Wall Street titan who hired SBF ‘defrauded’ into spending $7M on AK-47s, grenades for South Sudan coup plot: court docs

Robert Granieri — the co-founder of trading firm Jane Street Group, which once gave jailed crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried his big break in finance — was allegedly deceived into funding a plot to purchase AK-47s, Stinger missiles, and grenades for a coup in …

Wealthy Wall Street recluse claims he was duped by Harvard fellow into funding weapons for alleged coup in South Sudan

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A wealthy Wall Street “recluse” claimed he was …

NBA prospect from South Sudan faces Trump visa hurdle

Intelsat Partners With Forest Whitaker NGO to Connect Learning Centers in South Sudan and Uganda

Intelsat is upgrading connectivity at 10 Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative sites in South Sudan and Uganda to support education. Photo: WPDI Intelsat is deploying high-speed internet to a number of community centers in South Sudan and Uganda …

Alarm as 92% of South Sudanese living below poverty lines-AfDB

According to the continental Bank’s report, the country’s economy has declined significantly due to a combination of factors, including declining oil exports and persistent insecurity. By The City Review A recent report by the African Development Bank has …

Duke's Khaman Maluach gets crucial South Sudan visa update for NBA Draft

Khaman Maluach was born in Rumbek, South Sudan. Long before he was a Duke star and an NBA Draft pick, Maluach spent time living with his family in Uganda, then developing his basketball career in Senegal. It's the South Sudanese roots that brought …

Who is Khaman Maluach, the South Sudanese player picked in the NBA draft?

“With the 10th pick of the 2025 NBA Draft, the Houston Rockets select Khaman Maluach,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced in the world’s most popular basketball league’s highly-anticipated draft night in New York. “From Rumbek, South Sudan, the NBA …

South Sudan hosts 10th East Africa health and scientific conference

South Sudan’s Vice President for the Service Cluster, Josephine Lagu Yanga, on Wednesday opened the 10th East Africa Health and Scientific Conference in Juba, welcoming delegates from East African Community (EAC) member states to promote scientific …

Sudan: foreign interests are deepening a devastating war – only regional diplomacy can stop them

The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has raged since April 2023. It’s turned Sudan into the site of one of the world’s most catastrophic humanitarian and displacement crises. At least 150,000 people have been killed. More …

South Sudan Partners NCAT To Boost Aviation Training

June 24, (THEWILL) – The Civil Aviation Authority of South Sudan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State, to support manpower development in its aviation sector. The …