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U.S. Ambassador Launches Three-year, $7.5 Million Wildlife and Natural Resources Conservation Project

BOMA NATIONAL PARK, South Sudan—U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Tom Hushek today launched a three-year, $7.5 million U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) project implemented by the Wildlife Conservation Society to conserve wildlife, natural resources, and protected areas in South Sudan, while helping to build sustainable livelihoods and mitigate conflict in and around Boma and ...

By U.S. Embassy Juba | 19 June, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases

Trafficking in Persons Report 2019 – South Sudan

South Sudan (Tier 3) The Government of the Republic of South Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore South Sudan remained on Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, the government took some steps to address trafficking, including ...

By U.S. Embassy Juba | 19 June, 2019 | Topics: News, Official Reports

Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Juba, South Sudan (May 16, 2019)

Location: Juba Event: Unconfirmed calls for demonstrations in Juba have been reported for Thursday, May 16 starting in Freedom Square. There has been an increase in security forces throughout Juba. Road closures and impeded traffic flow could occur. U.S. Embassy personnel movements will be restricted from Wednesday evening until Friday morning Actions to Take: Avoid ...

By U.S. Embassy Juba | 14 May, 2019 | Topics: Alert

Troika Statement on South Sudan

The members of the Troika (Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States) express their appreciation of IGAD’s role in advancing the South Sudan peace process. The September 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS), represents an opportunity to build peace and stability in South Sudan. ...

By U.S. Embassy Juba | 30 April, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases

USAID Launches Partnership to Combat Crop-Threatening Fall Armyworm in South Sudan

A new partnership in South Sudan is combatting Fall Armyworm, an insect that can cause significant damage to crops, including maize and sorghum. With more than half of South Sudan’s current population—nearly 6.2 million people—in need of life-saving food assistance in January, Fall Armyworm threatens to exacerbate food insecurity that is already severe. South Sudanese ...

By U.S. Embassy Juba | 13 March, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases

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