These countries require a 6-month passport validity for travellers

The rules are in place so that foreign travellers do not stay beyond the period specified on their visas, unintentionally due to sudden passport expiration. Sudden expiration results in unnecessary complications if they get stranded in a foreign...

Sudan’s War Is the Shape of Things to Come

On September 12, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States announced a joint road map for ending Sudan’s devastating two-and-a-half-year civil war. The announcement, on its own terms, was a breakthrough. Soon after its...

Irish Loreto Sister Recognized with Honorary Doctorate for Transforming Girls’ Lives in South Sudan amid War, Famine

Fr. Sheridan described the Irish Catholic Sister who serves as Director of the Loreto Mission as an inspiration, especially to the Irish University’s community, saying, “Sr. Orla…you are the best of us. You are an inspiration to our students, an...

Deaths, disappearances and forced recruitment: refugees recount horrors of relentless war in Sudan

Suba Dafallah was selling vegetables at a market in the Sudanese city of Nyala one morning in March when he got a distressing call from his sister, saying their mother would like to speak to him. “Come quickly. There are clashes in the town,” he...

Canada Updated Travel Advisory for Citizens

Canada has updated its travel guidelines asking citizens not to travel countries like Russian, North Korea, Ukraine, Mali, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Mali, Haiti, Sudan, Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Yemen, Niger, Somalia, South, Sudan,...

Parliament: Defense Minister’s travel defers veterans’ welfare briefing.

Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 21 hours ago General Chol Thon Balok, the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs - Photo credit: Office of the President JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – A parliamentary briefing on veterans’ welfare was deferred...

News The Guardian ‘I feel broken’: hardship bites for thousands of South Sudanese stranded and unable to get home

Thousands of South Sudanese people who returned to the country from war-torn Sudan are stuck in a border town because aid cuts have halted their journeys home. Since the war in Sudan broke out in April 2023, more than 800,000 South Sudanese who...

‘I feel broken’: hardship bites for thousands of South Sudanese stranded and unable to get home

Thousands of South Sudanese people who returned to the country from war-torn Sudan are stuck in a border town because aid cuts have halted their journeys home. Since the war in Sudan broke out in April 2023, more than 800,000 South Sudanese who...

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, makes history with second visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo - and says sexual violence 'must get under your skin' as she meets survivors of abuse

The Duchess of Edinburgh has made royal history as she visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for a second time this week. Sophie, 60, spent four days in the African country during a secret high-security trip to 'shine a light' on the...

Kyrgyzstan establishes diplomatic relations with South Sudan and the Bahamas

16:52, 26 September 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Santen MAKSATOVA 16:52, 26 September 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Santen MAKSATOVA Kyrgyzstan has expanded its diplomatic presence globally by establishing relations with two...

Sudan Nashra: Over 50 Sudanese migrants drown off Libya | AU reinstatement tops PM’s UNGA agenda | Military retakes strategic North Kordofan city, RSF drones strike Obeid | Fasher civilians killed by strikes, hunger

As dengue fever spreads rapidly across Khartoum and Gezira, straining already-limited health services, over 50 migrants from villages on Khartoum’s eastern border with Gezira drowned earlier this month when a migrant boat sank off the Libyan...

Rare primate discovery puts South Sudan on global conservation map

Author: Kenyi Evans | Published: 8 hours ago Courtesy|South Sudan’s Boma National Park| South Sudan’s Boma National Park has made global conservation headlines after scientists confirmed the first-ever record of Boutourline’s blue monkey...

Jane Street’s billionaire co-founder is unkempt Burning Man hippie with ties to African coup, office gambling: report

The reclusive billionaire co-founder of Wall Street hedge fund Jane Street is an unkempt hippie who has spent his wealth on Burning Man boondoggles, casinos and funding a coup in Africa, according to a report. Rob Granieri, who hired Sam...

UNGA latestSudan's transitional PM vows to fight on until paramilitary forces defeated

Friday, September 26 Morning: Israel, Netherlands, China, Thailand, UK, India, Mauritius, Luxembourg, Armenia, Ireland, Georgia, Japan, Italy, Nepal, Pakistan, Malta, Bhutan, Spain, Bangladesh. Afternoon: Lesotho, Greece, Cabo Verde, Bulgaria,...

South Sudan’s economic outlook

Amid soaring inflation and mounting debt, South Sudan has embarked on an ambitious journey to reshape its economic landscape with a new 10-year development plan. This strategy aims to not only address pressing humanitarian, economic, political,...

Sudan Nashra: Sudan rejects US-led Quad roadmap amid international pressure for negotiations | Cabinet source: Final points on Saudi investments in Sudan settled during Idris’s Riyadh visit | South Sudanese opposition declares transitional govt…

Prime Minister Kamel Idris’s trip to Riyadh this week was cut short by illness, but not before he secured agreement on the final points in Saudi investments in Sudan, a Cabinet Affairs Ministry source told Mada Masr. Energy and oil infrastructure...

Athens Academy student dedicates years and money to charity

When Athens Academy student Jack Ryan read “A Long Walk to Water” the summer before fifth grade, the story stuck with him. The book follows two characters in different times navigating struggles in South Sudan. The book was used to help promote...

The Silent Catastrophe: Why the global south’s humanitarian crisis demands urgent G7 attention

The author, Dominic Senayah. In the sprawling displacement camps of Sudan, where children queue for hours for a cupful of dirty water and mothers watch their babies waste away from malnutrition, a catastrophe of unprecedented scale unfolds largely...

Adrift in a Sea of Moral Equivalence: US Policy Challenges in South Sudan

Among Western nations, the United States has historically played a leading role in South Sudan’s path to independence. Over several decades, Washington invested billions of dollars in aid, development, and diplomatic initiatives. The U. supported...

How to watch Conference League 2025/26: live stream options, TV channels, free streams

Watch 2025/26 Conference League live streams to see clubs from England, Italy, Spain, France and all across the continent do battle for European silverware. Just the fifth edition of the revamped version of UEFA's third competition, English clubs...