The body that monitors South Sudan’s cease-fire agreement says the latest deadly violence between two opposition factions in Upper Nile and Unity states threatens fragile peace
The international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Sudan has condemned the killing of three of its staff in the recent inter-communal violence in the Kreinik locality of West Darfur State; A group of church leaders in the United States and the United Kingdom as well as other organizations have written an open letter to South Sudan President Salva Kiir expressing their concern about the future of the country.
A body monitoring South Sudan’s ceasefire says the recent fighting in Unity and Upper Nile States between some of the parties to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement is undermining efforts to achieve a permanent ceasefire; The High Court in Juba has sentenced a catholic priest and three others to varying prison sentences for last year's attempted assassination of Bishop Christian Carlassare of the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek; The Sudanese Security and Defense Council has ordered a deployment of additional troops in West Darfur State to maintain law and order and prevent further inter-communal fighting in Kerenik and Al Genena.
200 people are reported killed and tens of thousands displaced in inter-communal clashes between Arab nomads and local farmers in Kreinik locality of West Darfur State over the weekend; The Norwegian Refugee Council in Sudan is calling on parties involved in renewed violence in Kreinik town of West Darfur to restrain from harming civilians and allow safe and free passage for civilians fleeing the ongoing violence; Authorities in Jonglei State's Nyirol County say at least seven people were killed and four others injured during a cattle raid in the area over the weekend; Some South Sudanese are adding their voices in paying tribute to the late Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and praising the role he played during southern Sudan's struggle for liberation; On World Malaria Day, the health ministry and World Health Organization officials in South Sudan are rolling out the RTSS anti-malaria vaccine in a bid to save millions from the killer disease
Authorities in the Abyei Special Administrative Area say thousands of people displaced from their homes by recent inter-communal violence are in dire need of humanitarian assistance; Some residents of the Sudanese capital Khartoum have welcomed a decision taken by Khartoum State authorities to regulate the use of motorbikes in a bid to combat crimes including theft in the city.