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South Sudanese community in Egypt are panicking over recent reports of the network of human organs trafficking that is targeting South Sudanese refugees, the leader of the South Sudanese Community in Cairo has said. Continue reading Panic among S. Sudanese over alleged organs trafficking in Cairo

Oil companies operating in the oil-producing states are not providing services to the local community as required by law, residents of Ruweng state have said.

Continue reading Residents in Ruweng state decry lack of services, environmental damages

The national staff of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization have resumed their country-wide strike over hardship allowance.

Last month, the staff walked out of their duty stations, citing none payment of Risk Allowance by the UN agency.

Gama Joseph, the chairman of the national staff union – says after failing to beat the seven-day deadline, the management was given another seven days to respond to the staff demand but still failed.

Gama Joseph says the strike will go on until the management meet their demands.

“We walked out on the 15^th of May and we gave the management seven days to reply to our grievances and this grievances we didn’t get any formal written reply from the management and for this reasons we served the management with an email that we did not get any reply from them that’s why today on the 3^rd of June we have walked out of the office protesting the silence of the management”.

FAO is reported to only give reimbursement to staff after one gets medical attention.

This policy has been described by the staff as slow, demanding and unreliable.

The Acting Commander of the SPLA-IO forces in Wau state says their forces have arrived at at the Busere cantonment site. Continue reading SPLA-IO forces in Wau arrive in Busere cantonment site