By Akol Madut Ngong Greater Pibor Administrative Area authorities said the security situation in the area has been relatively calm for almost two months after series of insecurity incidents were reported related to crimes such as cattle rustling and child abduction amongst the neighbouring communities. Speaking to No.1 Citizen Daily[Read More…]
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The Oath of Loyalty: A Devine Covenant between Service Men and Women and the Supreme Constitution of the Country
By Ariik Kuol Ariik On August 30, 2022, South Sudan successfully graduated the First Batch of the Unified forces at Dr. John Garang Mausoleum in Juba. The Regional Leaders from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Egypt attended the function. The members of Diplomatic Mission from different Countries[Read More…]
City Council to extend garbage fees to residents
By Taban Henry The Mayor of Juba City has on Thursday said they are going to extend the payment of the garbage collection fees to the residential areas within Juba City. This came after some residents of Juba City complained over the failure of the City Council authorities to remove[Read More…]
16 year old girl raped in Gurei
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei A 16-year-old girl was reportedly raped in Gurei suburb of Luri Payam in the outskirts of Juba city, police said. According to the deputy national police spokesperson Brig. Gen. James Dak Karlo, the incident happened at around 10:30pm in the evening of Wednesday 31st August 2022,[Read More…]
R-JMEC members decide on extension of transitional period
By Mary Poni The Chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC), Maj. Gen. Charles Tai Gituai, convened an extraordinary meeting for members to deliberate and state their position on the adoption of the peace roadmap extension signed by the parties to the 2018 R-ARCSS. The transitional unity[Read More…]
Troika discards adoption of peace roadmap
By Taban Henry The Troika countries (United States, United Kingdom, and Norway) who were part of a voting by membership of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) to adopt the extended peace roadmap on Thursday, boycotted the voting to extend the transitional period. In the statement extended to[Read More…]
R-JMEC endorses extension amid Troika’s boycott
By William Madouk Garang Members of the peace monitoring body, the RJMEC have endorsed the two-year extension of the transitional period, but diplomats representing Troika countries abstained from the vote. The United States of America, United Kingdom and Norway known as the Troika countries declined to back the extension, citing[Read More…]
Be unified forces, don’t be uni-fight forces
By Malek Arol DhieuIt is easier said than done to graduate the Unified Forces, but now that it has happened, what has remained only is one more push to call it a ‘full implementation’ of the agreement. Because of this, the parties that are signatories to the agreement deserve an[Read More…]
Editorial
THE REALITY OF HAVING A UNITED AND SECURE COUNTRY IS POSSIBLE ‘The forces have now been unified – you do not belong to any individual, party or group of people – you are Unified forces of the Republic of South Sudan,’ these were the common phrases that were said by[Read More…]
Examining the Rational of funding USD 6.7 million on battalion heading to DRC
By Kiden Stela Mandela In what appeared to be billed as commitment to regional security and stopping the spill-over from insurgencies in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to South Sudan, the Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs backed $6.7 million to fund special battalion of South Sudan People’s Defense Forces[Read More…]
Citizens slam City Council over poor garbage management
By Taban Henry Some residents of Juba’s Hai Malakal neighborhood have criticized the Juba city council authorities for failing to properly manage garbage collection in the city and particularly their residential areas. The residents said solid waste are being piled close to their houses blocking water channels which in turn[Read More…]
South Sudan lacks specialized fistula doctors
By Bida Elly David The Undersecretary of the National Ministry of Health yesterday said South Sudan lacks specialized doctors in the field of fistula surgery as many patients battled with the health complication. She disclosed this during the launch of fistula training program organized by the administration of Juba teaching[Read More…]
Juba Teaching Hospital, partners launch fistula training
By Mary Poni and Bida Elly David Juba Teaching Hospital (JTH) yesterday launched a second obstetric fistula training program for internal staff. The launch of the program came following the graduation of the first batch of surgeons from the same department. Speaking to the press yesterday, Dr. Anthony Lupai, the[Read More…]
IGAD lauds R-ARCSS signatories for pushing complex implementation of agreement
By Mary Poni The IGAD’s Special Envoy to South Sudan Amb. Dr. Ismail Wais acknowledged and recognized the commitments so far exhibited by the parties’ signatory to the 2018 revitalized Agreement continuing to uphold significant progress on the implementation of the agreement. He said the September 2018 peace parties have[Read More…]
No need for rebels, Kiir tells holdout groups
By Akol Madut Ngong President Salva Kiir Mayardit urged the holdout rebel movements that are still locking horns with the government to embrace the spirit of the Revitalized Peace Agreement and desist from rebellions saying they no longer want rebels in the country. The President made the call to the[Read More…]
CES cabinet passes over SSP 16 Billion Fiscal budget
Bida Elly David The Central Equatoria State Council of ministers in their meeting on Thursday approved and passed over Sixteen Billion (16,000,000,000) South Sudanese pounds for the fiscal budget 2022/2023 to the parliament for further scrutiny and approval. The proposed budget was presented by the Minister of finance, planning and[Read More…]
Museveni urges S. Sudanese to work for national interest
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni urged South Sudanese to concentrate on looking at their interest and not their identity saying “we the progressive forces, we say look at the interest of the people not the identity”. The Ugandan President spoke during[Read More…]
Defend the flag: You are not Oyee or Viva soldiers
By William Madouk Garang A renowned civil society activist has urged the newly graduated unified forces to defend the Country’s flag but not political parties’ interest, citing that let politicians under Kiir’s SPLM chant Oyee and Riek’s SPLM-IO hymn their own Viva. The Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress[Read More…]
Editorial
THERE IS NOTHING WHICH WE CANNOT SOLVE The long-awaited graduation ceremony finally started off with the first batch marching in joy amid screams and ululations from the public for history that has been made and that finally we have made progress of trying to finish up with completing some of[Read More…]
Kitgum official apologizes for botching parish development fund
By Martha John Savio – Kitgum Uganda Kitgum District Chairperson Mr. Arwai Christopher Obol has apologized on behalf of the district concerning the mismanagement of the parish development fund. The Kitgum district Chairperson Mr. Arwai Christopher Obol yesterday called for a press conference afternoon with an aim of clearing up[Read More…]