(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Russian forces launched a massive strike on assets belonging to Ukraine’s state energy group Naftogaz across the eastern, western and central parts of the country, damaging a drilling site, production facilities and a network of filling stations in a multi day barrage that has forced the suspensionContinue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan will seize fuel shipments arriving outside its official government to government import deal and cancel the licences of any company that breaches the rules, according to a government letter sent to oil marketing firms. The Ministry of Petroleum warned all oil marketing companies on 24 JuneContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Juba Electricity Distribution Company has permanently closed its Gumbo Shirkat office, directed customers to two authorised sales agents for token purchases, and announced both a planned power cut for several neighbourhoods this weekend and an extension of ongoing rationing into July 2026. The Gumbo Shirkat office operated forContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Thirteen neighbourhoods across Juba will lose power for four hours on Saturday while the electricity provider installs new transformer poles and equipment. The Juba Electric Distribution Company, known as JEDCO, said the planned interruption will run from 8:00 AM to midday on 4 July 2026. The work targetsContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Global crude prices jumped sharply on 26 June 2026 after a civilian cargo vessel came under fire while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which a large share of the world’s oil passes each day. American West Texas Intermediate crude rose more than two percentContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Fifteen years after independence, South Sudan’s oil fields have produced crude worth an estimated US$70 billion in gross value, equivalent to approximately 420 trillion South Sudanese pounds at the prevailing real market rate of 6,000 SSP to the dollar in June 2026. Yet the average income in theContinue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan is facing a drop in the volume of refined petroleum products arriving from Kenya, prompting senior officials from the Ministry of Petroleum to hold urgent talks with Kenyan pipeline investors in Juba on 5 June 2026. The meeting, chaired by the Acting Undersecretary of the MinistryContinue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan’s Court of Appeal has halted a government fuel supply agreement with Kenya, suspending an exclusive import deal that had granted Pacific Petroleum Company Limited sole rights to bring petroleum products into the country. The injunction follows a public interest petition filed by Advocates Without Borders, whichContinue Reading
(JUBA, CENTRAL EQUATORIA) – The Juba Electric Distribution Company has announced a temporary disruption in its electricity token vending system, affecting customers in the capital. The utility said the system is currently experiencing a technical error that has interrupted the issuance of electricity tokens. As a result, customers are temporarilyContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The Juba Electricity Distribution Company has announced a planned three week period of power rationing across the capital as it carries out major maintenance work at its generation plant. The company said the maintenance exercise will run from 8 June 2026 to 28 June 2026 and is intendedContinue Reading
