By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri Constituency Development Fund Committee at the Revitalized National Transitional Legislative Assembly (R-NTLA) has finalized calculating money meant for development projects at the grassroots. An amounting of 45,400,000,000 South Sudanese pounds has been allocated for 102 constituencies across the country. Each constituency will get 445,098,039 million[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David President Salva Kiir has reiterated government’s commitment to expedite establishment of the long-awaited Hybrid court for South Sudan as provided for in the Revitalized Peace Agreement. Kiir made his vow on Monday 15th May 2023 at the opening of a conference on Transitional Justice Mechanism being[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri Executive Director for Community Empowerment for Progress Organization Edmond Yakani has welcomed the decision of Gen. Johnson Olony’s return to Juba. The leader of the Agwelek forces General Johnson Olony along with about two hundred forces finally arrived Juba yesterday to implementation of the peace[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri Despite a consensus by key signatories to peace roadmap to transit South Sudan into democratic nation, chances of conducting elections in December 2024 as stimulated are diminishing. The skepticism emanates from lack of political will in effecting the pending tasks of the roadmap implementation. First[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Rome peace talks at Sant’Egidio between the government of South Sudan and non-signatories to the Revitalized peace agreement is oblique as parties play blame games over delays to success. Michael Makuei, the minister of information blames core parties to Sant’Egidio talks saying that government doesn’t have[Read More…]

By William Madouk A leader of an armed group, known as “Agwelek forces” that split from government army, arrived Juba for peace implementation and he assured the people that South Sudan would not relapse back to war. “I was born and grew up here in Juba and I shot my[Read More…]

General Johnson Olony, the head of Agwelek forces has finally touched ground at Juba International Airport. He arrived Juba with 200 forces, to implement peace. Details coming……..  

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri An activist has urged the government to put proper mechanisms and plans on how to control foreign exchange and currency flow in the market. In just a period of less than a decade, the United States (US) dollar gained strength against the country’s currency as[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David South Sudan Council of Ministers has passed a sum of over three Billion South Sudanese Pounds for deployment of a first batch of graduated necessary unified forces. Information minister, who is also government spokesperson, Michael Makuei Lueth, revealed this on Friday 12th May, while addressing journalists[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri Government of South Sudan has contributed a sum of $15 million to the World Food Program (WFP) to support humanitarian needs of Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees fleeing Sudan conflict. The contribution was announced on Wednesday after the National Ministry of Finance and Planning[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri A renowned civil society activist, Edmund Yakani has vowed to prioritize and advocate for full integration of incorporation of East African Community (EAC). On 5th May 2023, Mr. Yakani was elected during the EAC Civil Society Summit in Arusha, Tanzania as the President of East[Read More…]

By William Madouk Millions of people in South Sudan are bracing themselves for a weeklong average and even hotter weather, the IGAD Climate prediction and Application Center (ICPAC) has shown. The IGAD weather forecast predicated that South Sudan will likely experience temperature ranging from 20 to 32-degree Celsius from 10th[Read More…]

By Emelda Siama John Lopula Some members of parliament at the transitional national legislative assembly are urging the government to first disarm retired soldiers before turning attention to the civil population. The MPs believe that the retired military generals are the ones giving and selling the guns to the civilians[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Opposition lawmaker has slammed the executive over slow move on the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement extended roadmap. The first deputy speaker of the national assembly (TNLA), also the deputy chairman of the SPLM-IO party, Nathaniel Oyet was reacting to president Kiir’s address, during opening[Read More…]

By William Madouk President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi are relentlessly pursuing remedies to the showdown between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The two governments on Tuesday interchanged delegations to deliver special messages aimed at consolidating efforts to contain the crisis[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly (RTNLA) has sharpened minds to question the executive, concerning silence on continuous insecurity and starvation in the Country. This development transpired during the presentation of the scrutinized report by the specialized committee on President Kiir’s speech delivered during the resumption[Read More…]

By William Madouk Immigration department has decided to waive the visa requirement for Sudanese nationals who are fleeing war in Khartoum to South Sudan. Director General of Directorate of Civil Registry, Nationality, Passport and Immigration, Lt-Gen Atem Marol Bair, said the directive follows international laws oblige to those fleeing in[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David South Sudan civil Society activist has warned principals to the revitalized agreement against using the on-going violence in Sudan as ladder to delay implementation of the country’s peace roadmap. Edmund Yakani, Chairperson of Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) told No.1.Citizen Daily Newspaper that the key[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) General Headquarter has given residents settling on a sizable piece of land at Gudele-One, a period of six months to evacuate. SSNPS Director of Legal Affairs, Maj. Gen. Sadik Ismail Sidigi issued the warning to the residents while addressing[Read More…]