital Juba rocking revellers. Diamond arrived in Juba on...

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Gen Birungi sacked as SFC chief, sent to South Sudan

Our ReporterDecember 16, 2020December 16, 2020

Maj Gen James Birungi has been fired as SFC commander and sent to South Sudan for Special assignments. First son Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has taken charge of the elite...

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Tell Kiir, Machar to hold elections, envoys ask Museveni

Our ReporterDecember 7, 2020December 7, 2020

President Museveni on Sunday met the United Kingdom Special Envoy delegation headed by special envoy H.E Robert Fairweather OBE and High Commissioner-designate H.E Kate Airey OBE. In the same meeting...

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UPDF, SSPDF chiefs meet in Gulu to settle border crisis

Our ReporterNovember 21, 2020November 22, 2020

The Defence Forces’ Chiefs of the Republic of South Sudan and Uganda have reiterated their countries’ commitment to fostering peace, security and stability in the region as they advance their...

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South Sudan army ambushed UPDF in Lamwo- Gen Byekwaso

Our ReporterNovember 2, 2020November 2, 2020

The national army has labelled as false a statement issued by South Sudan army regarding the recent border conflict. UPDF spokesperson Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso said on Sunday that what...

UPDF kills 2 South Sudan soldiers, captures another

Our ReporterOctober 30, 2020October 30, 2020

By Eye Radio The Ugandan army says they have handed over the body of two South Sudanese soldiers who were killed in a clash at a contested border town in...

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Trump to lift Sudan sanctions

Our ReporterOctober 21, 2020October 21, 2020

CAIRO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday said Sudan will be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism if it follows through on its pledge to...

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South Sudan changes currency to force hoarders release cash

Our ReporterOctober 11, 2020October 11, 2020

By Nation South Sudan’s Council of Ministers has approved a change of currency in an attempt to find hoarded cash it claims is aiding the economic decline. Information Minister Michael...

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Strange disease kills 3 in South Sudan

Our ReporterOctober 10, 2020October 10, 2020

By The East African Three people have died of a mysterious haemorrhagic fever in South Sudan’s Raja county of Western Bhar-el-Ghazal State, raising fears of an outbreak of Ebola. On...

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Juba stadium collapses near completion

Our ReporterOctober 6, 2020October 6, 2020

South Sudan's national stadium in the capital Juba has collapsed. According to reports, part of the stadium now under reconstruction carved in due to poor planning by "amateur companies that...