[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala — Police in Uganda revealed that the 13 Ugandans who were allegedly abducted by the South Sudanese authorities in Koch sub-county Yumbe district, in retaliation, towards the arrest of Ernesto Tumia a South Sudanese Chief of Bori Boma, for fueling land conflicts have been released and handed over to Uganda authorities.

[UN News] President Salva Kiir of South Sudan on Thursday appealed to the international community to push harder for peace in neighboring Sudan, where five months of conflict has displaced more than five million people and sparked a humanitarian crisis along the border between the two countries.

[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy President Paul Mashatile will on Friday, 22 September 2023, brief Members of Parliament (MPs) on the progress achieved by government in resolving land claims as part of the land reform programme.

[SSNA] South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, is currently in the United States waiting to address the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Kiir is expected to deliver his speech on or around the 21st of September 2023. What he plans to tell the world leaders is anyone’s guess. But one thing is clear: Kiir is determined to deliver a speech designed to portray himself as a leader who champions peace in his country–and who in his mind, is ready to contest in the upcoming 2024 general

[allAfrica] Harare — Members of South Sudan’s ruling party left parliament on Monday after legislators approved a measure clearing the way for long-delayed elections, accusing President Salva Kiir of breaking the peace accord, TRT Afrika reports.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday met and held discussions with the President of the Republic of South Sudan, H.E Salva Kiir at State House Entebbe.

[Nile Post] Uganda has waived visa fees for South Sudan students seeking to study in the country.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The South Sudan national team has arrived in Nairobi ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly match against Kenya’s Harambee Stars at the Moi Sports Centre Kasarani.

[spotlight] Recently, in a major feat for transparency and accountability, the North Gauteng High Court ordered that the public must have access to COVID-19 procurement contracts – details of which, until now, have been kept away from the public eye as the government cited confidentiality clauses.

[DW] Two former executives at a Swedish oil firm face accusations of complicity in war crimes in present-day South Sudan. The case is expected to be the biggest in Sweden’s history.