By Adia Jildo The Minister of Transport Madut Biar on Tuesday denied knowledge of high charges that comes along with the cost of transportation of South Sudan Cargos with the Standard Guard Railway (SGR) from Mombasa to Nairobi Freight Terminal. Recently, South Sudan business community and the Kenyan transporters raised[Read More…]
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Fifteen SSPDF soldiers perish in civilians’ snare
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) convoy that was attacked on Tuesday by alleged armed civilians while on their way to the restive Mayom County resulted to the death of 17 people, comprising of 15 SSPDF servicemen and 2 civilians according to local sources. The[Read More…]
Auctioning USD won’t tame the wild inflation
By Adia Jildo The Minister of Finance and Planning Agak Acuil Lual said the weekly auctioning of US dollars is a short term remedy to the run-away inflation as it aims to draw back the amount of pounds in the market circulation to stabilize the foreign exchange. South Sudan is[Read More…]
Nation Talks
Bring total peace to ease agricultural production By Kiden Stela Mandela If the recent findings of the World Bank that South Sudan humanitarian crisis reads at 8.9 Million domiciles in desperate Demand of Humanitarian aid with a total increase of over 600,000 in the past years are true, then it[Read More…]
Editorial
AGRICULTURE AS SAVIOR AMID FOOD CRISIS With the hunger crisis worsening and told to get worse by analysts, what does South Sudan have as a backup plan for the time when hunger hell is expected to break loose? The country falls under 10 countries in the world where extreme hunger[Read More…]
Tonj violence crackdown: 27 criminals nabbed
By William Madouk Garang The security forces have arrested 27 suspects linked to Rualbet of Tonj North County in an intensified crackdown over recent gory violence in Warrap State, said the security chief. The Chief of National Security Service, Akol Koor Kuc disclosed this on Tuesday during a meeting with[Read More…]
Entrepreneurs trained on business skills in Aweil
By William Madouk Garang More than twenty-five young entrepreneurs have attended one-day training on business management skills, conflict resolution and medium enterprises in Mayen-Ulem of Aweil North County. The training aimed to restore livelihood and productive capacities as part of an integrated recovery and resilience response. The event was organized[Read More…]
Police pledges to hold killers accountable
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The spokesperson of the National Police Service, Maj. General Daniel Justin had pledged the police authorities’ commitment to hunt down and bring to book perpetrators of the rampant killings and lootings in the country. There has been increasing cases of civilians being killed day by day[Read More…]
Health Ministry, partners deliver free eye surgery
By Bida Elly David The national Ministry of health in collaboration with Al-Basar International Foundation from Saudi Arabia and African Revitalized Organization for Relief and Development yesterday launched an initiative for free surgical eye camp meant for visual patients. The launch of the initiative by the trio partners was conducted[Read More…]
Assembly recommits Prison Service Act for amendment
By Akol Madut Ngong The Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly has recommitted back the National Prison Service Act (Amendment) Bill of 2022 to the Specialized Committee because of a missing part. Chapter 7 of the amendment Act that contains disciplinary articles of the National Prison Act was reportedly omitted without[Read More…]
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Partners urged to build resilience of persons with disabilities
By Taban Henry Persons living with disabilities in South Sudan are calling on partners to offer support and build resilience of persons with disabilities. This came in a meeting organized by the South Sudan Union of Persons with Disabilities with the aim of building strong, inclusive and united union of[Read More…]
Town Mayor, deputy arrested for swindling sorghum
By William Madouk Garang The Town Mayor of Majok Yinthiou Municipality in Aweil East County with his deputy were detained Friday on suspicion of selling sorghum (Dura) meant to subsidize food commodity prices and salvage the livelihood of ordinary citizens in Aweil. The Police in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State[Read More…]
Budget for disabled persons not accessible
By Taban Henry An official from the National Ministry of Gender Child and Social Welfare has decried that the lack of access to the budget allocated for the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) is posing a challenge. This came during a meeting on Tuesday organized by the Union of the people[Read More…]
Armed civilians attack SSPDF convoy
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) convoy was allegedly attacked by armed civilians yesterday (Tuesday) while on their way to the restive Mayom County. The incident allegedly happened in a remote village called Bieh Nyang Payam within Mayom County, Unity State at around 8:00AM. Early this[Read More…]
Gov’t plans to brief Sudan on final peace roadmap
By Bida Elly David The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation this week reiterated South Sudan government’s readiness to brief Sudan on the final touches of the peace roadmap drafted to pave way towards the end of the transitional period of the current government. This development transpired following the[Read More…]
Editorial
Daily boring talks on inflation won’t revive the economy Edmund Yakani once reported that mismanagement of resources by the leadership to serve individual interest instead of fighting for food security has impacted the country’s economy and stated that “corruption does not mean walking away with public money but manipulating decision[Read More…]
Nation Talks
Why is insecurity still rampant even in the city? By Kiden Stela Mandela Our own leaders have ever spoken on the issues to do with improving security in the country, just singing like a song of psalms to bring total peace to the country. The innocent civilians are bleeding every[Read More…]
South Sudan worst in fighting human trafficking
By William Madouk Garang A new trafficking in persons Report shows that the government of South Sudan does not fully meet minimum standards for elimination of “trafficking in persons” and is not making significant efforts to do so. The report published on Tuesday 19th of July, 2022, by US Department[Read More…]