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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- South Sudan has moved to dispel reports that foreigners have been given seven days to leave the country, with Juba County Caretaker Commissioner Kalisto Lado Faustino Nyigilo saying the government remains open to legally resident foreigners but wants them to stay out of small-scale retail businesses.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has pledged Kenya's support for South Sudan's preparations for its December elections while urging political leaders to pursue dialogue and consensus as Juba navigates a critical phase of its transition.

[Capital FM] NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 5 - South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrived in Nairobi for talks with President William Ruto, with his country's December elections and its potential role in supplying crude oil to Kenya's planned Lamu refinery expected to dominate the agenda.

[Daily Maverick] The African Union backs South Sudan's 26 December elections, while Cyril Ramaphosa warns that major political, security and institutional obstacles threaten credible polls.

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Tuesday reaffirmed Algeria's principled and steadfast commitment to South Sudan, pledging full solidarity with the brotherly country as it works to complete the building of its institutions.

[Dabanga] Abyei -- Community peace committees representing the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya have agreed to reopen the Amiet Common Market in Abyei region on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, after a two-week closure following deadly violence that killed at least 26 people and injured 82.

[UN News] South Sudan remains committed to holding general elections in December to conclude its transition period, the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng, told the General Assembly on Monday, calling for all sanctions, including the arms embargo to be lifted.

[Nile Post] Uganda has commenced implementation of the South Sudan-Uganda Power Interconnection Project (SUPIP) after securing UA 91.7 million, equivalent to about US$121 million, from the African Development Fund (ADF) to finance the Ugandan component of the regional electricity project.

[Agenzia Fides] Juba -- South Sudan is heading toward elections scheduled for December 22 after President Salva Kiir, on September 22, dissolved the Transitional Government of National Unity and appointed an interim executive. The move brings to an end the power-sharing arrangement established under the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS), signed in 2018 to end the civil war that broke out in 2013.

[New Times] South Sudan's President Salva Kiir dissolved the transitional unity government and appointed a caretaker administration ahead of country's first general elections due in December.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Flames return to action under the Bingu National Stadium floodlights this Friday, 25 September, in a high-stakes Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Sudan -- a fixture that could prove decisive not just for the team's continental ambitions, but for the very future of head coach Kalisto Pasuwa.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Egypt has agreed to South Sudan's planned Grand Fula Dam after reviewing technical studies on the project, Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam said, as Cairo simultaneously reiterated its objections to Ethiopia's unilateral operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

[African Arguments] South Sudan is approaching a critical moment in its political transition. Elections are scheduled for December 2026, while questions around constitutional reform, political inclusion and the faltering implementation of the 2018 peace agreementcontinue to shape debate about the country's future. As South Sudan considers what legitimate and accountable governance might look like, the experience of a group of mothers and grandmothers in its eastern borderlands offers another place to look for political

[Dabanga] At least 26 people were killed and 82 injured in deadly violence at the Amiet Common Market in the Abyei region on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, prompting strong condemnation from the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

[UN News] The already dire hunger crisis in South Sudan is becoming increasingly critical as violence, extreme weather and dwindling aid leave millions without enough food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.

[ISS] Attention should shift to preserving the peace deal that underpins the current government and is key to averting large-scale violence.

[UN News] The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and partners have delivered lifesaving assistance to families in conflict-affected communities in South Sudan's Jonglei state, many of whom had gone months without humanitarian support.

[UN News] Independent human rights investigators voiced deep concern over growing risks to both civilians and South Sudan's political transition following their latest fact-finding mission to the world's youngest nation - their 14th in a decade.

[The New Humanitarian] "I don't understand why we get this blowback for helping people on the cusp of starving to death."

[UN News] At the end of a history-laden path winding through palm trees and scattered ruins - remnants of once-vibrant villages destroyed by cattle raids - lies a rare sight in this dry part of Terekeka County in South Sudan: a sparkling, fresh water source.

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