1,000 Pound banknote for South Sudan
11 February 2021 This week South Sudan’s Central Bank introduced a 1,000 Pound banknote in a move to ease transactions. The Central Bank governor Dier Tong, introduced the new…
UN: 1 in 4 children live in country of conflict or disaster
10 July 2018|26 Shawaal 1439|Arab News A quarter of the world’s children — about 535 million — are living in a country affected by conflict or disaster, the head of…
South Sudan sees a rise in recruitment of child soldiers
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 13 February 2018| 27 Jumadul Ula 1439 John was taken when he was 15 years old. He is one of 700 children who were forcibly recruited…
More than two million new refugees this year – UN
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 03 October 2017| 12 Muharram 1439 Conflicts, violence and persecution in Myanmar, South Sudan, Syria and elsewhere have forced more than two million people to flee…
Aid workers warn of ‘devastating’ cholera outbreak in famine gripped South Sudan
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 03 July 2017| 08 Shawaal 1438 Doctors, aid workers and officials in South Sudan are warning of a “devastating” outbreak of cholera that could kill thousands…
Concern mounts as starvation stalks Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 12 April 2017| 14 Rajab 1438 Appeal made for $4bn as mix of drought and conflict threatens 20 million The risk of mass starvation in four…
Concern mounts as aid workers kidnapped in famine-hit South Sudan
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 14 March 2017| 15 Jumadul Aakhir 1438 US charity Samaritan’s Purse says South Sudanese staffers detained by ‘armed personnel’ in country’s north. Aid workers employed by…
South Sudan famine: Families eat water lilies to survive
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 28 February 2017| 01 Jumadul Aakhir 1438 Families caught up in famine hide from marauding gunmen in swamps; survive on little more than lilies. Thousands of…