By Peter Kuol Kuch The Mobile Court supported by United Nations Development Programme UNDP which presides courts cases at Bor Prison has released more than 57 inmates with minor cases early this week. According to UNDP, most of the inmates released were sentenced by Bench Court in Bor town. Speaking[Read More…]
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Youth urged to embrace small businesses over white-collar jobs
By Chol D. Johnson A young canoe producer in Bor town has urged South Sudanese youth to not rely on white-collar jobs and instead embrace small-scale businesses that can sustain them and contribute to national development. Speaking live on social media from his workplace in Bor on Friday, Nyuon Manyok[Read More…]
Bor Hospital Shut Down Amidst Strike
By Manas James Okony The Bor State Hospital, the main referral health facility in the capital of Jonglei State, has been shut down amid a strike by staff protesting their transfer to other locations outside the town. The closure comes at a crucial time when access to healthcare is vital[Read More…]
Optimism as over 90,000 people receive clean water in Jonglei
By Alan Clement The Government of South Sudan has inaugurated an urban water supply system in Bor Town in Jonglei State. At least 96,000 residents in Bor Town gained access to clean drinking water from Bor Urban Water Supply System. Addressing the participants during the official launching of the urban[Read More…]
Piped Water supply resumes in Bor after a week of crisis
By Peter Kuol Kuch The urban water supply has resumed normally in Bor town following a week of water crisis after the cut of the water pipeline. Last week, the excavator accidentally cut the water pipeline while opening the water channels in the residential blocks, leading to a water crisis[Read More…]