Six journalists arrested over footage of South Sudan president wetting himself
State broadcaster’s staff held on suspicion of disseminating the clip of Salva Kiir at official event Six journalists have been detained by South Sudan security...
Category : South Sudan
Ethics row rages after South Sudan leader wets himself on live TV
Critics say President Salva Kiir is unfit to lead long-suffering nation while others decry mocking of ‘an elder’ Footage of the South Sudanese president Salva...
Starvation being used as a weapon of war in South Sudan, report reveals
International community urged to intervene as hundreds of thousands forced into refugee camps as homes and crops destroyed and aid workers attacked Starvation is being...
Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond?
A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis Global hunger toll soars...
UK Foreign Office rushed £4.2bn of aid cuts, official audit finds
Support slashed despite warnings about impact, with offices told not to discuss plans with local partners, says National Audit Office report The British government forced...
‘Take from the hungry to feed the starving’: UN faces awful dilemma
Agencies forced to cut back aid in Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Ethiopia despite growing need as funds go to Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
Looting and attacks on aid workers rise as hunger adds to unrest in South Sudan
UN says 70% of the population will struggle through the coming season as humanitarian workers are killed and supplies raided Looting of emergency food supplies...
