By Bida Elly David South African gov’t pledged its readiness to support the transitional government (R-TGoNU) in its attempts to conduct December 2024 democratic elections. The pledge followed a meeting between President Salva Kiir and South African deputy president, Paul Mashatile, on Wednesday at the State House. Deng Dau Deng,[Read More…]
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The Need to Form Agricultural Cooperatives for Socio-economic Development
By Joseph Akim Gordon A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their mutual economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise organized and operated on cooperative principles. An agricultural cooperative is a cooperative that produces, processes, or markets[Read More…]
Poverty, inequalities in South Sudan
By Akot Akot Kuot Majok It’s not an individual intention to live in poverty, the reality is that substantial growth is needed if people in poor countries should have a chance to leave poverty behind. I believe that if we do not express very clearly that economic growth is needed,[Read More…]
No rest, life is a 24/7/365 struggle
By Chol Peter Majoh There’s no rest in this life under the sun. If there’s any rest, I think that’s death. From birth to death, life is toilsome. It’s routinely about putting food on the table, paying school fees, clothing, sheltering, public service, and others. But those who have not[Read More…]
Global Affairs Canada launches Investing in Women in South Sudan program
By staff writer Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund today launches Investing in Women in South Sudan, Window II Funding Competition for Women Associations and Groups, in Juba. Investing in Women in South Sudan (IIW-SS) program is a pioneering initiative led by Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund with funding support from Global Affairs[Read More…]
Aweil launches campaign against home burial
By Hou Akot Hou Aweil Centre County authorities on Tuesday launched a 3-day campaign to prepare a cemetery to prevent home burial of corpses. Locals have been burying their deceased loved ones in their homes, especially in the houses within Aweil town. However, the practice has been criticized by those[Read More…]
Herders arrested for grazing in farms
By Yang Ater Yang Rumbek Central County authority in Lakes State has on Monday, arrested three cattle herders for grazing animals in farms in Mayom Payam. The county Commissioner, Dut Manak Akuot says the three will be tried in accordance to Public Order Act 2022 under Section 25 and the[Read More…]
Teachers face dismissal over love affairs
By Hou Akot Hou Education officials in Northern Bahr El Gazal State have given orders to dismiss teachers and students who are involved in love affairs. This follows the dismissal of teachers accused of having ganged up to rape a schoolgirl at Cornerstone Academy, one of the private schools in[Read More…]
Teenager flees after abortion
By Hou Akot Hou Police in Northern Bahr El Ghazal are searching a teenager accused of aborting a six-month-old fetus, disposing it in the yard, and fleeing the scene in search of safety. The accused girl is said to have been impregnated by a man she refused to name. The[Read More…]
Amongpiny FC wins Rumbek peace tournament
By Yang Ater Yang An inter-Payam peace tournament in Rumbek Central County, Lakes State, has concluded with Amongpiny FC emerging as champions after beating Dr. Nyot FC of Malek Payam by 3:2 goals in the finals. Rumbek Central County Youth Association organized the football for peace competition. The minister[Read More…]
Aweil forms traditional spiritual group
By William Madouk First-ever Traditional Spiritual Spear Masters Group (TSSMG) has been formed in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State, Aweil. Speaking to No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on phone, the secretary general of TSSMG, who doubles as its head, Garang Ngong Akot, said the spear master is a spiritual guide[Read More…]
Elections talk dominates Machar-Mashatile meeting
By William Madouk South Sudan’s first Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar hosted his South African counterpart, Paul Mashatile in talks pivoting on the conduct of credible elections at the top of their discussion. According to office of the first vice president, the two leaders discussed the bristly issues that South[Read More…]
Bright Stars’s hope for FIBA World Cup crumbles
By Charles K Mark and Philip Buda South Sudan National Basketball Team (The Bright Stars) has been knocked out of the FIBA World Cup 2023 group stages. The mighty Bright Stars faced the Serbians in the third match of the tournament with 83 – 115-point loss in a last group[Read More…]
Community calls for relocation of army unit
By Bida Elly David Lo’bonok community of Central Equatoria state has called for evacuation of SSPDF soldiers from the area following an attack of the head chief, Matayo Kenyi, which has left him hospitalized. The paramount chief was on August 29, 2023, shot and wounded by a suspected SSPDF soldier.[Read More…]
Lobonok chief survives death
By Charles K Mark Lo’bonok payam paramount chief, Matayo Kenyi Jale is nursing gunshot wounds in Freedom International Hospital after being shot allegedly by an SSPDF officer. The hospitalized Matayo Kenyi is said to have been shot by one of the soldiers stationed, since 2020, in Pager Hills of Luwala[Read More…]
Minister demands stripping police of licensing powers
By Bida Elly David South Sudan’s minister of transport seeks to strip production of motor vehicle licenses from the traffic police, saying it’s not under jurisdiction of the force. Madut Biar urged the parliament for legislation on the matter, saying vehicle licenses and logbooks falls under the[Read More…]
It’s high time the two Sudanese military leaders released dead end of their struggle for power has cost lots of losses in human lives, property and time, without any gain on both sides. Up from the onset of violence in Khartoum on 15th April 2023, we have witnessed increase in[Read More…]
Africans promise heaven, deliver hell
For a good number of years now, a lot of money has been pumped into Africa but despite the billions of dollars and thousands of aid workers, the situation in Africa has gotten worse than ever before. The level of poverty has reached its highest peak. African leaders too, have[Read More…]
Puro Okello Obob takes on kickboxing for peace
By Manas James Okony Kickboxing is often overlooked in South Sudan as a legitimate form of sports. However, one man by the name of Puro Okello Obob has defied all odds to turn this once-frowned-upon sport into a beloved and popular event. In many parts of the world, martial arts[Read More…]
Aweil receives three buses
By Hou Akot Hou First Lady Mary Ayen Mayardit has donated three minibuses to Northern Bahr El Ghazal State’s Ministry of General Education. The buses were driven from Juba to Aweil and handed over to the Ministry in fulfillment of a pledge the first lady made recently. Mr. Santino Bol[Read More…]