Politics

JUBA – Vice President Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel acompanied his wife, Advocate Sarah Peter Nyot, who was recently appointed as Counsel General in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, …

ADDIS ABABA — President Salva Kiir travelled to Ethiopia on Monday on a diplomatic mission, his office said. Kiir arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday evening on …

In December 2024, South Sudan was scheduled to hold elections for the first time. They would have finally given its citizens a chance to pass judgment on the Sudan People’s …

MALAKAL – Upper Nile Governor James Koang Chuol suspended the Commissioner of Maiwut County Ler Jok Thoan effective immediately, in an order dated September 3. No official reason was provided …

JUBA – President Salva Kiir removed Western Bahr el Ghazal Governor Premio Emmanuel Okello, the last remaining official nominated by the SPLM-IO party, dealing another blow to the power-sharing agreement. …

NYALA – The commander of Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo was sworn in as the head of a parallel government west of the country, on …

(JW) – The holdout SPLM-IO faction led by Oyet Nathaniel has reappointed Alfred Futuyo Karaba as Western Equatorial governor, months after President Kiir replaced him. Futuyo was fired in February …

Wun Weng in Dinka is an adage used to describe a situation where the real owner of a cow arrives at a place where the lion has thrown down his …

BANGKOK – Thailand’s prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been by the country’s Constitutional Court after following a leaked phone call with a Cambodian politician in which she sounded submissive amid …

JUBA – President Salva Kiir met a visiting Ethiopian delegation led by the country’s Special Envoy and Minister of Finance, Ahmed Shide Mohammed, to discuss deepening economic cooperation between South …