By Taban Henry The National Minister of Finance and Planning has on Wednesday tabled a draft budget of 1.3 trillion South Sudanese Pounds as the fiscal year budget for the financial year 2022-2023 at the floor of Parliament. The presentation of the fiscal year budget to the parliament comes about[Read More…]
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Man commits suicide after killing his wife
By Ijoo Bosco Authorities in Imurok payam of Torit County in Eastern Equatoria State has on Monday said a 35years old man identified as John Buga committed suicide after killing his twenty-five-year-old wife called Achan Ifuho on Saturday last week. The local authorities said, the incident happened at around 8pm[Read More…]
South Sudan Transitional Period Extension Talks: What Matters?
By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi As the term of the Transitional Period established under the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) nears expiration, obvious matters that the current intensified discussions around these topics and related issues need to focus on include:[Read More…]
Adil, Mayen vow to end disasters by enacting bill
By Bida Elly David Central Equatoria State in partnership with the National Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management have jointly promised to speed up the implementation of the disaster, risk management bill to remedy natural and man-made disasters that have almost caused turmoil to the County. This development arose[Read More…]
Ministry warns secondary schools of punitive measures
By Matia Samuel Timatio The Ministry of General Education and Instructions has cautioned both private and public secondary schools to stop enrolling students without passing their Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) examinations which is against the country’s laws or face punitive measures. The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of General[Read More…]
Editorial
If the Central Bank’s auctioning is failing, what next? If the government believes that the use of the dollar by the bank of South Sudan to stabilize and maintain the dollar rate in the market as a short-term solution will bring the already worrying economic crisis to a better and[Read More…]
Ikotos authorities arrest teacher over killing
By Ijoo Bosco Eastern Equatoria State Ministry of General Education and Instruction has suspended the Deputy Head teacher of Ikotos Secondary School suspected of killing SSPDF soldier in Hai Turuju residential area of Ikotos town last month. The Deputy Head teacher identified as Omoi Valent Gasper was arrested over the[Read More…]
Education expert advocates for school clubs to boost learning
By Bida Elly David An education expert has urged the government as well as secondary and primary schools to prioritize extra curricula activities as one way to improve the performance of the learners towards achieving practical knowledge. Speaking to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper yesterday, George Kenyi, a senior education expert[Read More…]
Malakal Hospital now home to civilians and stray dogs
By Adia Jildo Malakal Teaching Hospital has reportedly been occupied by civilians who fled their residential areas due to insecurity since the 2013 war and now their presence impedes operations of the State hospital. When the 2013 conflict erupted, residential areas had been most affected and destroyed hence most sought[Read More…]
Activist demands parties to table the roadmap to R-JMEC
By Bida Elly David A Civil Society activist has appealed to political parties involved on the roadmap process to table the document before peace monitoring body R-JMEC for comprehensive reaction from the women leaders, civil society organizations among others to clear off doubts that may arise later. Speaking to No.1[Read More…]
R-TNL approves reviewed staff wages and salaries
By Akol Madut Ngong The Reconstituted Transitional National Legislature (R-TNL) has ratified the Parliamentary Service Commission (Staffs) Regulations, 2022 and Schedules of the Reviewed Staffs Wages/Salaries structure of the transitional national legislature on Tuesday. The item which was discussed and deliberated yesterday (Tuesday) came in a presentation of the Report[Read More…]
Army denies calling President Kiir to stop extending transitional period
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) has denounced calls from casted civil rights movement group, People’s Coalition for Civil Action (PCCA) persuading the army to intervene to stop the top principal to the peace agreement from extending the transitional government that is due to elapse[Read More…]
Father eyes marrying off daughter over tuition headache
By Taban Henry A man has proposed to give his daughter for marriage as he could not afford money to pay tuition fees. This came after the Central Equatoria State Advisor for Gender Child and Social Welfare in the office of the governor paid a visit to the Internally Displaced[Read More…]
Roadmap must be time bond ¬- UK Envoy
By William Madouk Garang The United Kingdom (UK) Special Envoy to South Sudan and Sudan has called on parties to the agreement to develop detailed roadmap that must be time bond to help the nation exit its transitional period by holding credible, free, and fair elections. Robert Fairweather, the UK[Read More…]
UK urges R-TGoNU to expedite peace implementation
By Ephraim Modi D.S The United Kingdom government (UK) has urged the leaders to the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) to gear up the implementation of the peace agreement signed in September 2018. Speaking in a press conference in Juba on Tuesday, the UK Ambassador to South Sudan[Read More…]
Talking or fighting
By Akol Arop Akol Human conflicting desires involve two things: When you don’t want people to talk, you want them to fight and vice versa. In illiterate community, people tend to solve their problems through fighting while the modern society always uses dialogue or peaceful negotiation, that’s sitting around the[Read More…]
Nation Talks
No need to extend the transitional period By Kiden Stela Mandela Parties should not think of extending the transitional period. It is better if they follow the 2018 peace Agreement because within these 7 months, the parties can do something to accomplish the transitional period. The remaining issues are the[Read More…]
The Demise of Educational Standards in Africa
By Venansio T. Muludiang, PhD University of Juba At the entrance gate of a university in South Africa, the following message was posted for contemplation: “Destroying any nation does not require the use of atomic bombs or the use of long range missiles… It only requires lowering the quality of[Read More…]
Editorial
Gov’t should frustrating the unified forces The government should guarantee graduation of the unified forces so that the country does not hear more such news of fleeing, deserting training camps/cantonment sites by the already trained soldiers who are only waiting to be graduated so that they officially start their duty.[Read More…]