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• Kiir gets vaccinated against dreaded disease
  President Salva Kiir has been vaccinated against the coronavirus. He received the first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine at his residence in Juba Tuesday afternoon. The President was vaccinated by a team of South Sudanese health practitioners. Two medical staff helped inject him on the left arm. The Minister of Presidential Affairs, Dr. Barnaba Marial, […]
• Compaoré to be charged over Sankara murder
  Blaise Compaore, the former president of Burkina Faso, is to stand trial for the murder of Thomas Sankara, the man who he ousted in 1987, a military tribunal has announced. Mr Compaore was forced into exile in 2014 after he attempted to change the law to extend his rule. A warrant for his arrest was […]
• C-in-C demands to know why his soldiers are abandoning camps
  President Salva Kiir has instructed the newly appointed army chief to find out why soldiers are deserting the military camps. Santino Deng Wol, who was the former SSPDF deputy chief of defense forces for administration and finance took oath of office on Monday. He replaced Johnson Juma Okot on Saturday as the new chief of […]
• Dr Marial told to fix president’s office
  The first vice president has urged the newly appointed presidential affairs minister to fix mistakes he said have led to the firing of his predecessors. Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin was on Monday sworn in at the state house, J1, along with chief of the defense forces, the director of External Bureau at the National Security […]
• EU concerned over suppression of peaceful protests in Juba
  The European Union has expressed concerns over what it called “unnecessary and disproportionate” force used to suppress peaceful protests that took place last month at Mobil roundabout in Juba. On March 30, some young people took to the streets to demonstrate against the killing of singer Trisha Cee and called for urgent reforms within the […]