A journalist working for Feature Story News, president of Union of Journalists of South Sudan and Human Rights Defender of the year 2023
Juba, South Sudan
Joined November 2013
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I am pleased to share that I have been appointed to the International Federation of Journalists' nine-member committee, I and my colleagues will lead and shape global media coverage on climate issues. I thank IFJ for the opportunity.
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FROM SOUTH SUDAN TO NAIROBI #SSOX
Proud to see Hagana Agro Processing, one of our very first Bargain Bazaar vendors, showcasing proudly South Sudanese honey at KICC!
Certified by the #SouthSudan National Bureau of Standards and carrying a quality mark for pure, organic honey. – at Juba, Central Equatoria
It was a pleasure meeting with the Indian Ambassador to South Sudan, H.E. Deepak Miglani. I learned a great deal about impactful work of the Indian community in South Sudan.We also discussed potential areas of support and collaboration for South Sudanese media and journalists.
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Joint Statement on Amendments to the 2018 Peace Agreement
In light of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly passing amendments to the 2018 peace agreement, the Embassies of Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, as well as the EU Delegation to South Sudan, reaffirm their grave concern about actions taken without the full consensus of all the signatories. They further reaffirm that the 2018 peace agreement remains the basis for the legitimacy of the transitional government. Any changes must be made through authentic dialogue involving all parties to the agreement. We further call on all parties to commit to an immediate cessation of hostilities.
ss.usembassy.gov/joint-state…
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Radio Miraya is for @unmissmedia what @radiookapi is for @MONUSCO
Not only, they're both reliable sources of info in South Sudan and DR Congo respectively
Insightful interview here of my good friend @OyetPatrickC
ROUNDTABLE: As Radio Miraya celebrates 20 years on air, Union of Journalists of South Sudan President Patrick Oyet reflects on one of the station's lasting contributions: training journalists and helping build the foundations of media development.
@unmissmedia
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Silencing the media at gunpoint is an attack on democracy itself. The military occupation and forced closure of Uganda's leading independent media houses is a grave violation of media freedom and the public's right to know. Journalists are not enemies of the state. Newsrooms are not military targets.
The Federation of African Journalists (@FAJafrica) calls on the authorities in Uganda to immediately reopen all media houses, withdraw military personnel and end all intimidation of journalists.
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The 🇺🇸 announced $20 million in additional funding toward the Department’s ongoing Ebola response and preparedness efforts, bringing the total direct funding for the Department of State’s Ebola response to more than $220 million. This additional funding will help support comprehensive preparedness activities in countries surrounding the current outbreak, including in 🇧🇮, 🇰🇪, 🇷🇼, and 🇸🇸. This funding is in addition to $350 million for Ebola response and other humanitarian assistance in the 🇨🇩, 🇸🇸, and 🇺🇬, as part of our $1.8 billion in assistance to UN OCHA 🇺🇳 announced on May 14. The 🇺🇸 continues to be the largest financial contributor to the Ebola response.
Read the full update 👇
state.gov/releases/office-of…
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The Department announced on June 12 that, working with Congress, it intends to provide $50 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to develop medical countermeasures for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak in the DRC. This funding would support laboratory studies and clinical trials using ethically proven methods, and manufacturing for Bundibugyo medical countermeasure candidates.
The United States continues to be the largest financial contributor to the Ebola response. Read the full update:
state.gov/releases/office-of…
Paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Sudan, Aleksandr Kosmodemiyanskiy on Friday.
We discussed issues of training for South Sudanese journalists.
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“Press freedom means being able to do my work without interference.”
On World #PressFreedom Day 2026, journalists in 🇸🇸 shared their perspectives on the importance of a free, independent & professional media in promoting peace and social cohesion.🗞️
Hear from them!⬇️
I appreciate the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to South Sudan for continuous support to the Union of Journalists of South Sudan. Over the years we have sent a number of journalists to China for trainings. The embassy also supported our General Assembly Meeting in 2024
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📢 There is no #journalism without journalists.
There is no future for our work without organisation.
Join your union! ✊🏿
This video was created with the support of @uniontounion.
#UnionStrong #JoinYourUnion
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Joint Statement from the Embassies of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as the Delegation of the European Union
The Peace Agreement remains the basis of legitimacy for the transitional government in South Sudan. Unilateral changes to the Agreement are not in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Agreement and will not bring peace to South Sudan. We call for an immediate return to dialogue among all parties to the Peace Agreement.
ss.usembassy.gov/joint-state…
We (UJOSS) are discussing Media-Security Stakeholders Engagement ahead of elections, the conference is supported by the Norwegian People's Aid and we are with journalists who work for media that produce contents in Arabic language. We are at Gelila Hotel.
