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03/08/2025

🇸🇸 The Bright Starlets stood tall against Senegal and brought home BRONZE—an incredible feat on ladies debut run! 💪🏾
FT: South Sudan 66:65 Senegal

03/08/2025

The Bright Star Basketball players are spotted chilling in Spain ahead of the FIBA AfroBasket 2025. They’ll kick off their tournament campaign on August 12 in Angola.

03/08/2025

Always take a moment to hear God's word, it lights your path.

03/08/2025

How the end of Barakati’s commissionership affected his marriage
The effects of President Kiir’s latest decree are being felt beyond the political sphere. Just days after his removal as Yambio County Commissioner, Mbiko Barakati is now facing a personal crisis, his wife has reportedly filed for divorce.
“After being relieved from my position as County Commissioner the day before yesterday, my madam changed her behaviors, and today she decided to divorce me. I thank God for all what has happened, and I am very comfortable and happy that God has revealed what was hidden all along,” ex-commissioner stated.
Barakati’s political exit has activated public discussion, not just about his performance in office, but about how such sudden changes can ripple through families.
His experience tells how political power may come by decree, but its loss can shake homes.
Barakati’s case underscores the human cost behind high-level political decisions.

02/08/2025

FT: FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2025
🇸🇸 South Sudan 50🆚76 Mali 🇲🇱

02/08/2025

Breaking News:
The Director General of the Ministry of General Education and Instruction in Western Equatoria State, Mr. Peter Mbia, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen at his home in Yambio on Saturday evening.

The circumstances of the incident are still unknown, and officials have not yet issued an official statement.

Source: Amadi TV

02/08/2025

! Disqualified SSFF Presidential candidate Teng Deng confirms submission of his appeal to the Electoral Committee and urges the football community to await the final decision, expected on Monday.

01/08/2025

Team Kakuwa Power (TKP) has officially entered the Kakuwa community leadership race, launching what it describes as an inclusive campaign aimed at uniting the Kakuwa people across Greater Yei counties ahead of the August 2025 elections.

Team Kakuwa Power (TKP) has officially entered the Kakuwa community leadership race, launching what it describes as an inclusive campaign aimed at uniting the Kakuwa people across Greater Yei counties ahead of the August 2025 elections.

01/08/2025

The Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) has rubbished allegations linking its forces to an ambush that claimed the life of a Kenyan engineer along the Morobo-Kaya Road of Central Equatoria State (CES).

The blame game between the government and the main opposition group, SPLA-IO, following a deadly ambush along the Morobo–Kaya and Juba–Mundri–Maridi roads between July 30 and 31, which claimed several lives, including that of a Kenyan national.

01/08/2025

: South Sudan’s Ambassador to India, Lumumba Mekelele, has died in New Delhi following a short illness, his family confirmed in an official statement.
Ambassador Lumumba Maklele had recently undergone a successful spinal cord surgery.
However, post-surgery complications, stemming from infections in his lungs and kidneys, tragically led to his untimely passing.

31/07/2025

South Sudan’s Women’s National Basketball Team pulled off another stunning upset on Thursday, edging past Uganda 69–68 in the dying seconds to secure a spot in the semifinals of the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers.

31/07/2025

Critics in Northern Bahr el Ghazal are accusing Governor Simon Uber Mawut of wasting public funds on political ceremonies, citing that his constant tours for grassroots events come at the expense of desperately needed public services.

Critics in Northern Bahr el Ghazal are accusing Governor Simon Uber Mawut of wasting public funds on political ceremonies, citing that his constant tours for grassroots events come at the expense of desperately needed public services.