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Germany Closes Juba Embassy, UN Staff Flee After One Is Raped

GERMANY CLOSED EMBASSY IN JUBA

The Germany airforce completed the evacuation of about 200 people from the South Sudanese capital Juba on Wednesday including citizens of Germany, the Netherlands and other countries.[9] Check Also: America Evacuates Its Embassy Staff From South Sudan Germany has also closed its embassy in South Sudan ‘temporarily’ owing to violent conflict in the capital. According to the German foreign ministry, [7]the ...

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Uganda Loses Shs3B Daily In South Sudan Conflict

Sudan

Uganda is losing about $1 million (Shs3.3 billion) every day since war resumed in Juba,[8] the South Sudan capital last weekend. Check Also: 5 Shocking Reasons Why America’s Military Is In Big Trouble According to the traders’ leadership in Kampala,[6] this figure is a very conservative estimate, considering that it does not factor in losses inflicted on life and properties. Since ...

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Opposition MPs Walk Out On Museveni Over Besigye

Opposition

Two members of the Opposition in parliament on Tuesday stormed out of Serena Conference Centre in the middle of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni’s speech during his State of the Nation Address.[1] Check Also: Mbabazi Offers Himself As Besigye’s Lawyer Opposition MP of Makindye West Allan Ssewanyana (Democratic Party) and Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa (Forum for Democratic Change) walked out just after ...

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Meet The Mundari: The tribe dying for their cows

mundari

The Mundari: South Sudan is the world’s youngest country, and it has witnessed immense change since gaining independence in 2011. The promise of peace has given way to civil war, and tribal rifts continue to run deep, permeating political affairs. Over two million people have been displaced according to the UN, and tens of thousands killed.[1] Check Also: The World Oldest People Face A ...

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Zimbabweans show support for Robert Mugabe in ‘Million-Man March’

Zimbabweans

Several thousand Zimbabweans joined a march through Harare in support of President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday after the main opposition party staged its own rally last month.[4] Check Also: Zimbabwe: Demonstrators Held The Largest Protest Against Mugabe The marchers, many of whom were transported to the capital by bus,[9] sang songs praising Mugabe and wore T-shirts displaying his image as they ...

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