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South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny have tested positive for Covid-19. Dr Machar on Monday said that he and his wife, who is also the Defence minister, had contracted the virus after interacting with…

The Tripartite Summit of the Heads of State of Uganda, Sudan and South Sudan that took place at State House, Entebbe on the revitalized Agreement on Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan, has agreed to extend the Pre-Transitional period…

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN: President Yoweri Museveni has strongly urged political leaders in Africa to work for peace and prosperity of their people and stop wasting time on retrogressive sectarian issues like the identity of tribe or region.…

Pope Francis, in a dramatic gesture after an unprecedented retreat at the Vatican, knelt to kiss the feet of South Sudan’s previously warring leaders on Thursday as he urged them to not return to a civil war. He appealed to President Salva…

The security situation in South Sudan has significantly improved since the recently signed peace deal between the opposing parties in the country’s civil war, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, head of UN Peacekeeping (DPKO), told the Security…

President Yoweri Museveni has arrived in South Sudan Capital-Juba, ahead of the peace day celebrations following a new peace deal signed between former Vice President Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir last month to end conflict. The…

South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar returned to the capital Juba for the first time in more than two years on Wednesday to take part in a peace ceremony, an AFP reporter said. Machar, who under the terms of the peace deal is to be…