(BOMBO) – South Sudanese students living in Uganda’s Luweero District gathered this week to mark 14 years since their homeland gained independence. The celebration, held at Janan Secondary School in Bombo, was filled with songs, prayers, speeches and emotional pledges of unity and patriotism. Although living in exile, the studentsContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Years of conflict, displacement, flooding and funding cuts have pushed South Sudan’s orphaned children into one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world. With an estimated one million children displaced, and at least 60% of them classified as orphans, thousands are facing hunger, illness,and emotional traumaContinue Reading
The prolonged delay in releasing the 2024 Senior Four (S.4) examination results has had a deeply negative impact on the future of many young South Sudanese. At a time when these students should be enrolling in universities, technical institutes or vocational training centres, they are left in limbo wasting valuableContinue Reading
(KAJO-KEJI) – The Commissioner of Kajo-Keji County, Central Equatoria State, has urged local leaders and community members to become peace ambassadors following years of conflict and instability in the region. Commissioner Wani Jackson Mule made the appeal during the closing ceremony of a five day training on peacebuilding and traumaContinue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudanese author and humanitarian Dominic Living Wawa is preparing to release his first memoir, Growing Up Without My Parents: A Former Street Boy’s Mission to Change Lives, on 30 August 2025. The book is a personal and emotional reflection on Wawa’s childhood in a conflict affected SouthContinue Reading
(GOLI) – Emmanuel Christian University (ECU) has planted more than 3,000 coffee seedlings at its Goli campus farm. The planting exercise took place over the weekend and brought together students, staff, alumni and volunteers under the leadership of the university’s top administrators. The initiative was led by Vice Chancellor DanielContinue Reading
(Juba) – South Sudan has announced a major four year education initiative worth $58 million (approximately 270.4 billion SSP at official exchange rates or 406 billion SSP on the parallel market), aimed at improving basic education for the country’s most vulnerable children, including girls, children with disabilities and those fromContinue Reading
(Juba) – MTN South Sudan has concluded its 2025 “21 Days of Y’ello Care” programme, reaching over 40,000 residents across four communities with digital services and tools. The campaign which ran from 1 to 21 June 2025 under the theme “Connecting at the Roots,” focused on improving digital access inContinue Reading
(Yei) – The Archbishop of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Elias Taban Parangi, has announced plans to publish a personal memoir tracing his journey from child soldier during South Sudan’s conflict to becoming a respected global religious leader. In a written statement shared with Access Radio, Archbishop Elias confirmed that theContinue Reading
(Juba) – The University of Juba has been ranked as the number one public university in South Sudan in the newly released AD Scientific Index 2025. Three other public universities, Upper Nile University, University of Bahr el Ghazal and John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology follow in second,Continue Reading
