[ANGOP] Juba — The National Assembly Speaker Carolina Cerqueira is in Juba, capital city of South Sudan, to participate for the first time in the 13th Ordinary Session of the Plenary Assembly of the Parliamentary Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), taking place until the 1st of April.

[SSNA] There have been six generations of South Sudan who have been unlucky. These 6 generations of young people in South Sudan have been marked by civil wars, poverty, and instability. They face a future of limited educational opportunities and a lack of economic opportunities and have been pushed to the brink of despair. They have been robbed of the chance to pursue their dreams and have been forced to bear the burden of their country’s crisis.

[VOA] Juba — The shooting deaths of two drivers with the U.N.’s World Food Program in South Sudan last week underscored the country’s status as one of the deadliest for aid workers. But aid workers say help is needed now more than ever as the World Bank estimates more than 9 million people will need assistance this year.

[allAfrica] Johannesburg — South Sudan, as the world’s youngest country, faces many challenges and uncertainty in achieving peace. Shortly after gaining independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, a civil war broke out in December 2013, and again in July 2016. Citizens are still feeling the effects of these events while South Sudanese women, activists, and women-led organizations are pushing for peace and equality in their societies.

[UN News] Humanitarians have strongly condemned the latest deadly assault on aid workers in South Sudan, urging the Government to step up security and bring those responsible to justice.

[VOA] Russia’s armed forces have committed “numerous war crimes and other atrocities” since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, said a U.S. Department of State report that documents human rights practices around the world.

[UNFPA] After suffering years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband, including a denial of resources, Aluel was considering taking her own life. Then members of her community told her about the One-Stop Centre at Juba Teaching Hospital and assured her she would get the assistance she needed.

[UN News] Violence against civilians in South Sudan rose by two per cent during 2022, according to the latest annual report on Violence Affecting Civilians from the UN peacekeeping mission there, UNMISS.

[VOA] Juba — A surprise government shakeup by South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir this month has raised new concerns about the country’s stability. The opposition in Juba’s transitional unity government has called on the president to reverse the moves or risk the country’s fragile peace. Vice President Riek Machar says if Kiir does not heed the demand, his “options are open.”

[AI London] Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council today, Amnesty International thanked the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan for its update. The organisation said that it was concerned that the human rights concerns that necessitated the creation of the Commission in 2016 still persist. Crimes under international law continue to be perpetrated with impunity and the Commission remains the only independent mechanism able to collect and preserve evidence of these crimes. Amnesty International urged the Human Ri