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In South Sudan youth are defined as anyone between 18-40 years old.
According to the 2008 housing and population census nearly 70 percent of the entire population come into this category.
- Monday 20 May 2013
May 19, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Renowned Eritrean activist Meron Estefanos has told an international conference in Oslo that of all the atrocities taking place in the repressive Red Sea nation, the plight of its youth is the most harrowing. (...)
- Monday 5 November 2012
November 5, 2012 (JUBA) - An explosion in Warrap State has killed three children leaving another in critical condition after sustaining multiple injuries, local authorities told Sudan Tribune on Sunday.
The blast was believed to have (...)
- Wednesday 19 December 2012
December 18, 2012 (WAU) - A local youth leader from South Sudan’s Twic County in Warrap State has been cleared of sabotage by county authorities in November, youth groups and relative told Sudan Tribune on Friday. Warrap State in red. (...)
- Wednesday 1 May 2013
April 30, 2013 (JUBA) - Kajo Keji County commissioner, Ben Yengi, is reported to have ignored an order from the Central Equatoria government and gone ahead with his marriage to a school girl who is reported to be under the legal age. (...)
- Friday 14 September 2012
September 13, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Anti-narcotics authorities in Sudan rang the alarm bell on Tuesday over what an official described as the “insane” increases in the domestic rate of illicit drugs intake especially among young segments of (...)
- Saturday 18 June 2011
By Amoko Robert
June 17, 2011 (JUBA) - The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare in South Sudan, Agnes Kwaje Lasuba, said Thursday that education was the regional governments first priority for children in Southern Sudan as it (...)
- Friday 6 January 2012
January 5, 2012 (JUBA) - The annual internal report by South Sudan’s ministry of general education and instruction released on Thursday indicated an increase in enrolment at all educational levels since its establishment as educational (...)
- Friday 15 February 2013
February 14, 2013 (BOR) - The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) announced on Thursday at a ceremony in Jonglei state that it will sponsor 40 South Sudanese students through secondary school in 2013. The principal of Malek Academy addressing (...)
- Thursday 28 February 2013
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
February 26, 2013 (BENTIU) - Unity state’s minister for gender, child welfare and social development, Lubna Abdelgani, said Tuesday that the issue of girl’s being forced to marry before they are of a mature age (...)
- Monday 14 January 2013
January 14, 2013 (WAU) - The leader of the youth wing of South Sudan’s governing Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the border state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal was arrested on Sunday night, according to youth members and (...)
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