13th August 2026
Justice

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes

Author: Koang Chang | Published: 17 hours ago

A court in Syria on Tuesday sentenced former President Bashar Assad and his younger brother, Maher Assad, to death in absentia after...

Author: Koang Chang | Published: August 11, 2026

Juba Central Prison gets 480 new beds in bid to ease overcrowding

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IDPs call for a complete reforms in security sector

The Internally displaced persons in Juba POC are calling for total reforms in the security sectors in the next transitional government of...

Traffic boss defies cabinet resolution on tinted cars

The Director-General of traffic police in the ministry of interior has defied the cabinet resolution, allowing vehicles with factory tints...

Gbudue criticized for freeing an accused

Human rights activists in Gbudue state have criticized the state governor for setting free a butcher who assaulted the Yambio town mayoress...

Traffic cops resume illegal crackdown on ‘factory tints’

The traffic police are back on the road again - harassing motorists in Juba over tinted windows despite revocation of the ban by the...

AMDISS to look into news editor’s detention

The Association for Media Development in South Sudan says it is going to engage the Media Authority on the detention of a journalist...

Blue House detains newspaper editor – Wife

The editor-in-chief of the suspended al-Watan daily Arabic newspaper Michael Christopher is being held (more…)

Editor forced to deplane, passport confiscated

The editor-in-chief of the suspended al-Watan daily Arabic newspaper is saying that he was forced to disembark from a plane at the Juba...

Norway avails $28m for governance, economic management

Norway has released $28.3 million to strengthen governance and economic management in the country. (more…)

Priesident Kiir pardons 15 prisoners without Biar & Kerubino

President Salva Kiir has pardoned and ordered the release of 15 prisoners on the occasion of the 8th independence anniversary today....

Fake certificate admissions high in public universities -MoHE

The Minister of Higher Education has voiced concerns of what appears to be a major admission scam in all the public universities across the...

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