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When the stumbles of others become our only entertainment; Triviality in South Sudan Digital Space
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 28, 2025
By Isaac Chol Aguer Building on the discussion of digital platforms misused for hate speech, this article explores a darker corner of online culture. In a country worn down by exhaustion, where life feels suffocatingly narrow, people now hunt for...
Duk Community elder, women urge government to address Juba youth lawlessness
Radio Tamazuj
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July 1, 2025
As South Sudan reels from the fierce gang rape of a teenage girl in Juba’s Sherikat suburb, community elders are raising an alarm over escalating youth-related insecurity in the capital. Bol Manyang, an elder from the Duk Community in Juba, has...
OPEN LETTER TO DR. BENJAMIN BAAK DENG, THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF SOUTH SUDAN
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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June 27, 2025
By Peter Wek Ayom, Juba, South Sudan Friday, 27 June 2025 (PW) — Dear Respected Chief Justice, first and foremost, allow me to extend my warmest congratulations on your appointment as Chief Justice of the Republic of South Sudan. Your appointment...
South Sudan native Khaman Maluach has tearful reaction after Rockets select him in NBA Draft
Fox Wilmington - North Carolina
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June 27, 2025
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Phoenix Suns’ roster will look vastly different this fall. Just a few days before the 2025 NBA Draft, reports of a trade involving Kevin Durant surfaced. The deal is expected to send the two-time NBA...
South Sudan: Thousands Unite At A Peace Concert In Malakal, Calling For An End To Conflict
MENAFN
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June 26, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) UPPER NILE, South Sudan, June 26, 2025/APO Group/ -- This year has been harder than usual for communities in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, as soaring conflict has led to deaths, displacement and widespread...
South Sudan, Nigerian college sign pact to strengthen aviation sector
The City Review
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June 26, 2025
The partnership comes on the direct orders of President Salva Kiir, who mandated the Director-General of South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority, Hon. John Eliana, to seek technical support from NCAT By Emmanuel Mandella The aviation sector holds...
Russian chess icon associated to S-Sudan coup plan
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Former world chess champion and Russian dissident Garry Kasparov has been named in connection with an alleged coup attempt in South Sudan, according to a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday. The story centers on Peter Ajak, a Harvard fellow...
Sudan, South Sudan discuss revised oil export fees
Radio Tamazuj
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June 26, 2025
Recent talks between Sudan and South Sudan over revising transit and processing fees for South Sudan’s crude oil exports ended without a final agreement, officials and technical sources said. Landlocked South Sudan relies on Sudan to export its...
South Sudan’s Khaman Maluach picked 10th in NBA draft amid ban on visas from his country
TheGrio
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June 26, 2025
The Trump Administration’s current crackdown on immigration has been complicating things for the high-profile NBA draft pick Khaman Maluach. On Wednesday, June 25, the 18-year-old Duke basketball star was drafted by the Houston Rockets (and then...
Opinion | Is South Sudan’s law clear on the crime of rape?
Radio Tamazuj
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June 27, 2025
I have recently come across a disturbing video that, based on discussions I saw on social media, I can conclude many people have seen. The video shows a girl being raped. Reading comments from a number of people on the issue has compelled me to...
NBA Draft: Khaman Maluach's rise from South Sudan refugee to...
Modern Ghana
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Khaman Maluach used to dream the impossible as he walked the dusty streets of Kawempe, a disadvantaged suburb on the outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala. On Wednesday evening, that dream became a reality as the 18-year-old's name echoed through...
AfDB Report: South Sudan poverty reaches 92% amidst decline
Eye Radio
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June 26, 2025
Author: Emmanuel J. Akile | Published: 9 hours ago African Development Bank headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – A new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB) reveals that an alarming 92 per cent of South...
The Adverse Impact of Dr. Riek Machar’s Unlawful House Arrest on South Sudan
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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June 26, 2025
By Cde Dut Majokdit Nyikok, Juba, South Sudan Thursday, 26 June 2025 (PW) — On the 26th of March 2025, while in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State-Aweil, accompanying the newly appointed Minister of Local Government and law enforcement agency, Hon. Bol...
Serena Williams' $150M-worth husband Alexis Ohanian wowed by basketball prodigy Khaman Maluach's story from South Sudan to Top 10 NBA Draft pick
Sportskeeda
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June 26, 2025
Serena Williams' husband, Alexis Ohanian, congratulated South Sudan's Khaman Maluach after the 18-year-old became a Top 10 pick in this year's NBA draft. The American entrepreneur also reacted to Maluach's journey to a basketball professional,...
I know why the caged bird sings!
Amandala
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July 2, 2025
Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM The above is the recurring line from a poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar (1872-1906), called “Sympathy”! Maya Angelou used that same line as the title for her autobiography back in 1969. The poem, “Sympathy”, in my...
China a key backer of UN-centered system for peaceful development
China Daily Global
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LI MIN/CHINA DAILY The commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the United Nations this year is an apt time to reflect on the crucial role China has played in maintaining global peace and security, one of the three pillars on which the UN was...
What number will Khaman Maluach dare to wear?
Bright Side of the Sun
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July 2, 2025
I know I’m supposed to care only about basketball. About pick-and-rolls, defensive switches, and whatever fresh hell our salary cap has gotten itself into. But I don’t stop there. I love the Phoenix Suns, every sweaty, orange-tinted second of...
From escaping civil war in South Sudan to 10th pick at NBA Draft
BBC
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June 26, 2025
Born in 2006 in Rumbek, South Sudan, Maluach's family fled to neighbouring Uganda to escape conflict. Raised by his mother alongside six siblings in Kawempe, basketball only entered his life after a boda boda (motorcycle taxi) rider encouraged him...
South Sudan to embrace AI, Space Science to drive development
Eye Radio
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June 25, 2025
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 1 hour ago Key members of the South Sudan ICT delegation attended the Saint Petersburg conference on June 24, 2025. Discussions focused on leveraging tech for national development. (Photo credit: Ministry of...
Opinion | South Sudan will not be rebuilt through access politics
Radio Tamazuj
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June 26, 2025
South Sudan is not only enduring a political and economic crisis—it is suffering from a deeper crisis of political imagination. As institutions weaken and elite fragmentation intensifies, two fundamentally different approaches to national reform...