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Akim Mugisa

Akim works as freelance editor and correspondent for diverse publications in South Sudan. He has been part of the mict Sudan/South Sudan project team since April 2010. Born in Fort Portal near the Mountains of the Moon in Uganda, Akim Mugisa grew up with great eagerness to interact with people around him. A graduate in journalism and media studies, he has worked in radio for more than ten years and written for local, national and regional publications. Akim has trained a number of reporters and collaborated with colleagues on strategies, as he says, “to advance media development in the region”.

German Ambassador-designate to S. Sudan David Schwake, Beate Mueller-Grunewald of the German Embassy and the award recipients in Juba, August 2.
South Sudanese awarded German scholarships
25.04.2024  |  Archive
War widows and orphans march to mark the 8th anniversary of Martyrs Day in Juba on July 30.
War widows, orphans and disabled call for help
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A section of the SPLA Military Police parades at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, July 9, 2015. (photo: The Niles | Akim Mugisa)
South Sudan celebrates fourth Independence Anniversary
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A signboard of a MSF Cholera Treatment Centre in Juba, July 2015. (photo: The Niles | Akim Mugisa)
1,350 cholera cases: South Sudan battles outbreak
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Sister Veronica Rackova during a meeting in Yei, November 2015.
Aid worker shot in Yei dies
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A child soldier being handed over to the South Sudan DDR Commission, represented by Andrew Oluko Holt on March 27, 2015. (photo: UNMISS | Isaac Billy)
South Sudanese children: “We are not soldiers”
25.04.2024  |  Archive
An ambulance is handed over to the county authorities in Yei, May 11, 2006. (photo: The Niles | Nik Lehnert)
Aid worker critically injured in Yei River State
25.04.2024  |  Archive
German Ambassador Johannes Lehne (3rd from left) shaking hands with GHA’s Angelo Mou in Juba, October 30, 2015. (photo: The Niles | Martha Agama)
German donation helps Street Children’s centre in South Sudan
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A AVIAL NV Antonov An-12 on February 19, 2006. (photo: airliners.net | Dmitriy Pichugin)
Cargo plane crashes in Juba, killing at least 37 people
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Part of the 192 km Juba-Nimule road constructed with support of the Obama administration through the United States Agency for International Development-USAID.
New road boosts South Sudan’s tattered infrastructure
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A stall by farmers from Northern Bahr el-Ghazal State during the South Sudan Agricultural Trade Fair, November 27.
“Food Security is the other side of Human Security”
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A sawmill belonging to one of the local companies contracted to harvest teak trees in Kegulu forest.
Can South Sudan protect its teak forests?
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A businessman in Juba tries out an old generator he uses for lighting and refrigeration.
South Sudan running low on energy
25.04.2024  |  Archive
لحظة تاريخية لجنوب السودان والعالم.
World leaders welcome South Sudan’s independence
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Salva Kiir after taking oath as the first president of the Republic of South Sudan
Salva Kiir declares amnesty for rebel groups in South Sudan
25.04.2024  |  Archive
تجمع مواطنون في توريت في يوم استقلال جنوب السودان.
Kenya, Uganda seek bilateral ties with South Sudan
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Pagan Amum Akech, GoSS Chief Negotiator, addresses the press at Juba airport before his departure to Addis Ababa (28.05.2012).
Renewed negotiations: South Sudanese pessimistic
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Members of the South Sudan Civil Society Alliance demonstrate at the National Assembly in Juba, June 11.
South Sudan’s president criticised for protecting corrupt officials
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L-R: Martti Ahtisaari, Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson on July 6, in Juba.
Kiir and Bashir urged to path of peace
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Museveni: In the world the voices of black people are not heard very much
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Head of the Red Cross’ delegation to South Sudan, Melker Mabeck (right) and South Sudanese Ministry of Defence’s spokesperson, Kuol Deng Abot Kuol (left) sign documents during the release of Sudanese soldiers in April.
South Sudan to Sudan: We let your soldiers go, where are ours?
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عاد بيتر قديت ياك إلى جوبا للاندماج في الجيش الشعبي بعد أن شجب التمرد.
Mixed results for South Sudanese amnesty
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Barnaba Marial Benjamin during one of many media briefings as Government Spokesman, in Juba on February 19.
Marial named Foreign Affairs Minister
25.04.2024  |  Archive
South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir Mayardit.
Kiir appoints new cabinet
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Bonifacio Taban Kuich
Sudanese journalists arise to keep the temple of information from being defiled
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Loburi Alex William. General Manager of Spirit FM in Yei
Spirit FM Manager arrested in Yei
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Patience is a virtue.. People queue for hours to register
Yei Referendum official: Concerned
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Harassed - Isaac Moro of Myraya FM
Radio Miraya journalist arrested
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Ambassador Sven Kuehn von Burgsdorff, Head of the European Union Delegation to South Sudan, on top of Mount Kinyeti, South Sudan’s highest mountain, November 10, 2012.
