By Yang Ater Yang Lakes state Ministry of land, housing and public utility and commissioner of Awerial County has launched land survey and allotment in Mingkaman of Awerial County on Monday. This is the first time for Lakes State government to launch survey and allotment of plots in Awerial County.[Read More…]
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Governor Tong forms committee to sell subsidized Sorghum
By Hou Akot Hou The governor of Northern Bahr El Ghazal state, Tong Aken Ngor has constituted a committee comprising of 5 members that would take charge of selling the sorghums bought from Sudan in a subsidized price to the citizens as hunger bites amid economic hardship. Governor Ngor told[Read More…]
Advance SSPDF force lands in Congo, ground troops still lags
By Bida Elly David The airlifted 300 SSPDF troops for DR Congo Peace Keeping mission has successfully landed in the Country’s eastern Goma region and welcomed by counterparts as the ground team still battles to set off following hardship to cross the border at Nadiapai of Western Equatoria State. Speaking[Read More…]
Gov’t unhappy with ‘renewal’ of Human rights mandate
By William Madouk The government is unhappy with the renewal of mandate for the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, saying that it undermines the sovereignty of the country. This comes after Human Rights Council on Tuesday extended the responsibility for Human Rights commission for yet another year. According[Read More…]
Public Universities threaten to strike over delay of salary arrears
By Aweye Teddy Onam The public Universities which comprise the University of Juba, the University of Upper Nile and University of Bahr-el Ghazal have threatened to go for industrial action over the delay in payment of their fairly improved salary structure. In a statement released on Tuesday and seen by[Read More…]
South Sudan stability in question as SSPDF soldiers enter Congo
By Bida Elly David The deployment of SSPDF soldiers by South Sudan to DR Congo has made the status of the Country’s peace to be questioned as military and political experts blame the Country’s leadership against failure to restore amity back home before thinking of aiding another Country to meet[Read More…]
Governor Futuyo instills hope for peace and development
By Alex Digi The Governor of Western Equatoria State Gen. Alfred Futuyo Karaba last week toured three counties of Tambura, Nagero, and Ezo Payams spreading messages of Peace to the community. Speaking during one of his public rallies in Tambura, Governor Futuyo urged the citizens to live in peaceful coexistence[Read More…]
Wedding turns into nightmare in Aweil
By Hou Akot Hou A member of an organized force said to be wounded heroes who offered to provide security at a wedding ceremony shot himself dead after injuring four young girls in the process of firing bullets into the air in celebratory signal on Monday night at the party[Read More…]
Assembly battles to choose national language
By Bida Elly David The chairperson of the information committee at the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) has disclosed that the parliament is still battling to adopt an agenda introducing national language to be used as a mode of communication and constitutional translation across the Country. Speaking to the[Read More…]
EU exempts S. Sudan’s aid assistance from sanctions
By William Madouk The European Union has announced sanctions exemption for all transactions related to providing disaster relief and humanitarian assistance to South Sudan. This means that donors and organizations don’t need to spend resources and time proving an exemption from sanctions before sending aid to 8 sanctioned regimes. The[Read More…]
Monitoring board rejects ceasefire report
By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri Board members and representatives of peace parties to the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism (CTSAMVM) has rejected the ceasefire monitoring body report produced and presented to them during the opening session held in Juba yesterday. CTSAMVM Board constitutes of members of the[Read More…]
Japan rescues Ceasefire monitoring body with US$300,000
By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri Japanese Government has donated three hundred thousand United States Dollars to the peace monitoring body, Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) to pay off its striking national monitor’s allowances and activities. CTSAMVM was handed over the money on Tuesday during their[Read More…]
Farm input prices hike in refugee settlements amid planting season
By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto The high demand for agricultural inputs at the beginning of the first planting season has led to increase in prices of some commodities in Pagirinya refugee settlement of Uganda’s Obongi district.The highly demanded commodities whose prices have hiked in the market are; beans, groundnuts and maize.[Read More…]
Over 1000 SSPDF ready for DR Congo battle
By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) have trained and approved more than one thousand soldiers ready to join the East African Community (EAC) Regional Forces for the peace keeping mission in the fragile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Speaking to the media yesterday during[Read More…]
SSPDF vows to restore peace in DRC through re-enforcement
By Bida Elly David Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) has promised that they will continue re-enforcing more troops in replacement of the current peace keeping battalion to Congo in case peace fails to prevail in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.[Read More…]
Governor Tong assesses food commodities in Aweil town
By Hou Akot Hou Governor of Northern Bahr El GAzal state, Tong Aken Ngor with his Cabinet members had stormed Aweil town’s market to ascertain for himself the food prices. Tong said on Saturday that the reason of his abrupt visit to the market without a notice to the Chamber[Read More…]
With or without sanctions, we are moving forward – Makuei
By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri South Sudan is currently on a one-year extension of the sanctions imposed upon the government last year and ends in 1st July 2023, including the arms embargo, travel ban and financial measures, even as some of its members questioned the effectiveness of those measures. This[Read More…]
Activist calls treasury to gear conference for funding elections
By Bida Elly David An activist has called on the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning to speed up the conduct of the national economic conference called by H.E. President during the reopening of the national parliament. In a statement extended to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper over the weekend, Edmund[Read More…]
Cattle herders must go – Minister Makuei
By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The Minister of Information, Communication and Postal Service Michael Makuei Lueth has emphasized on the return of the cattle herders, saying that the cattle keepers will have to go back to their places of origin. Speaking to the media on Saturday, Minister Makuei expressed that[Read More…]
SSPDF air lifts 300 soldiers for Congo mission
By Bida Elly David The Spokesperson of South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) has said that 300 out of 700 combatants will be airlifted for a peace keeping mission to the Eastern part of Congo to join the rest of the battalion from the East African community. Speaking to No.1[Read More…]
