The spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said United NationsOCHA is worried about the rise in incidents hampering aid operations is South Sudan. According to Stéphane Dujarric, UNOCHA reported more than 40 incidents affecting humanitarian access in March alone.

The Transitional National Legislative Assembly has unanimously resolved to form a seven member select committee to investigate ongoing illegal timber logging in Panyume and Gulumbi Payams of Morobo County in Central Equatoria State.

🎧ROUNDTABLE: South Sudan🇸🇸 women in politics

In today's roundtable conversation, women leaders who recently participated in a learning exchange visit in Monrovia, Liberia reflect on post-conflict election lessons for South Sudan.

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'Political parties also need to allow women to be in top leadership and carry more responsibilities,' Ochaya James, Executive Director of National Press Club
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'Women in politics can be vulnerable to attacks on social media as a way of discouraging them from participating as candidates. That is meant to silence them,' Matela Viola on #WomenInPolitics 🇸🇸

'We must be proactive by simplifying the election messages so that there can be no space for misinformation,' Matela Viola on #WomenInPolitics 🇸🇸

All the key information about the electoral processes must be disseminated by the National Elections Commission, there must be no room for speculation - Ochaya James, Executive Director National Press Club
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'Women should be assured of their safety and security if they are to fully participate in the political processes. Women are not keen to associate themselves with violent processes,' Matela Viola on #WomenInPolitics in #SouthSudan 🇸🇸

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Matela Viola, National Transformation Leadership Institute, #LessonsfromLiberia : 'We learnt that the women of Liberia were fed up of war and they were the worst affected, they committed themselves to the peace processes and free elections.'

ROUNDTABLE: Women's political participation in elections.
How prepared are South Sudanese women to participate in the political processes of the country's first election?

The Juba City Council has revealed that it will purchase 10 garbage truck to improve waste management.
Director of Revenue at the local authority, Alison Samuel Taligi told Radio Miraya that the city is at an advanced stage of securing the compactors.

Police have deployed across the country to ensure peaceful Eid Al Fitr celebrations.
South Sudan National Police Service spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Daniel Justin says forces have been sent to mosques and other public squares, coupled with patrols, to ensure the safety of citizens.

Health authorities in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State are raising alarm over a surge in cases of measles & meningitis in the state.
State Ministry of Health says more than 900 cases of measles & 50 cases of meningitis have been recorded from February to April of this year alone.

A group of 40 armed men reportedly allied to the National Salvation Front - NAS has responded to the presidential amnesty.
The National Security Services says the forces have been operating in Kajo-Keji area under their commander Maj. Gen. Henry Ladu Lojuru.