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Kiir calls for 'belt-tightening' to cope with hardships

President Salva Kiir Mayardit has advised the citizens of South Sudan to work hard to cope with the economic hardships in the country caused by the closure of oil production. “After we shut down our oil production we are running short of fuel and other services, but we are going to st... Read more

UN short of 500m dollars for humanitarian aid in South Sudan

UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) needs an additional 500 million dollars to deliver humanitarian assistance to South Sudanese returnees and internally displaced people (IDPs). The UNOCHA coordinator for South Sudan, Lise Grande said this on Tuesday while addressing journalists in J. “We need additional 500 million US dollars in order to ... Read more

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Commodity price rise hits Juba residents

JUBA: It is the talk of the town. You hear people lament about it in homes and on radio talk shows. It dominates discussions in taxis and public gatherings. It has become part of the greeting. The talk is all about ever increasing commodity prices. Prices, especially for food, in Juba have ke... Read more

China can play the role of referee, says

“They say a week in politics is a long time. Here in South Sudan, recent weeks have felt like a very long time. We have been weighed with the heaviest of matters any state can contemplate,” information minister Benjamin Marial remarked last week. David Majur asked him to clarify on re... Read more

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