‘Democracy comes with obligations’
25.04.2024  |  Archive
“How do you feel about the President’s decision to remove the VP and dissolve the government?”
62 percent of Juba residents approve of Kiir’s power shake-up
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Micheal Mugere held at the Police Special Branch Office in Yei.
Excitement over registration causes problems for some foreigners
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Time to choose between unity and secession: a voter in Yei.
Yei County voter turn-out already over 60 percent
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Sadia Lorna, Head of Operations and Logistics, Central Equatoria Referendum High Committee.
Transmission of referendum data a challenge
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Members of the Red Army Foundation march in Juba on Monday, May 16, 2016 to mark the 33rd anniversary of the formation of the SPLA. (photo: The Niles | Akim Mugisa)
SPLA Day 2016: a more quiet commemoration
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Seats reserved for President Kiir and his deputies remain vacant during a prayer meeting organised by the South Sudan Council of Churches on May 21, 2016 in Juba. (photo: The Niles | Akim Mugisa)
Cleric tells government to dialogue with armed groups
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Norwegian Ambassador to South Sudan Tone Tinnes (left) and Animal Resources and Fisheries Minister James Janka Duku (centre) during the signing of the cooperation agreement in Juba, June 2016. (photo: The Niles | Akim Mugisa)
Norway provides additional funds to fight hunger
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German Ambassador Johannes Lehne (left) and the JMEC Chairman, Festus Mogae signing the Funding Agreement in Juba, June 23, 2016. (photo: The Niles | Akim Mugisa)
JMEC receives additional funds from Germany
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A player of the EU team poses with the trophy while shaking hands with one of the coaches’ players, May 11.
EU Delegation to South Sudan received football trophy
25.04.2024  |  Archive
“The love for reading and burden of carrying books on journeys forced me to open a bookshop in South Sudan,” says Awak Bior in her Leaves Bookshop in Juba, October 27.
How to get South Sudan into books?
25.04.2024  |  Archive
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar Teny cuts the ribbon to launch the Multi-Service Training Centre in Juba, October 29.
How to get South Sudan’s youth back to work?
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A GIS map indicating food insecurity in South Sudan, April 2012.
How technology can help South Sudan
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Undersecretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Jok Madut Jok, and the EU Head of Delegation, Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, open the European Film Festival 2012 in Juba, November 22.
European Film Festival kicked off in Juba with message of peace
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Police forces marching on the streets of Juba.
South Sudanese civilians continue to shun security forces
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A UN staff during the demonstration in Juba, August 13.
United Nations staff strike in South Sudan
25.04.2024  |  Archive
الكعكة الثامنة تمثل ثمان سنوات لقيادة سلفا كيير منذ عام 2005.
Salva Kiir tells Muslims to avoid political Islam
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Qualified teachers are necessary for the intellectual development of children in South Sudan.
Teacher shortage besets South Sudan’s schools
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A group of LRA fighters and abducted children that defected in 2009.
South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State lives in fear of LRA attack
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Betty Achan Ogwaro (left) and part of her team after an emergency landing at Juba International Airport (30.05.2012).
Mission interrupted: technical problems force Agriculture Minister to land
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South Sudan Interior Minister Alison Monani Magaya (middle) and the Inspector General of Police Achuil Tito Madut (left) in Juba, June 1.
Authorities struggle to keep burgeoning towns safe
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South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, criticises police for failing to arrest criminals in Juba.
A new murder case renews doubts about security in Juba
25.04.2024  |  Archive
قطيع من الابقار في ولاية شرق الاستوائية، جنوب السودان، 8 مايو.
Expelled from Israel: Returning to South Sudan with mixed feelings
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SPLA forces marched at Martyrs’ Day commemorations in Juba.
South Sudan’s war widows and orphans appeal for support
25.04.2024  |  Archive
رئيس الأساقفة دانيال دينق بول يرأس الصلاة قبل إزاحة الستار عن النصب التذكاري في الذكرى السنوية العاشرة لتأسيس معهد تأهيل المعلمين في ياي.
Homework for a new nation [part 4]: Train more teachers
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Mine clearance teams frequently risk their lives to save others.
South Sudan’s “silent but active enemies:” the enduring trauma of landmine explosions
25.04.2024  |  Archive
كول آتيم بول، مدير برنامج التعليم البديل المدعوم من قبل حكومة جنوب السودان.
Waging war on illiteracy
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Kur Kuol Ajieu, Director of Airports in the Ministry of Transport and Roads.
Juba Airport: no commercial flights on Independence Day
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Wilson Abdullah Juma
In their own words: South Sudanese on the birth of their nation
25.04.2024  |  Archive
The late John Garang spearheaded the struggle of South Sudan.
A nation is born
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Ngorcan shows his inked finger at Yei police station.
Man beaten and detained for voting twice in Yei
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Local and foreign observers are present in all polling stations.
