South Sudanese authorities must investigate assaults on journalists covering anti-United States protests this week in the capital city, Juba, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The attacks occurred on Tuesday as hundreds of South Sudanese demonstrated against a recent United States arms embargo in front of the United States embassy and United Nations mission […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged authorities in South Sudan to apprehend those behind an ambush attack last weekend on the two-car convoy of a local official that left five local journalists dead. Unidentified heavily-armed men attacked the convoy of County Commissioner Maradom James Benjamin on Sunday while it travelled in western Bahr al-Ghazal […]

The International Press institute (IPI) today condemned the murder of a South Sudanese journalist whose body was found dumped at a farm last week some three months after he was kidnapped by armed men. Six men reportedly abducted veteran journalist Isaac Vuni, former deputy director of South Sudan’s National Ministry of Information, and his brother […]

Security forces in South Sudan have harassed journalists and interfered with independent media in the four months since the outbreak of fighting between rival political forces, media officials have told the International Press Institute. Threats and harassment of the media come amid fresh reports of mass killings of civilians in a conflict that erupted in […]