Thursday 24 January 2013 January 23, 2013 (JUBA)- An official from South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state on Wednesday expressed concerns about the increasing level of violence in neighbouring Lake state, urging its authorities and pastoral communities to (...)
Saturday 21 September 2013 September 18, 2013 (WAU) - South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir on Wednesday commissioned the demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) of 290 ex-combatants.
The launch in Mapel, a strategic area in Western Bahr el Ghazal (...)
Friday 3 August 2012 August 2, 2012 (JUBA)- South Sudan on Thursday said it planned to build its first ever modern football stadium in the Lakes state capital, Rumbek. South Sudan football team play Tusker in Juba, July 2011 (AP)
The government made the (...)
Thursday 24 January 2013 Humanitarian Bulletin South Sudan
14-20 January 2013
Highlights Inter-communal violence in Lakes State causes temporary displacement Some 1,500 displaced individuals to return to Abyei from Western Bahr el Ghazal State. Aid (...)
Tuesday 15 January 2013 Press statement - SIHA network
15th January 2013
On 6th January, Rabha Elis Bandas Bilal was arrested and detained by plain clothed security personnel at the Wau Criminal Investigation section. This followed a statement that she made (...)
Thursday 20 June 2013 June 18, 2013 (WAU) - A special court in Wau handling the cases of those charged with involvement in violence last December sentenced three members of the Western Bahr el Ghazal state parliament to two years imprisonment on Monday. (...)
Thursday 13 March 2014 March 12, 2014 (JUBA) – Wau university students in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal on Wednesday gave United Nations mission officials a 72-hour ultimatum to vacate the region or risk facing a demonstration in protest against their (...)
Wednesday 11 September 2013 September 10, 2013 (AGOK) - The governor of South Sudan’s border state of Western Bahr el Ghazal, Rizik Zachariah Hassan, unexpectedly sacked the mayor Wau town on Monday. Governor of W. Bahr el Ghazal Rizik Zachariah Hassan speaking in (...)
Sunday 1 September 2013 August 31, 2013 (WAU) - The governor of South Sudan’s border State of Western Bahr el Ghazal has dissolved his entire cabinet following his return from the country’s capital Juba where he held consultative meeting with president Salva (...)
Thursday 3 January 2013 January 2, 2013 (WAU/JUBA) - The South Sudanese border state of Western Bahr el Ghazal on Wednesday accused the army of neighbouring Sudan of carrying out air and ground attacks against Raja County, overrunning a military base and (...)
Who was behind the killing of civilians in Bor?2014-04-22 06:50:43 By Peter Gai Manyuon
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death", from unknown author. (...)
Embracing victimhood to celebrate victimisation2014-04-22 06:28:12 By Juliana Bol
April 21, 2014 - It was a bit disturbing to hear news of our citizens in the IDP camps (where they are seeking protection and shelter) celebrating the recapture of Bentiu -in (...)
SDFG mourn the loss of a Sudanese activist2014-04-20 09:02:39 The Sudan Democracy First Group mourns the loss of Osman Hummaida, a towering figure of the human rights movement in Sudan, and a tireless campaigner for democracy and peace in the country. Osman (...)
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Who was behind the killing of civilians in Bor? 2014-04-22 06:50:43 By Peter Gai Manyuon "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death", from unknown author. (...)
Embracing victimhood to celebrate victimisation 2014-04-22 06:28:12 By Juliana Bol April 21, 2014 - It was a bit disturbing to hear news of our citizens in the IDP camps (where they are seeking protection and shelter) celebrating the recapture of Bentiu -in (...)
South Sudan: Revenge Killings is not the basis for building a modern nation 2014-04-21 05:39:31 By Steve Paterno April 20, 2014 - The theme of this article develops as a result of my extensive research and writings on a culture of revenge killings among South Sudanese communities, (...)
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