By Oyet Alfonse What a blessing from God to have good and devout friends who live a godly life, what a curse to have wicked and horrible friends, whose lives are of fiendish and slayer. It is true that we actually live together with the devil either within our community[Read More…]
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Nation Talks
How can Easter bring change and benediction to leaders? By Kiden Stela Mandela The Month of March and mid-April is holy in the Christian lives. This year it started on Wednesday 2nd March 2022 with ASH as a sign of Christ suffering and temptations during his life for the[Read More…]
Juvenile curriculum developed
By Adia Jildo At least 126 inmates both male and female yesterday graduated from Juba Central Prison Vocational Training Centre. With the support from Untied Nations Development Fund, the National Prisons Service were able to develop a vocational training curriculum to enable juvenile offender acquire skills. The inmates that graduated[Read More…]
Enact laws to crackdown illegal logging – Activist
By Taban Henry A civil society activist has called on the Central Equatoria state’s government and the Parliament to enact legislative provisions to crackdown the ongoing illegal logging in some parts of the State. The call came after some two State Ministers of Agriculture, Environment and Forestry, and that of[Read More…]
Death toll in Abyei rises to 41
Ngor Deng Matem A number of people reportedly killed in Abyei incident has increased to forty one and thirteen others injured according to the Abyei administration’s report. On Wednesday 13th April 2022, suspected armed men from Sudan attacked three locations of Amiet, Noong and Leu in the Northern part of[Read More…]
Commissioner snubs summon on Kajo-Keji illegal logging
By Philip Buda Ladu The Central Equatoria State Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Forestry and the Minister of Local Government and Law Enforcement Agencies surfaced at the floor of the State Transitional Legislative Assembly (STLA), Wednesday in response to a summon to them about the state of logging in Kajo-Keji[Read More…]
Nations Talks
The pulling of rope has come to an end By Kiden Stela Mandela The tension between government and opposition has come to an end on the issue of the unification of command which shows commitment to the 2018 Peace Agreement. The long awaited Republican Decree just happened on the command[Read More…]
Jonglei gov’t dismisses Yar Ayuen harassment claims
By Chol Makol Riak Jonglei state government on Tuesday issued a statement dismissing the harassment of Ms. Yar Ayuen calling it a propaganda and misinformation. Early this month, Ms. Yar reported on her social media that she had been harassed, striped off and her clothes were burnt by operation force[Read More…]
South Sudan endorses Infantino for FIFA elections
By Taban Henry The South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) has on Wednesday nominated Gianni Infantino as the candidate for the next FIFA presidential elections. Earlier in 2016, the FIFA president Gianni Infantino visited South Sudan, the youngest country in the world which was plunged by a devastating civil war. Infantino[Read More…]
Meet Lubang, the inventor of mobile car wash business in Juba
By Adia Jildo Creating something in mind to earn a living comes through relentless research and analysis, but Friday Joseph Lubang who invented the first ever mobile carwash in Juba says, capital is the only factor hindering youths’ talent. “As youth struggle with livelihood and a way of survival,[Read More…]
President Kiir announces Unified Command Structures
By Kiden Stela Mandela The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit has issued a number of Republican Orders for the Unification of the Command Structures for the Unified South Sudan National Army. Last Sunday the Government and the Opposition signed an agreement on the sharing ratio of the Unified[Read More…]
Senior SPLM-IO official murdered in Leer violence
By Taban Henry A senior South Sudan main armed opposition official was killed on Friday in of Unity State’s Leer County violence that initially started following attacks on the main armed opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) based in Koch County. James Gatjung Jail Dok, the deputy chairman[Read More…]
Strange bird with tags found dead
By Ngor Deng Matem A bird not identified by name was found dead with tags on the legs. The dead bird was spotted in Boro Medina village in Raja County of Western Bahr el Ghazal state last Thursday. One of the tags has the writing of HT 107 Latvia and[Read More…]
Kajo-Keji Commissioner, 2 Ministers to appear in parliament today
By Philip Buda Ladu The Kajo-Keji County Commissioner and two cabinet ministers of Central Equatoria State government are set to appear before lawmakers at the State Transitional Legislative Assembly (STLA) on Wednesday (today) to answer questions on persistent illegal logging in Kajo-Keji. The Central Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly (STLA)[Read More…]
Journalists in Bor gain skills on conflict sensitive reporting
By Chol Makol Riak The Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) has organized a three days training in Jonglei state capital, Bor. The training aims at mentoring journalists on conflict sensitive gender reporting, ethical, accurate reporting, safety and protection of journalists and reporting on constitution making process. Speaking to[Read More…]
Nation talks
Violence should be curbed by all means By Kiden Stela Mandela Violence is increasing every day in the country mostly in the counties. Nobody understands what is actually taking place in the country. Civilians are facing rough situation ever and this violence is more than war, every killing, looting and[Read More…]
Egypt pledges to support technical education
By Akol Madut Ngong The Egyptian Ambassador to South Sudan on Monday said Egypt will support South Sudan in the aspect of technical education to reinforce the future of the country. Amb. Mohammed Elmoatez Mostafa Abdelkader said “I want to see how they are working; we can support them with[Read More…]
Sixteen SSPDF soldiers, 3 civilians await trial over killing
By Adia Jildo The mobile Court martial is to try 16 SSPDF soldiers for murder of civilians and looting properties and 3 civilians will also be tried for murdering soldiers in Yei. The mobile court martial has been approved last week to travel to Yei in order to prosecute criminals[Read More…]
Deficiency of constitutional supremacy fuels violence
By Taban Henry A civil society activist has on Tuesday described the Absence of democratic constitutional governance system as part of the factors that pushed the country for armed-political violence. Edmond Yakani, the Executive Director Community Empowerment for progress Organization [CEPO] revealed the statement on Tuesday after the Minister of[Read More…]
Bishops urge political leaders to embrace peace
By Adia Jildo The Sudan Catholic Bishops’ conference for Sudan and South Sudan has urged the government to maintain the promises of not taking the country back to war and pave way for justice, peace and reconciliation. The catholic clergymen said a lot of humanitarian assistances are currently needed by[Read More…]