New taskforce set to combat sexual and gender-based violence in Jonglei
UNMISS News, April 3, 2025
Significant efforts are being made to combat the sexual and gender-based violence that perseveres in plaguing mostly women and girls in South Sudan. In another bid to put an end to these harmful practices, Jonglei State has launched a taskforce set to coordinate all actions taken to tackle them. The objective of the new body is to equip relevant authorities and other stakeholders with the tools and strategies needed to prevent and respond to incidents of gender-based violence of a sexual or other nature.
AU moves to defuse South Sudan escalation
APA News, April 2, 2025
The African Union (AU) Commission said it is dispatching a high-level delegation of the AU Panel of the Wise to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to deal with escalating tension in the fragile country. In a statement issued Monday, the pan-African bloc stated that after cordial direct talks with President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the Commission, addressed the evolving political situation and the recent violence in Nasir County in the country’s Upper Nile State.
Armed youth overrun Abiemnhom county headquarters – Official
Radio Tamazuj, April 2, 2025
Armed youth from Mayom County in Unity State seized control of Abiemnhom town in the Ruweng Administrative Area on Wednesday morning following clashes, a local official said. Mario Deng Ayot, the commissioner of Abiemnhom County, told Radio Tamazuj that the armed youth from neighboring Mayom County “captured the town from the authorities” in an attack that began overnight.
The Guardian view on South Sudan: the world’s youngest nation is on the brink of a new conflict
The Guardian, March 1, 2025
The arrest of vice-president Riek Machar takes the country closer to a second civil war. After less than a decade and a half in existence, the world’s newest country, South Sudan, appears to be sliding towards a second civil war. A 2018 power-sharing deal between President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, the first vice-president, put an end to five years of fighting. But last week’s arrest of Mr Machar effectively ended that agreement, his party says.
Is South Sudan’s Fragile Peace Over?
Foreign Policy, April 2, 2025
A high-profile arrest in the world’s youngest country spark fears of a return to all-out war. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: South Sudan’s fragile peace is put in jeopardy, Zambia’s economy rebounds after the pandemic, and the continent’s first artificial intelligence factory is set to come to South Africa.
