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[Vanguard] President Bola Tinubu has declined to receive a special envoy dispatched by South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, Vanguard can authoritatively report.

[ISS] South Sudan's fragile transition is increasingly shaped by forces beyond its borders that drive illicit arms flows into the country.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The African Development Fund has approved a 9.3-million USD grant to strengthen climate resilience, improve water security and boost food production in vulnerable communities in Ethiopia and South Sudan.

[ACNS] A fresh appeal for humanitarian aid has been issued by the Bishop of Liwolo in South Sudan. It is the second appeal made in the space of a week.

[Agenzia Fides] Juba -- At the conclusion of their annual assembly, held from July 15 to 17, 2026, the Catholic bishops of South Sudan issued an urgent appeal to address the serious challenges facing the country. Among their main concerns are the nation's mounting economic challenges, including sharp currency depreciation and skyrocketing prices of goods and services, as well as ongoing violence between armed groups and security forces, and the encroachment of Uganda People's Defence Forces into South Sudan's southern borders.

[Nile Post] Ugandans travelling to South Sudan will now pay between Shs185,000 for a single-entry visa and Shs924,000 for a six-month multiple-entry visa after Juba introduced a revised visa regime that imposes new entry charges on most African travellers.

[Independent (Kampala)] Settlement with BB Energy restores crude-backed financing access while underscoring the need for careful management of future petroleum revenues

[SNA] The Sudanese government has rejected the decision by South Sudan's National Elections Commission to designate the Abyei Administrative Area as one of the country's 102 geographical constituencies for the general elections scheduled for December 22, 2026.

[UN News] As drought risk intensifies in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state, a new UN-backed plan aims to protect thousands of people before the worst impacts take hold.

[RFI] South Sudan, the world's youngest country, on Thursday marks the 15th anniversary of its independence, following decades of war with Sudan, a 2005 peace agreement and a 2011 self-determination referendum in which almost 99 percent of voters backed statehood. But the hopes that came with it have given way to renewed conflict, economic collapse and political deadlock.

[SNA] Khartoum, July 9, 2026 (SUNA) - President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Thursday sent a congratulatory cable to his South Sudanese counterpart, President Salva Kiir Mayardit, on the anniversary of South Sudan's Independence.

[U.S. Embassy Juba] In light of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly passing amendments to the 2018 peace agreement, the Embassies of Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, as well as the EU Delegation to South Sudan, reaffirm their grave concern about actions taken without the full consensus of all the signatories. They further reaffirm that the 2018 peace agreement remains the basis for the legitimacy of the transitional

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has summoned South Sudan's diplomatic mission in Nairobi over the continued mistreatment of its citizens, citing the eight-month detention without charge of Kenyan Timothy Maina Nderi, denial of consular access, and escalating attacks on Kenyan truck drivers operating in the neighboring country.

[The Conversation Africa] South Sudan's independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close the chapter on one of Africa's longest civil wars: the north-south war that preceded it. Formally, it did. But independence did not end the deeper struggles over power, revenue and coercion inside the newly independent state.

[The Conversation Africa] When civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013, civil servants found themselves at the centre of a deep political and economic crisis.

[HRW] HRW Oral Statement - ID on OHCHR report on technical assistance in South Sudan - HRC62

[Reporter] South Sudan's transition remains unfinished, not only because of weak institutions, repeated political crises, and a lack of political will, but also because the country has yet to agree on common ground. At the heart of the problem is a deeper question: what kind of state, system of governance, and form of citizenship should define South Sudan?

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