July Forex Rates: SSP Trades at 4,606 per Dollar, Parallel Market Much Higher

July Forex Rates: SSP Trades at 4,606 per Dollar, Parallel Market Much Higher

2025-07-02

(Juba) – The Bank of South Sudan on Tuesday published its official exchange rates for 1st July 2025, setting the South Sudanese Pound (SSP) at SSP 4,606.63 per US Dollar on the selling rate, and SSP 4,470.48 per US Dollar on the buying side. According to the official rate sheetContinue Reading

Afreximbank Targets Fragile States Under New Leadership

Afreximbank Targets Fragile States Under New Leadership

2025-07-02

(Juba) – The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the appointment of Dr. George Elombi as its new President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective from September 2025. The change in leadership at the continental trade and development finance institution is expected to carry strategic implications forContinue Reading

Seventh Day Adventist Leaders Ambushed in Warrap After Church Wedding

Seventh Day Adventist Leaders Ambushed in Warrap After Church Wedding

2025-07-02

(Tonj) – A member of the Seventh day Adventist Church was shot and killed and another seriously injured, after an ambush by unidentified gunmen on Sunday evening in Warrap State’s Tonj North County, church officials confirmed. The victims were Evangelist James Mangong Akol, who died at the scene, and PastorContinue Reading

Digital Health and Tax on Harmful Products Backed in Juba

Digital Health and Tax on Harmful Products Backed in Juba

2025-07-02

(Juba) – The East African Health and Scientific Conference (EAHSC) concluded in Juba last Friday with nine resolutions aimed at improving the region’s health systems to better handle existing and emerging threats. The three day event brought together scientists, researchers, policymakers, and development partners from across the East African CommunityContinue Reading

Unsafe Water Drives Cholera Cases in Abyei Camps

Unsafe Water Drives Cholera Cases in Abyei Camps

2025-07-02

(Abyei) – A cholera outbreak in the Abyei Administrative Area is threatening to spread further unless urgent steps are taken to improve water and sanitation, according to the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Local health authorities officially declared an outbreak on 11 June 2025 after a steady riseContinue Reading

143 Abortions Reported in Juba IDP Camp This Year

143 Abortions Reported in Juba IDP Camp This Year

2025-07-02

(Juba) – Women leaders and activists in South Sudan have raised deep concerns over a growing number of unsafe abortions among girls living in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Juba, formerly known as the Protection of Civilians (PoC) site. Between January and June 2025, authorities recorded 143 casesContinue Reading