By Philip Buda Ladu   Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) said President Salva Kiir Mayardit has ordered the parliament to continue with its second session of sitting, suspending their three-month recess. According to the TNLA’s conduct of business regulation, the national assembly was supposed to have gone[Read More…]

By Bosco Bush   His Eminence, Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba, on Friday, July 12, 2024, issued pastoral orders to address the concerns of the faithful. According to the Cardinal, the pastoral orders also strengthens spiritual growth across all parishes and Catholic-based[Read More…]

By Kei Emmanuel Duku   Lack of clear administrative policies and undefined boundaries between national and local governments in Central Equatoria State are hindering the effective delivery of social services. According to Deputy Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) Hon. Nathaniel Oyet, the 2008 Land Act, which grants[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu   Council of Ministers has passed an emergency flood preparedness and mitigation response plan for 2024 worth 78 million US dollars. That’s in response to the anticipated looming flash floods that’s expected to overwhelm the country this wet season due to the release of excess water[Read More…]

By Bosco Bush   Ministry of General Education has reported that government schools and educational institutions across the country may face the risk of closure due to the long-standing delay in paying teachers’ salaries. During a regular Council of Ministers meeting on Friday, July 12, 2024, the Minister of Education,[Read More…]

By Deng Ghai Deng   Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) and the Association for Media Development In South Sudan (AMDISS) have expressed their satisfaction with the reopening of Al-Watan Arabic Daily newspaper. The Arabic daily newspaper was forcibly shut down in November 2023 after it published a letter[Read More…]

By Deng Ghai Deng   Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has issued a stern rebuke to several foreign diplomatic missions within the country in what it describes as undue interference in the country’s internal affairs. In a strongly worded press statement released Friday, the Ministry expressed its dismay[Read More…]

By Bosco Bush The Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) has welcomed the ongoing review of the National Land Policy as a crucial step towards resolving longstanding land ownership disputes between the national government states. In a speech delivered at a two-day consultative workshop organized by the Ministry[Read More…]

By Bosco Bush   Minister of Interior, Angelina Teny, has emphasized the need to empower the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to enable the country to have quality, evidence-based data. Speaking during the commemoration and the launch of the State of World Population Report, Teny stressed that the NBS should[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu   National Elections Commission (NEC) Chairperson, Professor Abednego Akok Hacuol has directed the state high election committees’ members to immediately begin work in their areas after being sworn in yesterday. On Thursday, the commission held a swearing-in ceremony in Juba that saw members of the State[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu   The President of the Judiciary of South Sudan, Chief Justice Chan Reec Madut, said they have started training judges on how to handle election-related disputes ahead of the December 2024 polls. Justice Reec made the statement after administering the oath for the State High Election[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu   United States government urged the country’s political leaders in the transitional government to fulfil the promises of a just, democratic, and peaceful society. In a message delivered on the occasion of South Sudan’s 13th Independence Anniversary, US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, highlighted the[Read More…]