By Kei Emmanuel Duku In a historic move to mend the nation’s loose social fabric the South Sudan government has unveiled a landmark Family Law Bill designed to dismantle discriminatory traditions and provide a unified legal shield for the country’s most vulnerable. By bridging the volatile gap between customary practices[Read More…]

By Alan Clement As Christians prepare for Christmas, the Bank of South Sudan Christian Fellowship held a carol celebration, with senior leadership using the occasion to promote unity, faith, and shared institutional values. According to a BoSS statement, the event, was held under the biblical theme drawn from Matthew 2:2[Read More…]

By Alan Clement Members of Parliament (MPs) have criticised some of the newly introduced traffic charges claiming that the traffic director act outside the law. Some of the parliamentarians raised the concern during  the 23rd ordinary sitting of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) on Tuesday December 16, 2025. Recently[Read More…]

By Chol D. Johnson CTSAMVM chairperson Teshome Anagawe Ayana urged parties to recommit to dialogue. The chairperson made the call during the meeting on Tuesday. The Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring & Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) has a role to monitor, verify, and report the violation of the ceasefire. Anagawe urged all[Read More…]

By Yiep Joseph The 2018 peace agreement that was meant to end conflict in South Sudan continues to struggle with violations. Despite having peace monitors, the space continues to be filled with reports and statement after statement with no immediate accountability. The confrontations between the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces[Read More…]

By Alan Clement The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) has upgraded the Malakal and Anakdiar hydrological stations as part of broader government efforts to rebuild and modernise South Sudan’s water-monitoring network, officials said this week. According to a MWRI technical update, the emergency work focused on improving the[Read More…]

By Lodu William Odiya The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has yesterday called for an immediate cessation of hostilities following reports of renewed fighting and rising tensions in Eastern Equatoria state. These incidents followed recent intercommunal violence, cattle raids and reported aerial bombardment in Ulang and Baliet counties,[Read More…]

By Yiep Joseph As the special court trying Puot Kang and the seven co-accused continues, the prosecution witness on Monday presented more evidences. The high-profile court case included the suspended First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar as one of the accused being tried. Dr. Machar and seven co-accused face charges[Read More…]

By Lodu William Odiya Eastern Equatoria State Governor, Louis Lobong Lojore, has strongly dismissed a circulating social media allegation claiming that Torit and Magwi towns have fallen into the hands of a coalition of SPLM-IO and NAS forces. In a statement issued by the state press unit yesterday, Lobong Called[Read More…]

By Alan Clement South Sudan will seek deeper economic cooperation and development support at the 7th AU–EU Summit opening Monday in Luanda, Angola. In a statement from the Ministry’s Communication Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said Foreign Minister Amb. Monday Semaya K. Kumba travelled to Luanda[Read More…]

 By Kei Emmanuel Duku   A prominent South Sudanese human rights official has raised a serious concern regarding the country’s proposed Cybercrime Bill, warning that the legislation in its current form is dangerously vague and prioritizes punishment over protection. While speaking to the media on Monday in Juba, James Bidal, the[Read More…]

By Lodu William Odiya/Alan Clement  Chairperson of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), Dr. Lam Akol, urged South Sudanese and leaders in particular to be honest in the implementation of the peace agreement. He expressed that people should acknowledge the failures of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict[Read More…]

   By Chol D. Johnson/Lodu William Odiya  The government has vowed to revive the economy and create more job opportunities for graduates. On Saturday more than 2800 students from various colleges graduated with bachelor degrees, diplomas, master degrees, postgraduate diplomas, and PhDs. Josephine Lagu Joseph, Vice President (VP) and chairperson of[Read More…]

By Alan Clement With 57 weeks left until South Sudan’s December 22, 2026 national election, civil society leaders and UN officials warned that the fragile transition faces mounting threats. They cited rising violence across states, deepening political mistrust, and unresolved legal and logistical gaps flagged by the National Elections Commission[Read More…]