Govt, CSOs meet to finalize women’s rights progress report
The Ministry of Gender, Child, and Social Welfare, in partnership with the Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace, and Justice (CIGPJ), is in the final stages of preparing its official report on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The report focuses on South Sudan’s progress in implementing CEDAW, an […]
Gov’t orders crackdown on illegal checkpoints along Juba–Nimule highway
The government has re-ordered the removal of illegal checkpoints and unauthorized tax collections along the Juba–Nimule highway, South Sudan’s busiest trade corridor, in a renewed push to protect truck drivers and streamline cross-border trade. The directive came Wednesday during a joint inspection led by the Commissioner General of the South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA), Simon […]
Gov’t halts Nairobi Tumaini Initiative to address internal peace challenges
The government has announced its decision to pause the Nairobi peace talks, known as the Tumaini Initiative, to prioritize resolving internal peace hurdles stemming from the 2018 revitalized agreement. Speaking to the media on Saturday, government spokesperson Michael Makuei highlighted that internal divisions within the main opposition, a key signatory of the peace agreement, are […]
