Tag: South Sudan

A drowning town: are Bentiu’s dykes high enough to save it from disaster?

Surrounded by towering mud ramparts, the 300,000 residents of Bentiu in South Sudan will…

Mark Townsend Mark Townsend

Pope Francis in South Sudan: The Catholic pilgrims who walked nine days to Juba

A group of about 60 Catholic pilgrims are recovering after spending nine…

Mercy Juma Mercy Juma

This ex Sudanese child soldier was inspired by P. Diddy to become a successful hip-hop artist

Emmanuel Jal doesn’t know how old he is. He tells people he’s 38.…

Catherine Clifford Catherine Clifford

I needed to do something like that in my own country – Mastermind of South Sudan’s first comedy festival 

Since 2018, South Sudanese comedian Akau Jambo dreamt about his country hosting…

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Salaam: What it’s like to be a refugee

“In 2010 I asked my mother for a computer and she looked…

Akorfa Searyoh Akorfa Searyoh

Tributes paid to Alfred Taban, legendary South Sudan journalist

"A beacon of journalism through the civil war", "a voice for the…

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