By William Madouk The Economic Cluster led by the Vice President, Dr. James Wani Igga, has passed a resource envelope fiscal year budget totaling 1.6 trillion South Sudanese Pounds for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. According to Lily Albino Akol, the cluster’s spokesperson, the draft budget estimates for the Financial Year[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The commissioner general of the national revenue authority (NRA) has reported number of encroachment by other government institutions into their affairs noting that the authority does not require any permission to implement the taxation act since there is already the law. This development came during the[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto The United Nations high commission for refugees (UNHCR) and other refugee agencies in Uganda’s Obongi district have called on Obongi local government through the land lords to offer more land for refugees to practice agriculture as a means to supplement the UN food ratio amidst the[Read More…]

By Alex Digi The governor of Western Equatoria State, Alfred Futuyo karaba has last week announced his government plan to construct Sue River Bridge which is devastated   Governor Futuyo said the bridge has been the obstacle of service delivery to the communities across the river, adding the current status[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The political relationship between the SPLM and the SPLM-IO is shrinking as both parties throw blames against one another over failures to meet the time frame of the liberation struggle following the Country’s historical journey of conflict. In a statement seen by No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The land row over the ownership of Zain football ground remains shaken as competitive parties still pull-ropes claiming rights of title deeds from sources which are yet to be uprooted.  The continuous saga has made the governor of Central Equatoria State to form an adhoc committee[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Obongi district health department has threatened to take tough measures against individuals in all the refugee settlements and institutions that are not having sanitation and hygiene related facilities at their home states or institutions as a move to curtail disease outbreaks in the district. Obongi is one[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The Government of South Sudan and Tanzania, all members of the East African Community have yesterday collaborated and held a business forum in Juba to deliberate on ways of how the two countries can work together in the trade industry. Speaking at the forum, South[Read More…]

By Abraham Anyon Ngoor At least about 4 people have been killed and more than four thousand head of cattle were raided after armed criminals attacked part of Padiet Payam in Uror County of Jonglei state on Tuesday. Uror County Director for Information and Communication, Gatluak Kulang Gai, in a[Read More…]

By William Madouk President Salva Kiir Mayardit has appealed to all political parties to pick their suitable aspirants for the presidential race in preparation for the planned 2024 general elections. The head-of-state while addressing a crowd of citizens at Freedom Square in Aweil town of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David An economic analyst has warned South Sudan against blames on government, Ukraine –Russia war as major factors that contributed to the downfall of the Country’s economy noting that Central bank has to be questioned against the availability of money in the black market. Speaking to No.1[Read More…]

By William Madouk President Slava Kiir Mayardit said his administration will go for general elections after the end of transitional period as the only path to power, adding that no more extension for interim unity government. The head of state made this remarks before hundreds of thousands of Aweil residents[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The leader and Chairperson of the South Sudan National Movement for Change (SSNMC) Moro Genesio and a policy and political analyst at the Institute of Social Policy and Research James Boboya are demanding the Secretary of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Peter Lam Both to[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Lakes State ministry of general education and instruction has registered a significant drop in the number of senior four (S.4) candidates who are sitting for the certificate of secondary School examination from 1,969 last year to 1,903 this year, 2023. The decline of S.4 candidates was[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto A South Sudanese refugee is among many other fellows in Uganda who are left without or little hope to return back to class after finishing their ordinary level of education in Uganda with the help of non-governmental organizations supporting refugees’ children. With limited help offered, Kevin[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto The Joint security team in Maracha district of Uganda’s West Nile region have retrieved two guns in separate incidences in a single day from Nyara cell Okapi ward Maracha town council after being tipped by whistle-blowers. The guns that are suspected to have been smuggled in[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The ruling party, SPLM has defended the party’s Secretary-General, Peter Lam Both’s comment alleging that the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar has declared war against one specific community. In a video Lam said Machar rebelled for the first-time during Dr. John Garang, he stayed[Read More…]