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South Sudan: Media Invitation to the Launching of the “Ride for Peace. Ride for Safety” Campaign
African Press Organization
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March 27, 2018
The South Sudan Boda Boda Association (SSBA) and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) cordially invite you to a public event, “Ride for Peace, Ride for Safety” When: Wednesday, 28 March 2018 at 9:30 a.m. Where: Open field at the...
WHO donates Information Communication and Technology equipment to improve the availability of good quality data at all levels in South Sudan
African Press Organization
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August 16, 2019
With funding from Gavi, the Vaccine alliance, WHO donated Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) equipment this week (Wednesday, 14 August) to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of South Sudan. The ICT equipment will support the...
Việt Nam’s first peacekeeping engineering unit gets to work in Abyei
Vietnam News
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June 27, 2022
VIETNAM, June 27 - Soldiers of Việt Nam's Engineering Unit Rotation 1. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 quickly set to work at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) immediately after its 184 members fully...
Digital public technology can help drive sustainable development progress
The Brookings Institution
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June 15, 2022
Digital technology is receiving growing attention in international dialogues on global prosperity and stability. In August 2021, the G-20 digital ministers identified ways digitalization can enhance the ability of the economy and government to...
African Development Bank approves USD 24.7 million for Water and Sanitation Development in South Sudan
African Press Organization
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June 25, 2019
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on June 20, 2019, approved a proposal to commit $24.7 million to finance the South Sudan Strategic Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project. The Strategic Water Supply...
UNMISS repairs 2500kms of roads to encourage economic growth and peace in South Sudan
African Press Organization
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June 13, 2019
Download logo Engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have repaired more than 2500 kilometers of roads to support economic growth and rapprochement so the conflict-affected country can build a peaceful and more prosperous...
First Vice President of South Sudan H.E. Taban Deng Gai Calls for More Cooperation with Russia
African Press Organization
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June 8, 2019
The First President of the Republic of South Sudan, H.E. Taban Deng Gai, is leading this week a South Sudanese delegation to the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, where he talked about investment opportunities and the need for a...
First Vietnamese military engineering unit experienced, capable of UN peacekeeping duties: Official
Vietnam News
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April 26, 2022
VIETNAM, April 26 - Officers of the Military Engineering Unit No.1 and the Level-2 Field Hospital No.4 who will soon depart for UN Peacekeeping Mission paid tributes to the late President Hồ Chí Minh at the mausoleum in Hà Nội on April 21, 2022. —...
Vietnamese military engineering unit, field hospital deployed on UN peacekeeping mission
Vietnam News
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April 27, 2022
VIETNAM, April 27 - President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (centre) with the officers and men deploying for UN peacekeeping duties in Abyei and South Sudan. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất HÀ NỘI — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Wednesday attended the deployment...
South Sudanese demand for a Federal Constitution may be an Answer to the Crisis
EIN Presswire
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February 4, 2018
NAIROBI, KENYA, February 4, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- By Aldo Ajou Deng-Akuey Constitution, as an English word, has several meanings, but, in this particular article, we mean "the fundamental, organic law or principles of government of 'human...
Revision of the Implementation Plan for the International Peace Cooperation Assignments in South Sudan
African Press Organization
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May 17, 2019
Download logo 1. Japan has dispatched Headquarters staff personnel since November 2011 and Ground Self Defense Force engineering unit to UNMISS (United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan) from January 2012 to May 2017. Japan continues...
International Organization for Migration (IOM), World Food Programme (WFP) Conduct First Beneficiary Data Exchange In South Sudan
African Press Organization
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June 27, 2019
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) recently completed the first functional data exchange between their own beneficiary management systems to provide updated information on tens of...
African Energy Chamber and Oil Industry Investors Welcome South Sudan Investment Drive in South Africa
African Press Organization
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April 21, 2019
South African and African private sector participants have an amazing opportunity to invest in South Sudans’ peace and make huge profits. This week the African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org) will join Hon. Nhial Deng Nhial, Minister of...
The Damascus-SDF agreement two months on: Fragile progress or delayed collapse?
Middle East Institute
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May 9, 2025
On March 10, 2025, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the president of Syria, and Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), signed a historic agreement, ending a long-running divide between Damascus and the Democratic Autonomous...
UK aid helps stop 750 pieces of illegal ivory being smuggled from South Sudan into Uganda
African Press Organization
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February 12, 2019
Download logo Thanks to scanners funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), the Ugandan Revenue Authority has made one of the largest seizures of wildlife contraband the country has ever seen. Customs officers in the Northern...
South Sudan “Open for Business” as First International Law Firm Enters Juba
African Press Organization
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April 18, 2017
Pan-African law group Centurion (www.CenturionLawFirm.com) and South Sudanese firm Awatkeer enter strategic alliance Centurion is the first international law firm to establish a presence in Juba, plans to begin work with Awatkeer serving...
South Sudan: New Spate of Ethnic Killings
African Press Organization
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April 14, 2017
Government soldiers and allied militias deliberately killed at least 16 civilians in South Sudan’s western town of Wau on April 10, 2017, in what appears to be an act of collective punishment, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks were...
South Sudan marks sixth anniversary of UNESCO World Radio Day
African Press Organization
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February 15, 2017
South Sudan radio stations and media stake holders, joined the rest of the world to mark the World Radio Day (WRD) on 13th February 2017. The main event took place at Midean Rainbow football grounds in Juba with a live broadcasting decentralised...
Minister for Africa calls for promises of peace in South Sudan to be put into action
African Press Organization
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September 26, 2018
Download logo Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin has called for the international community to work together to ensure that South Sudan’s peace agreement leads to genuine change for the people of South Sudan. At the UN General Assembly in New...
Top British official visits South Sudan
African Press Organization
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April 6, 2018
Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Secretary of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), visited South Sudan on 5-6 April to see how UKAid is saving lives in one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. This was the first time that...