By Bida Elly David South Sudanese traders have accused soldiers of establishing illegal roadblocks and checkpoints along high-ways prompting excessive charges on their carriages that indirectly impact their financial status of gains. The accusation against the members of the army emerged after number of traders who have been committed towards[Read More…]

By: Ijoo Bosco/Bida Elly David Eastern Equatoria State Government General Secretariat building, housing the State Governor’s office caught fire on Wednesday morning under unclear circumstance leaving historical archives and files dating back to 1994 up to 2019 burnt according to the Governor’s Office. Aliandro Lotok is the press Secretary in[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The National Minister of Environment & Forestry, is up in arms against advance plans to dredge the River Nile and its tributaries as current developments revealed the arrival of machineries in Unity State Bentiu allegedly donated by Egyptian Government for dredging  the Naam River. Minister Josephine[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei South Sudan’s Minister of Finance and Planning Agak Achuil Lual has disclosed that the country’s gold reserve which should have been mined to salvage the oil dependent ailing economy is being stolen. Minister Agak made his sentiments on the country’s gold minerals during the launching of[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S At least 40 young South Sudanese have acquired skills on computer coding in a recently concluded computer training program that aimed at empowering them to participate in coordinated science events across the continent using transformative power of science and technology to promote the Sustainable Development Goals.[Read More…]

By James Innocent  A three-day community peace dialogue organized by Reconcile International that brought together community, religious leaders and military commanders to enhance civil-military peaceful co-existence kicked off in Yei River County on Monday. The peace dialogue organized by Reconcile International drew about 120 participants within Otogo Payam of Yei[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The leader and Chairperson of the Sudan’s National UMMA Party, Mubarak Al-fadil Al-Mahdi had met with President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Monday in Juba to discuss matters pertaining to peace and stability in the Republic Sudan.   The Presidential official Facebook page reported Monday Evening that[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Sensational South Sudanese reggae-dance hall artist Kennedy O. Lorya well known by his stage name Dynamiq has called for a national recognition of the victims of the 1992 Juba Massacre. On June 6, 1992, the Sudanese government of former President Omar el-Bashir by then rounded up[Read More…]

By Ngor Deng Matem Governor of Western Bahr el Ghazal state Sarah Cleto Rial has traveled to Timsah by Motorbike. Governor Sarah among other government officials in particular the minister of Local Government used the motor bikes to ease their movement because of poor road. “I visited Timsah, Raja County, again[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David East African Go-Green Company is set to establish additional project on mosquito management in Juba City aimed at mitigating the rampant malaria and typhoid cases in the town. This development came following the latest move upon the launch of garbage collection project in Juba last week[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Press Secretary in the Office of the President, Ateny Wek Ateny has denied knowledge of dredging machines donated by the Egyptian government to clear the Nile tributaries in South Sudan but also acknowledged the dredging of Naam River in Unity State to enhance water transport. Last[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Women leaders and members of civil society organizations are calling for immediate sentencing of a rape perpetrator who reportedly raped and hanged a girl in Juba’s Gumbo Sherikat neighborhood recently. The demands for justice to the raped, killed girl emerged on Tuesday as women leaders and the[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The Government of South Sudan is planning to join the Djibouti maritime trade hub to shift some of its logistics cargo operations/activities, of importing and exporting goods to and fro Djiboutian port to amend the volatile economic situation in the country. At the moment, South Sudan[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Authority of Juba City Council has set up plans to evict inhabitants living in and around most cemeteries and graveyards in Juba City as a mechanism to leave what is meant for the dead, organised. Over the past years, most citizens whose residences were demolished[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The World Bank is expected to launch a new project worth one hundred and twenty ($120) million United States dollars in South Sudan. The project is called enhancing community resilience which will concentrate on various issues within the country. However, the Ministry of Humanitarian and Disaster[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The government and representatives from UN agencies yesterday concluded a quiz consultation in Juba for members of South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and Staff from Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs. The occurrence was organized by UN women in support with United Nations Mission in[Read More…]