Opinion | South Sudan will not be rebuilt through access politics

South Sudan is not only enduring a political and economic crisis—it is suffering from a deeper crisis of political imagination. As institutions weaken and elite fragmentation intensifies, two fundamentally different approaches to national reform are …

South Sudan: Thousands Unite At A Peace Concert In Malakal, Calling For An End To Conflict

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) UPPER NILE, South Sudan, June 26, 2025/APO Group/ -- This year has been harder than usual for communities in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, as soaring conflict has led to deaths, displacement and widespread …

AfDB Report: South Sudan poverty reaches 92% amidst decline

Author: Emmanuel J. Akile | Published: 9 hours ago African Development Bank headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – A new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB) reveals that an alarming 92 per cent of South Sudan’s …

NBA prospect from South Sudan faces visa hurdle

Rival leaders underscore Sudan's de facto partition

Addressing the nation, the commander of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the new army-backed Prime Minister painted a contrasting picture of a country that has effectively been partitioned. The RSF and the army have been at war since April …

The New Reality of Port Sudan

Across Africa, people can no longer afford the cities and neighborhoods they've long called home. OkayAfrica has developed a series exploring the housing crisis transforming African cities and communities, and what happens when basic shelter becomes a …

Chess player Kasparov named in alleged South Sudan coup plot - media

Chess player Garry Kasparov has been implicated in an alleged plot to overthrow the government of South Sudan, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the case, News.Az reports. Kasparov reportedly introduced Peter Ajak, a Harvard …

Wall Street titan who hired SBF ‘defrauded’ into spending $7M on AK-47s, grenades for South Sudan coup plot: court docs

Robert Granieri — the co-founder of trading firm Jane Street Group, which once gave jailed crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried his big break in finance — was allegedly deceived into funding a plot to purchase AK-47s, Stinger missiles, and grenades for a coup in …

Wealthy Wall Street recluse claims he was duped by Harvard fellow into funding weapons for alleged coup in South Sudan

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A wealthy Wall Street “recluse” claimed he was …

Who is Khaman Maluach, the South Sudanese player picked in the NBA draft?

“With the 10th pick of the 2025 NBA Draft, the Houston Rockets select Khaman Maluach,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced in the world’s most popular basketball league’s highly-anticipated draft night in New York. “From Rumbek, South Sudan, the NBA …