{"id":4918,"date":"2025-05-16T07:40:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/?p=4918"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:46:14","slug":"weekly-news-16-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/weekly-news-16-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News – 16 May"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Law without order: 70% of police force not trained \u2013 Spokesperson<\/h3>\n

The National Police Spokesperson has admitted that more than 70 percent of the police force lacks professional training in basic policing, making the maintenance of order and service delivery difficult.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

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A taskforce to strengthen electoral security and ensure inclusive voting is launched in Yambio<\/h3>\n

In Yambio, a four-day workshop to strengthen electoral security, with a particular focus on preventing violence against women, has resulted in the establishment of a taskforce to implement training across all 10 counties of Western Equatoria.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

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South Sudan’s President Kiir promotes sanctioned ally as ruling party deputy<\/h3>\n

President Salva Kiir has reshuffled the senior leadership in the ruling party, promoting sanctioned ally Second Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel to deputy chairperson, amid renewed fighting and speculation over succession plans.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

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Army barrel bombs spark exodus as South Sudan peace deal crumbles<\/h3>\n

Civilians escaping government airstrikes and land offensives in South Sudan are taking refuge in makeshift shelters along rivers and crossing into camps in Ethiopia, as the country’s peace deal fully collapses.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

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2 Killed, vehicle torched in Tombura Road ambush in W. Equatoria<\/h3>\n

At least two people were killed and a truck was set ablaze during an ambush at the Nambara Bridge construction site along the Yangiri\u2013Mupoi Road in Western Equatoria State, according to police reports.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Law without order: 70% of police force not trained \u2013 Spokesperson The National Police Spokesperson has admitted that more than 70 percent of the police force lacks professional training in basic policing, making the maintenance of order and service delivery difficult. Read more A taskforce to strengthen electoral security and ensure inclusive voting is launched […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4918"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4924,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918\/revisions\/4924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}