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The Digital Mob: How Hate Speech is tearing South Sudanese apart, Online
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 26, 2025
By Isaac Chol Aguer “The internet gives voice to the voiceless — and unfortunately, also to the brainless.” Last week on 18th June the world marks the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, the United Nations warns that biased algorithms...
Intelsat Partners With Forest Whitaker NGO to Connect Learning Centers in South Sudan and Uganda
Via Satellite
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June 25, 2025
Intelsat is upgrading connectivity at 10 Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative sites in South Sudan and Uganda to support education. Photo: WPDI Intelsat is deploying high-speed internet to a number of community centers in South Sudan and...
Who is Khaman Maluach, the South Sudanese player picked in the NBA draft?
Al Jazeera
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June 26, 2025
“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,...
Russia prepares to open embassy in South Sudan, says diplomat
Eye Radio
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June 25, 2025
Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 4 hours ago Chol Tong Mayay, South Sudan Ambassador to Russia|Courtesy Moscow is preparing to open its embassy in the Republic of South Sudan, according to South Sudan’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation. Chol...
NCAT To Strengthen South Sudan Aviation, Signs MoU
Daily Independent
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June 25, 2025
1 LAGOS – The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCT), Zaria has set to enhance the South Sudan Aviation by developing human capacity for the East African country. A statement on Wednesday by Dr. Jude Amadi, the Director of Public Relations,...
South Sudan to host East African Scientific Conference next week
Radio Tamazuj
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June 20, 2025
The national health ministry on Friday announced that it is set to host the 10th East African Scientific Conference, which aims at promoting scientific collaboration and knowledge exchange among East African countries from 25 to 27 June in Juba....
Supreme Court rules Trump can rapidly deport immigrants to Libya, South Sudan and other countries they aren’t from
The Conversation
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June 24, 2025
For the past several months, the Trump administration has been trying to deport immigrants to countries they are not from – despite an April 2025 federal ruling that had blocked the White House from doing so. A divided Supreme Court decided on...
South Sudan seeks digital future at St. Petersburg economic forum
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 20, 2025
By Alan Clement and Nakwam Rose A high-level delegation from South Sudan is participating in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Russia, held from June 18 to 21, 2025. The delegation aims to leverage the global platform to...
Trump can send deportees to South Sudan and other third-party countries, Supreme Court says
The Independent
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June 23, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
KALW Almanac - Wednesday July 9, 2025
KALW - California
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Today is Wednesday, the 9th of July of 2025 July 9 is the 190th day of the year 175 days remain until the end of the year. 75 days until autumn begins Sunrise at 5:56:19 am and sunset will be at 8:33:45 pm. We will have 14 hours and 37 minutes of...
Juba hosts 10th EAC scientific conference, leaders call for innovation in health sector
Eye Radio
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June 25, 2025
Author: Madrama James | Published: 4 hours ago Participants at the 10th East African Scientific Conference, which launched in Juba on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Credit: Moses Awan/Eye Radio) JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – Juba is making history...
Juba hosts the inaugural 10th East African Health and Scientific Conference
The City Review
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June 26, 2025
By Binia Elizabeth For the first time, Juba hosted the tenth edition of the East African Health and Scientific Conference (EAHSC), a regional conference that strengthens cooperation in health and enhances the EAC ideals of free movement of people,...
AI Blind Spot: Local languages fuel hate speech in South Sudan
Eye Radio
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June 20, 2025
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 6 hours ago Eva Yayi Mawa, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Go Girl ICT Initiative - Courtesy JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – In an increasingly digital world, artificial intelligence (AI) systems are...
Peace building a shared responsibility, says undersecretary Pia Philip
Eye Radio
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July 8, 2025
Author: Madrama James | Published: 3 hours ago Hon. Pia Philip Michael, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Peace Building, participating in a roundtable discussion with Eye Radio on the eve of International Peace Day, Friday, September 20, 2024. -...
South Sudan, CNPC strengthen partnership to increase oil output
Eye Radio
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June 16, 2025
Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 9 minutes ago Oil pipeline in Paloch, Upper Nile State - photo: Courtesy The Ministry of Petroleum is planning to increase oil production in South Sudan by strengthening its cooperation with the China National...
Watchdog calls for global help to avert famine in South Sudan
Eye Radio
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June 20, 2025
Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 5 hours ago Women line up at relief food distribution center in GPAA. (Photo: Care South Sudan). A Human Rights Watch activist has warned that South Sudan is on the brink of a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe as...
MTN Opens Digital Hub in South Sudan IDP Camp
News Ghana
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June 21, 2025
MTN South Sudan has established a technology center at Juba’s Mangateen camp for displaced persons, providing internet access, computers and solar power to underserved residents. The initiative forms part of the company’s annual #21DaysOfYelloCare...
South Sudan and China deepen technical cooperation in oil sector
The City Review
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June 16, 2025
Chinese oil company CNPC reaffirmed its dedication to South Sudan’s petroleum sector and expressed readiness to deploy both resources and modern technology in alignment with the country’s development goals. By Aguok Chok China has long played a...
Moscow enhances transport relations with three African countries
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia has reached new agreements with Djibouti, Egypt, and Morocco to enhance bilateral cooperation in the transport sector, the Russian Ministry of Transport announced on Monday. The focus will be on developing regulations and...
Why Africa must step up following USAID withdrawal
Thred
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July 9, 2025
While curtains never truly ‘fall’, there are flagging budget cuts, evolving US foreign policy objectives, and a rising tide of domestic investment that are all signaling a slow but inevitable decline. For Africa, it is the end of an era. But it...