August 10, 2012 –The politics of establishing capital cities in many countries shows complexities and sometimes acrimonious history, particularly for the countries that existed for a long time and ...
JUBA, Sudan | Some aid workers live in shipping containers in this stifling hot city, while residents on the outskirts dwell in mud huts. Trash fills the streets — most of which are unpaved — and ...
September 3, 2011 (JUBA) – The newly born Republic of South Sudan has finally resolved to relocate its national capital from Juba to Ramciel, in Lakes state of Greater Bahr el Ghazal region following ...
James W. Cousins is an Untapped Cities correspondent working in South Sudan. Please note that this piece is a retrospective written in June 2012. He blogs about his experience in South Sudan at ...
Members of South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) have expressed concern over the country’s ...
Plagued by wheelbarrow pushers, head-load sellers, cart operators, table traders, kiosk owners, and fuel dealers scattered across major streets in the heart of the capital, including busy zones such ...
JUBA, South Sudan – A delegation of South Sudan's rebels has returned to the capital after two years of exile to start implementing a peace agreement signed four months ago. Paul Kordit, the head of ...
JUBA (Reuters) - Sporadic gunfire was heard in South Sudan's capital Juba late Thursday evening and military vehicles were blocking some roads, residents and a Reuters witness said. Africa's youngest ...
People displaced following recent fighting in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, used elevated stairways as cover from the sun inside a U.N. compound on Tuesday. Photo by AFP/Getty Images The State ...