Pedro Nicolas 🇸🇩🇸🇸

Writer | Junior Researcher | Columnist @mundo_negro and @500wordsmag

[The Sudanist @500wordsmag]

South Sudan has secured its first-ever UNESCO World Heritage Site after the Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape was officially inscribed on the World Heritage List on 26 July 2026.

Read more about it on The Sudanist https://t.co/VzuKaSURJ4

[The Sudanist @500wordsmag]

In South Sudan, some of the country's most important conversations don't happen in parliament or on television, they happen over a glass of tea. Discover how humble tea ladies and their tea stalls have become the nation's last true civic spaces, where everyone has a voice.

The Tea Lady and The True Arbitrator of Public Opinion | By Butros Nicola https://t.co/YNTuJMrLLt

[Financial Times @FT]

Don’t blame colonialism for Africa’s trade woes https://t.co/HsPiHXXTep | opinion

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

South Sudan, the world's youngest country, marks 15 years of independence on July 9. However, hopes turned to struggles as the country now faces persistent social challenges, a worsening humanitarian crisis and a fragile peace process.

🔗: https://t.co/zNf43SOQkZ

[Pedro Nicolas 🇸🇩🇸🇸 @ButrosNicola]

15 years of internalised struggles. May the coming celebrations happen in a fair, united, and prosperous country.

Viva Sudán del Sur 🇸🇸❤️

[The Independent @Independent]

Latin Mass, but faithful to the pope: A Minnesota church shows a different way during schism crisis https://t.co/72Q9nB777d

[Reuters @Reuters]

The Vatican said that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval are in schism with the wider Church and now excommunicated https://t.co/lRrXvZlpBE

[The Sudanist @500wordsmag]

In a nation where Christians and Muslims have long coexisted, recent incidents reveal a dangerous new trend: the deliberate weaponisation of religion for political gain ahead of the December elections.

In this South Sudan in Focus, @ButrosNicola delivers a critical analysis of why South Sudan must resist this manipulation.

Faith in the Service of Power: South Sudan’s Dangerous New Trend | By Butros Nicola https://t.co/ISadwUiF09

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Niger pulls out of International Criminal Court after calling it neo-colonialist https://t.co/dIgJWyfEsU

[African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics @SSRC_APDD]

Stay tuned this week for an upcoming Working Paper, "Islamism and Power Dynamics: The Islamic Movement, Maitatsine Uprising, Boko Haram, and the Reaction of the Nigerian Security Forces,” by Sani Yakubu Adam, as part of our APDD Working Paper Series.

[Eye Radio @EyeRadioJuba]

A civil society activist has suggested that changing the design of the South Sudanese Pound could help draw cash back into commercial banks and ease the ongoing liquidity shortage - #SouthSudan #SSOX https://t.co/VOJKpz0REZ

[Pedro Nicolas 🇸🇩🇸🇸 @ButrosNicola]

@mohimg @500wordsmag

[Ayin Network - شبكة عاين @AyinSudan]

We are delighted to announce that the Ayin Network @AyinSudan has won the prestigious 2026 One World Media Award for Press Freedom!

We were selected and shortlisted from a very worthy group of contenders, including Project Multatuli @projectm_org, The Afghan Times @theaftimes and our colleagues from The Addis Standard @addisstandard.

This award does not belong to Ayin Network alone. It is a tribute to the hundreds of Sudanese journalists who continue to pursue the truth despite war, displacement, censorship, and intimidation. It is also dedicated to the journalists who lost their lives, those forced into exile, and those who continue reporting despite the risks they face every day.
#PressFreedom #Sudan

@24Darfur @RadioDabanga @SudanTribune_EN @atarnetwork @sudanwarmonitor @onewm

[Eye Radio @EyeRadioJuba]

The African Union Special Envoy on the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities, Adama Dieng, has warned that hate speech remains a major driver of violence, discrimination and instability across Africa and beyond. #ssox
https://t.co/YSkyV9RtjS...

[Pedro Nicolas 🇸🇩🇸🇸 @ButrosNicola]

@labushouk I have read Blue Helmet, and unfortunately, I had an interview with a lady here in SSD on how she had been forced several times to exchange sex for food. My perspective on humanitarian industry has been charged 360 degrees.

[Pedro Nicolas 🇸🇩🇸🇸 @ButrosNicola]

My latest for @500wordsmag profiles the incredible Zabib Musa Loro. Discover how her local activism turned into a movement of global recognition.

From the grassroots of South Sudan to the global spotlight. 🇸🇸🌍

https://t.co/mrHEzEknkl

[Pedro Nicolas 🇸🇩🇸🇸 @ButrosNicola]

Juba is coding the future. 🇸🇸
My latest for @AndariyaMag: Inside the first all-female AI revolution in South Sudan.

Discover how these women are turning "Silicon Resilience" into a reality. AI is here, and Juba’s women are leading the charge.

[Andariya-أندريا @AndariyaMag]

This article by Butros Nicola examines South Sudan’s first all-female AI App Development Bootcamp, where 17 young women created AI solutions for challenges in healthcare, agriculture, education, and employment despite limited infrastructure, internet access, and gender barriers. The article highlights the transformative potential of women-led innovation and locally driven AI development in South Sudan.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/NzVS1aMHk8

#ArtificialIntelligence #WomenInTech #SouthSudan #InnovationAfrica

[The Africa Report @TheAfricaReport]

Eritrea seeks help from Egypt to counter Abiy’s Red Sea ambitions https://t.co/P02X50eksD

By @Sheriffb

[Pedro Nicolas 🇸🇩🇸🇸 @ButrosNicola]

I reported for @AFP on how 100% inflation has forced women into a desperate "Aid Arithmetic," In South Sudan.

This story has been developed in collaboration with @Egab_co

Read my full feature here via @modernghanaweb :
https://t.co/TXwJH1oDhU

[Mundo Negro @mundo_negro]

Inmigrantes y refugiados africanos están sufriendo una nueva ola de ataques xenófobos en Sudáfrica, en especial en las provincias de Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo y ­Kwazulu-Natal.

Por Boniface Gbama

https://t.co/jZvmsc4Lxn