[HRW] Nairobi — Parliament Should Strengthen Oversight, Further Limit Broad, Unqualified Powers

[UNFPA] Malakal, South Sudan — “My neighbour Rose* travelled with me to Renk, but her three daughters stayed behind in Khartoum. Later she learned they had been gang raped,” said Martha.*

[IPS] United Nations — In times of crisis, education is an essential component of humanitarian intervention packages, South Sudan’s Minister of General Education and Instruction Awut Deng Acuil told IPS in an exclusive interview.

[DW] Water from floods that destroyed entire villages and displaced thousands still remains — and plans to drain it have stalled. There is no hope that villagers will soon return to their submerged homes.

[ENA] Addis Ababa — Sudanese Refugees who are sheltered in Metema woreda of West Gondar Zone expressed gratitude to the government of Ethiopia for rescuing their lives from hardship and death by opening its border with good hospitality.

[DW] The war in Sudan has forced thousands of South Sudanese, who had fled the conflict in their own country, to return home. They have settled in camps for the internally displaced that already lacked basic supplies.

[allAfrica] Cape Town — Three new cardinals from the continent have been named by Pope Francis – Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin of Juba in South Sudan, and Archbishop Protase Rugambwa , the former Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization , who was appointed the Coadjutor Archbishop for Tanzania’s Tabora Archdiocese on April 13, and South Africa’s Archbishop Stephen Brislin.

[ISS] To protect oil revenue and avoid disrupting its faltering peace process, South Sudan must remain neutral on Sudan’s war.

[DW] After decades of struggle, South Sudan declared independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. In the past 12 years, the country has experienced some achievements but still faces formidable obstacles.

[AI London] Sudan’s bordering countries must immediately lift entry restrictions for individuals fleeing the conflict in the country and ensure access to protection and safety for about half a million people who have already fled, Amnesty International said today.