By Emmanuel Mandella Dr. Taban Charles, a dedicated medical practitioner, at St. Teresa Hospital Nzara, in sharing both the miracles and the challenges that define South Sudan’s fragile health sector called for urgent action, community resilience, and a renewed national focus on healthcare. “Many children have miraculously made it out of this structure, even in…
![Picture of Dave Dettoni, and the Executive Vice President of Sudan Relief Fund (SRF) one of the principal donors speaking during the commissioning ceremony in Nzara [Photo Emmanuel Mandella]](https://rurugene.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-06-at-8.32.56-AM-400x250.jpeg "“We are Not Just Donors We are Investors in Hope,” Say’s SRF VP at Nzara Pediatric Ward Commissioning")
By: Emmanuel Mandella The newly constructed pediatric ward at St. Teresa’s Mission Hospital in Nzara in Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) has been described not just as a product of charity, but as a long-term investment in the health and future of South Sudan’s children. Speaking during the official commissioning ceremony of the newly constructed…
By Emmanuel Mandella Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio has condemned the tragic killing of Mr. Peter Mbia, Director General of the State Ministry of Education in Western Equatoria state saying that its “barbaric, illegal, and utterly un-Christian act,” and demanded swift and transparent accountability from both national and…
By Sr. Henriette Anne FSSA As South Sudan honors 3oth July 2025, the martyr’s day, bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) have called upon the government of South Sudan from the highest office to the most local chief to declare Tombura a zone of urgent national peace and…
By Sr Henriette Anne FSSA In the recently concluded Bi-Annual board meeting of St. Theresa Mission Hospital, which took place on 23rd July 2025 in Limuru, Kenya, the board members adopted the budget of 2025-2026, amounting to over USD 806,230. “I am especially grateful that, together, we were able to pass our well-considered annual budget…
By Amos Mongu Dessi Anisa, St. John Catholic University (SJCU) in Yambio has formally affiliated its agricultural programs with Uganda Martyrs University (UMU), marking a significant step towards addressing chronic food insecurity and unemployment in Western Equatoria State. The partnership was cemented on Thursday 24th 2025 during a high-level visit by a UMU delegation to…
By Baraka John At least 100 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled recent conflict in Rii-Rangu Payam and now sheltering in Ngindo Boma, Yambio County, received emergency non-food items on Wednesday, July 23rd 2025. The relief was provided by the Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CODEP) in partnership with Caritas South Sudan. The distribution…
By Baraka John The Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CODEP), under the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio, on July Tuesday 22nd 2025 distributed emergency food assistance to 110 internally displaced households sheltering in Saura Boma of Yambio County. The distribution targeted families who fled the recent conflict in Riranga Payam in April. The relief effort…
Sr. Henriette Anne, FSSA As the Republic of South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation marks its 14th Independence Day on Wednesday, July 9th, bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura -Yambio (CDTY), Western Equatoria State, has emphasized to the citizens that true freedom is not just about the breaking of…
By Baraka John Bishop Abangite College of Science and Technology welcomed a new principal following a formal handover ceremony held on Wednesday 2nd July 2025. Mr. Ceaser Dowdow, formerly the Education Coordinator for the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY), officially assumed the role of principal after his appointment by His Lordship Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro…
