News South Sudan Travel: South Sudan's Machar wants house arrest lifted
He resides in Sudan at present but cannot travel to the other IGAD nations — South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Ethiopia. Machar also said the terms of his house arrest must be ...
News South Sudan Travel: African Union warns travel curbs would hurt DRC's Ebola response
Combined, the two provinces border Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan. "We want to be sure that the international ... no country should close its borders or place any restrictions on travel or trade ...
News South Sudan Travel: South Sudan readying for Ebola
With the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo now an international emergency, neighboring South Sudan and its war-weakened health system is a major concern, especially after one case was confirmed near its border. Health experts say there is an urgent need to increase prevention efforts.
News South Sudan Travel: Human Rights Watch urges Sudan to end internet shutdown
Human Rights Watch has said that the ongoing internet shutdown in Sudan is a gross violation of human rights and should be lifted immediately. Disruptions to access escalated over the past week and the country is now almost entirely cut off from the internet. DW's Jane Nyingi spoke to Jehanne Henry from HRW about the current human rights situation in the country.
News South Sudan Travel: DFA restricts travel to Sudan
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), yesterday urged Filipinos not to travel to Sudan, after the third highest crisis alert level was raised due to violence and unrest in the African country as protesters call for civilian rule following the ouster of its former president Omar al-Bashir. Last June 7, the DFA…
News South Sudan Travel: South Sudan: ICRC facilitates release of 15 detainees
Juba/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the release of 15 persons detained in relation to the conflict in South Sudan. The operation ... and make sure ...
News South Sudan Travel: Banking refugees in Uganda
“Family members travel to find work and send money home to support their ... had been there for some time – 20 or 25 years in some cases. Refugees from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
News South Sudan Travel: Simon Calder at 25: The most impressive travel enablers
How’s this for landing a great job in travel? Aged 23, Charlie travelled as a passenger on a Dragoman overland adventure trip from Cairo to Johannesburg, via Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, ...
News South Sudan Travel: South Sudan: Is the Peace Deal in South Sudan Holding?
Progress in South Sudan should thus be measured by the extent ... Despite regional pronouncements to the contrary, Machar has not been able to travel in the region since his arrival in Khartoum ...
News South Sudan Travel: Pope says he may add South Sudan leg onto Africa trip
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis says he may add a South Sudan leg onto his Africa trip in September if conditions there are "mature." Francis told a visiting nun from Juba on Friday he wants to go to ...
