By Bida Elly David A woman lawmaker representing Lainya County at the reconstituted transitional national legislative assembly (R-TNLA) has accused a soldier serving with the South Sudan People’s Defense Force SSPDF of torturing a 13 year old girl after kidnapping her in Lainya County noting that the perpetrator had caused trauma to the girl’s family after months of searching.Speaking to the media yesterday, MP Dusman Joice, disclosed that a 13[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang                           The Ministry of General Education and Instructions in Lakes State has compelled the teachers of the three ghost schools which have received the capitation grant illegally to return back the public money or failure to cooperate, the individual involved shall be met with full force of[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Justice Ruben Madol Arol, has yesterday made a promise that the law shall bring the perpetrator who gouged the eyes of a young girl a week ago in Tonj East County, Warrap state to justice. Minister Ruben made the[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The Embassy of South Sudan, accredited to the Republic of Uganda is demanding the management of NTV Uganda television to tender an apology following a wrong footage script making round of headlines on social media over the war in Sudan mistakenly reported by NTV Uganda[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David South Sudanese parliamentarian in the East African Legislative Assemble (EALA) has been accused of misconduct at Entebbe Airport during a mission to Bujumbura, Burundi. In a statement seen by No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper yesterday, Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority stated that the South Sudanese lawmaker who went[Read More…]

By William Madouk The planned extraordinary meeting for IGAD’s Council of Ministers that was to be held in the capital Juba today, has been postponed till further notice due to ongoing fighting in neighboring Sudan. Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, continued to be rocked by gunfire, loud explosions and airstrikes for a[Read More…]

By Kiden Stela Mandela The Sudanese generals have agreed to ceasefire after a deadly violence that rock Khartoum started on Saturday until yesterday. The fighting started between the Sudan Arm Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over disagreement on how to integrate RSF in to the Sudanese army. The[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto Ministry of Health (MOH), Uganda has procured a boat ambulance to strengthen health service delivery in Madi sub-region which will definitely benefit also South Sudanese refugees in West Nile region, particularly those in Obongi, Adjumani and Moyo districts. The boat ambulance with registration 001 was on[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri A member of parliament at Central Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly from Juba town Payam Hon. Paul Lado Bureng has criticized the leadership of Juba City Council over mismanagement of public reserves meant to deliver services to the citizens. Speaking on Thursday at the Governor’s[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The Mayor of Juba City H.W Michael Lado Allah-Jabu has decried sabotage and interference on his work by other authorities, but he couldn’t disclose exactly those he said intrude to his activities. He made the disclosure while addressing magnitude at the Governor’s Peace Dissemination Tour[Read More…]

By Aweye Teddy Onam The Mayor of Juba City Council Michael Lado Allah-Jabu on Wednesday hinted that the coffers of the City Council are running low of daily revenues influx, as such, they are introducing “town rate taxes” for the residents of Juba without exemption. Citing lack of funding from[Read More…]

By Emelda Siama John Lopula A South Sudan government delegation which went for the World Bank Spring meeting in New York had a sideline meeting with the United States’ Department of State on the progress of the peace agreement and the economic reform agenda in the country.   The delegation[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Council of ministers in its Friday’s ordinary meeting passed the long-awaited national election Bill to the parliament for further scrutiny before its enactment into law partly guaranteeing the Country’s position to conduct democratic elections before the end of the transitional period in December 2024. Minister[Read More…]

By Emelda Siama John Lopula The Governor of Unity state, Joseph Manytuil Wejang has received four excavator machines from Juba for clearing and cleaning of Naam River at the Kai-kang area of Mayom County. Speaking to the press secretary in the office of the governor, Mr. Peter Bakueny confirmed receipt[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang                   The government of Lakes State has on Wednesday launched the distribution and sale of the first consignment of 15,000 bags of sorghum grains purchased from Sudan by the government to be sold to locals in a subsidized price. According to authorities, a 90 kilograms sack[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The commissioner of Yei River County, Aggrey Cyrus Kanyikwa has refuted claims that went viral on the Social media that citizens in his county have staged a hunger strike that came as a result of high cost of living. Meanwhile reacting to the rumors, commissioner Aggrey[Read More…]

By William Madouk The enormous restoration project underway at the transitional national legislative assembly will cost the government up to 5 million US dollars, this is according to the assembly clerk, Makuc Makuc Ngong. Mr. Ngong, the chamber’s clerk revealed this on Thursday during the inauguration of the main entrance[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The reconstituted transitional national legislative assembly (TNLA) has invited India to aid South Sudan in development of its permanent constitution amid slow move on the formation of the constitution drafting committee, something activists and political analysts slammed. According to analysis carried by political analysts and activists,[Read More…]