Wendi Dwyer should have been packing for a trip to Africa. She had been scheduled to leave the next day. But a recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan — the nation is teetering on civil wa… ...

South Sudan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, as only about a quarter of its people can read and write. Decades of civil war meant few people had the chance to go to school. The ...

World, Education South Sudan launches literacy drive in rural areas According to official statistics, South Sudan's illiteracy rate stands at 75 percent.

South Sudan battles low literacy rate Reopening of main university means young nation will benefit from a new generation of graduates.

During her keynote address, Honorable Awut Deng Achuil, Minister of General Education and Instruction, stated that, South Sudan is the least country in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the lowest literacy ...

Rotary Clubs in Minnesota and Wisconsin started a literacy project, which grew into a partnership with the Rotary Club of Juba in South Sudan, with the goal of helping students there.

The literacy rate in South Sudan was 27%, but now I am pleased to report that the World Bank has issued a new report on world literacy rates and the rate for South Sudan is 35%,” Kuyok told ...

South Sudan’s monetary policy committee agreed to retain the central bank’s benchmark interest rate at 15%, according to Governor Johnny Ohisa Damian.

Unfortunately, South Sudan has one of the worst literacy rates in the world. Approximately 70 percent of adults cannot read or write, roughly 84 percent of girls over the age of 15 are illiterate, and ...

We have one of the lowest literacy rates worldwide with 34.5% of the adult population able to read and write. Adult literacy was one of my main concerns as a minister — helping to pull people out of ...