[MSF] South Sudan is currently facing one of its worst floods in recent decades. In Old Fangak, where teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are working, only mud dykes protect the town’s thousands of inhabitants from submersion.

[SNA] Portsudan — Sudan announced its readiness to convey South Sudan’s oil from the South Sudanese fields to all parts of the world via ships at Bashayer Port in Portsudan.

[SNA] Portsudan — President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, has received a written message from the President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, concerning bilateral relations and ways to support and develop them further, as well as issues of joint interest.

[VOA] Juba, South Sudan — South Sudan is making significant strides in addressing the gender gap in education by reintegrating teenage mothers into schools, experts say.

[New Times] Col. Nittin Mamgain, Sector North Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, commended the Rwandan peacekeepers deployed in the country’s Upper Nile region, Malakal. He said that the Rwandan Battalion 2 (Rwanbatt 2) played pivotal role of in ensuring the safety and security of both the logistics base and the Protection of Civilians (POC) Camp in Malakal.

[The Conversation Africa] The Nuer are a large pastoralist community living in western Ethiopia and South Sudan in east Africa. They rely on livestock keeping and have special beliefs and customs about how to live with nature. These are passed down from parents to children through the telling of stories.

[Dabanga] Port Sudan / Heglig — A high-level delegation from South Sudan arrived in Port Sudan to discuss the long-anticipated resumption of oil exports following a seven-month suspension. The delegation, who arrived earlier this week, engaged in talks with Sudanese government representatives, with both sides agreeing to host a workshop focused on restarting oil operations.

[UNHCR] UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today that South Sudan is now hosting over half a million refugees across 30 locations in the country, mainly in refugee camps in Maban, Jamjang, Wedweil, and Gorom.

[AI London] We urge states to go beyond supporting mere technical assistance and to take a comprehensive approach by extending and strengthening the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan when it comes up for renewal.

[Business Day Africa] South Sudan has officially joined the East African Community’s (EAC) Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) for engineers, a move set to enhance the cross-border mobility of professionals within the region.