Voting in Yei County
25.04.2024  |  Archive
IDPs: We missed voting but we are happy to be home
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A 5 tonne remote driven combined tiller used for mine clearance
Yei Town marks day for mine awareness and action
25.04.2024  |  Archive
The ballot paper to determine our future
We are sat like expectant fathers as election results drip through
25.04.2024  |  Archive
SPLA forces on parade in South Sudan
Peace from the ballots not bullets
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A young boy risking life and limb looking for mangoes
Hunger drives election official up the mango tree
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Sudanvotes journalists outside the famous Hantoub school in Wad Madani
Sudanvotes' election coverage reaches 137 countries
25.04.2024  |  Archive
CES Governor Clement Wani Konga arriving at Yei Freedom Square
Central Equatoria State Governor visits Yei
25.04.2024  |  Archive
ECS Bishop Hillary Luate Adeba calls for contributions to conduct the referendum registration.
Southerners committed to determine their fate
25.04.2024  |  Archive
مدرب يتحدث إلى المدرسين في ورشة عمل تعليمية
Fighting illiteracy with radio (31.03.2011 00:00) - 668
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A facilitator addresses teachers at an education workshop.
Fighting illiteracy with radio (31.03.2011 00:00)
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A facilitator addresses teachers at an education workshop.
Fighting illiteracy with radio
25.04.2024  |  Archive
There are only a few days remaining until the referendum scheduled for 9 January 2011 kicks off, as the referendum countdown billboard in Juba indicates.
Final arrangements for the crucial vote
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Yei River County Commissioner, David Lokonga, issued a tough warning against the sale and consumption of alcohol during the voting period.
Alcohol banned in key Southern Sudan county to ensure sober referendum
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People crowding at Sudan Pentecostal Church Polling Centres A and B, where a voter tried to disarm a policewoman.
Voter attempts to disarm a police officer in Yei
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Pregnant women and mothers with very young children are not required to queue during the voting period.
Vulnerable voters given special consideration in Sudan referendum
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Bishop Hillary Adeba Luate of Yei Diocese
Bishop reflects on the results so far
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Ngor Chan (left) appearing before court for voting twice.
Court orders man to pay 400 Sudanese Pounds for voting twice
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Maj. Gen. Clement Wani Konga, Governor Central Equatoria State.
Central Equatoria Governor cautions against sectarianism
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Voters in Yei looking for their names on the registration lists
Voting irregularities equal a burgeoning democracy not a failed election
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A Sudanese elder in Juba carries President Kiir’s portrait after the recent peace deal, September 28.
Kiir-Bashir agreement laudable but not enough
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Does South Sudan care about its media?
25.04.2024  |  Archive
The wreckage of a WFP aircraft that crashed when landing at Yambio airfield in July.
The two Sudans lack safety in the skies
25.04.2024  |  Archive
طوابير طويلة من سائقي السيارات في جوبا مضطرين إلى إمضاء الساعات في انتظار أدوارهم في محطات الوقود.
Avoiding war is not enough; we need a promise of peace
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Anthony Lino Makana, South Sudan’s Minister for Transport and Roads, at Juba International Airport.
Post-independence report card -- Jubilation: unsurpassed. Preparations: see the management
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Breaking Grounds
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Breaking news
Fuel truck explosion claims over 170 lives
25.04.2024  |  Archive
South Sudan’s Ambassador to Kenya, John Andruga Duku, in Juba, August 2015. (photo: Akim Mugisa)
Kiir signs compromise agreement, with reservations
25.04.2024  |  Archive
South Sudan Civil Society Alliance (SSCSA) Samuel Akuoch Ajang expressed disappointment over the IGAD proposal in Juba, August 2015. (photo: The Niles | Akim Mugisa)
Civil society organisations criticise IGAD’s Compromise Agreement
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Riek Machar in 2013. (photo: النيلان | أكيم موجيزا)
South Sudan rebel movement splits over Machar’s “selfish interests”
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Women attending a rally for peace in Yei, January 16.
South Sudanese women push for a place at the negotiation table
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Map of Juba, South Sudan. (photo: MiCT | The Niles)
Juba fact file
25.04.2024  |  Archive
أسلحة تم جمعها في بور، ولاية جونقلي تاسع مايو، 2013.
The guns beneath the beds
25.04.2024  |  Archive
Juba goes Miami: Fun on Queen Juba, a double-decker boat with twin 320-horse-power engines. (photo: The Niles | Akim Mugisa)
Beach Boys: Swimming & Tourism
Launching the ‘Oky African Boat Cruise Party’
25.04.2024  |  Archive
The Niles contributor Akim Mugisa at the shores of Lake Bayak in Terekeka State, South Sudan. (photo: The Niles | Modi Lomindi Ajuangich)
5. Terekeka State: The land of five lakes
25.04.2024  |  Archive
A man clambering over a fence to view the debut football match of South Sudan’s national team in Juba, July 9, 2011. (photo: Espen Eichhöfer | OSTKREUZ)
Where do you see yourself in five years?
25.04.2024  |  Archive
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