FAO, WFP warn of worsening food insecurity in South Sudan

Macroeconomic instability, conflict, and flooding are expected to worsen food insecurity in South Sudan, already at catastrophic levels for parts of the population, during the outlook period, according to a new report titled ‘Hunger Hotspots: FAO–WFP early …

Sudan named top global hunger threat zone

SUDAN – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified Sudan as one of six “hunger hotspots” globally, warning of a likely surge in hunger and famine-related deaths in the coming months. In a report released on Monday, the FAO …

Yakani: Delay in 2025/26 budget could deprive S. Sudan access to EAC programs

The activist said if S. Sudan had been an active member of the community in fulfilling its financial obligations, it would have achieved numerous benefits, including employing its citizens in community institutions By Chol Chanyong Edmund Yakani, the …

Việt Nam’s field hospital conducts medical training for UN peacekeepers in South Sudan

J. Pharoah Doss: The skeptic’s rule concerning White genocide in South Africa

The United Nations was founded in 1945 to promote international peace following the devastation of World War II. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was the UN’s first human rights treaty, and genocide was defined as “ …

WHO warns of spread of cholera from Sudan to Chad refugee camps

The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday that cholera cases in Sudan are set to rise and could spread to neighbouring countries, including Chad, which hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees from Sudan's civil war in crowded conditions. The …

Kevin Muhire “ready” for new challenge in South Sudan

Opinion| The manufactured cash crisis bleeding South Sudan

This fact is clear: South Sudan is not at war with nature. There has been no natural disaster except flooding in some parts of the country. There have been no earthquakes shaking the soil and no locusts descending upon the fields. In spite of this, the …

Billion-dollar award against South Sudan surfaces in US

(Credit: Shutterstock/osonmez2) An affiliate of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has asked a US court to enforce a billion-dollar ICSID award against South Sudan and its central bank, putting the full award into the public domain.  Register for limited …

UN distressed by situation in Sudan’s Darfur, Kordofan regions  

The deputy spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday said the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is alarmed by the situation in parts of the Darfur and Kordofan regions in Sudan, where civilians continue to …